Console Pad Hacks ?

[ben76]

You made the mistake I first did about this thread, he wants to use a pad on a jamma rig, not hook up arcade controls to a console, so a hack this way doesn't work.

The quick guide was for Olly the last bit about the pinout was for the original OP. Didn't make that clear enough soz

- Ben

 

[ben76]

I actually have 2 hacked 360 pads in my upright MAME machine, planned to add a 360 for a few games like SF 4 and never got round to it.

Sorry for sort of being OT again

but for a 360 pad the best are the MadCatz ones as they use a common ground. The analogue is difficult to make work (unless you have an analogue stick)
but you can make them look like this for all the digital (micro switch) connections

The pics on page one have ground and common ground with is not as easy

Anyway back on topic...

Get an offical pad and wire it in as per the pinout for the controller and you're good to go

MD pad ftw

- Ben

laterz taterz

If you do want any more info then please ask, also if I remember something else I'll post it

 

[RaveN]

But then you just have 3 buttons, pretty useless for full blown jamma, unless i'm assuming you guys wire the "start" button as the 4th button and add coin and start buttons to your rig?

 

[ben76]

You can use 6 button md pads, I've just never done one of those

- Ben

 

[ZedEx48K]

@ Ben, why do you wire your pads like that with the case on and cable through holes? seems a bit daft as it just takes up more space and is easier to mount just a circuit board with a screw or glue gun etc.

 

[ben76]

@ Ben, why do you wire your pads like that with the case on and cable through holes? seems a bit daft as it just takes up more space and is easier to mount just a circuit board with a screw or glue gun etc.

I like how they look. Also I just store them like a normal controller with the wire wrapped round it. No other reason though

- Ben

 

[Alpha1]

Nice work Ben! Many thanks for this

 

[chadsarcade]

forgot to say 500 points per write up for making a hackpad out of the various favourites to anyone that makes a comprehensive post in the tech section. We'll also sticky

http://www.ukvac.com/forum/how-to-build-a-supergun-jamma-test-rig_topic328331.html

500 points please

I don't like to "hack" these things where possible, hence I came up with the decoder in the above post.

I'm sure there are decoders circuits out there for SNES pads etc too which could be easily incorporated into a test rig. Megadrive pads are my weapon of choice though as they use the easy to find DB9 connector.

As mentioned in other posts above, megadrive pads will also work as-is, but at the expense of a button or two.

The hack Cliff mentions is to remove the multiplexer chip from the pad and wire the additional buttons to the now spare wires in the 9 way cable.

EDIT - made link clicky
DanP2013-01-30 11:44:05

 

[DanP]

500 points duly added for the original article Chad!

 

[Setch]

that brings back memories.. I still have the original printed out in a file when I made my first supergun, excellent guide.

 

[chadsarcade]

Cheers Dan

Setch - I'd no idea when I wrote that guide that it'd still be cropping up 10+yrs later! A good few folk have told me they printed it off back in the day and used it as the blueprints for their own.

 

[Setch]

When I started in 1999 it really was the go to guide, very little other info out there, forums were no existant & all we had was the yahoo mailing list & IRC.

The other option was spend £250 on a raven pre-built unit or similar.

its your Arcade legacy Chad..

 

[DanP]

Add me to the list. I'm sure I've still got my printout from around 2000 too, pretty much the definative guide then and now

Dan

 

[chadsarcade]

When I started in 1999 it really was the go to guide, very little other info out there, forums were no existant & all we had was the yahoo mailing list & IRC.

The other option was spend £250 on a raven pre-built unit or similar.

its your Arcade legacy Chad..

Eep, it's nearer 15yrs old...! Yes, I remember info was scant at the time and I felt I was making it up as I went along, not knowing if there was a right or wrong way.

Anyway - back on topic - get yourself some Megadrive pads and build the decoder circuit. The theory of operation is fully explained which may be of interest too. I know Grobda built one so it's verified working