So i got my liner sliding pots...
So i got my liner sliding pots... Posted on: 14.12.2010 by Cammy Clegg Im using a regular ps2 controller. Anyone have a picture of where i solder wires to? Would really appreciate it. I need to finish my controller by WED... | |
| Shay Wyche 15.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by chrisw
The middle of the 3 pins that the joystick is soldered to is normally the variable voltage. The outer two pins are the line voltage and return. |
| Cammy Clegg 14.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by Archies'bald
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| Cammy Clegg 14.12.2010 | Im using a regular ps2 controller. Anyone have a picture of where i solder wires to? Would really appreciate it. I need to finish my controller by WED... |
| Jacqualine Arroyos 18.04.2011 | first advice for you, try to figure out everything before ripping apart your gamepad, the way it's assembled and connected is the best and first clue of how things work. said that, you analog little joysticks of the ps have 3 wires, one ground, one positive and one +5v. if you don't have a multimeter, use a led as a way to figure out how the circuit work, if you connect the +5v and the ground and led is lit you've found those two, so the other one is the positive the slider connections are: on my gamepads, i had to disconnect the joysticks before connection the pot, i don't know why but it didn't work with the two connected at the same time. finally, trace your plan before you get your hands on a scisor |
| Arcelia Siebeneck 20.12.2010 | hi chrisw - I just got your pm... archies is definitely your man for this sorta thing! I'm afraid as much as I talk about making controllers, soldering stuff and programming, it's all just talk and theory, rather than practise. I'm still learning all the theory and getting all the parts together at the moment - I've yet to actually build anything. In other words, I've no idea why your pot/slider isn't working with the joypad circuit board. The link you posted the other day in my Arduino thread with the joypad circuit diagrams seems like the best place to start (assuming that your fader is functioning, is 10k linear and that your joypad is still working correctly). sorry I can't be of more help |
| Cammy Clegg 19.12.2010 | no help? |
| Cammy Clegg 18.12.2010 | So i solder one of the pots together and and used a multi meter but it barely reads a onnection at all. Can i use this in a bread board? like attach it to a bread board or use jumper wires? |
| Shay Wyche 17.12.2010 | Do you have a multimeter to measure the resistances on the slider? Looking at the photo I'd assume that posts 1 & 3 are at the end of the slider. No 2 would be either one of the posts nearer the middle. I forgot to mention that you should also de-solder the switches on the joystick too. These are the four pins directly above the joystick. In total you should be de-soldering 14 pins for each joystick. Your pots should be connected to the pins that are marked RX, RY, LX, LY. The middle pin on the pcb connects to number 2 on the slider and 1 & 3 go either side of 2. I don't believe it really matters which way they 1 & 3 are connected to begin with, all that will happen is the slider won't turn the volume in the correct direction on your slider (off might be at the top of the fader, on at the bottom). This can sometimes be adjusted in the software or you can just turn the slider round, either that you can resolder it to the way you want. If you are not getting any data out of one of the joysticks have a look at the analogue switch on the pcb. This should be pushed so the analogue function can be used. That's a mistake I took a few minutes trying to correct. Keep trying, it's not as steep as a learning curve as you might believe and the reward is a unique funky little controller. I will help where I can. |
| Cammy Clegg 16.12.2010 | Heres some pictures of them But also which wire do i connect the 1 2 and 3 to? any help would be appreciated |
| Cammy Clegg 16.12.2010 | my pots i got have 2 outter pins per side? same thing i assume? |
| Shay Wyche 15.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by chrisw
The middle of the 3 pins that the joystick is soldered to is normally the variable voltage. The outer two pins are the line voltage and return. |
| Cammy Clegg 14.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by Archies'bald
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| Shay Wyche 14.12.2010 | Are the slider posts numbered? Normally, 1 is the line voltage, 2 is the variable voltage and 3 is the return. |
| Cammy Clegg 14.12.2010 | Can somebody help? please? |
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