Question about modding a Model 1 Saturn (Oval Buttons)

[newt42]

This question is derived off of Racket's guide:

http://www.racketboy.com/saturn-modchip ... nstall.htm

When re-routing connections, do I need to get other certain kinds of wires, or are those wires attached to/included with the chip?

[Hobie-wan]

You'll need to provide your own wires. You get just the chip.

[newt42]

You'll need to provide your own wires. You get just the chip.

Just like... regular wires? Sorry, I'm a complete noob when it comes to this stuff. Except for soldering... I've had to replace lots and lots of shoulder buttons.

[Niode]

It's probably best if you just use something around 18 AWG (I think this is right, we use SWG here but I think they're pretty similar). Not too big for soldering to PCB and should carry more than enough current in it. For all my PCB mods I use 20 SWG (which is 18 AWG I think) it's roughly 1mm in diameter.

[Ziggy]

For something like that, I would go with 30 AWG. I find it hard to use too large of wire on small PCB mods like this. In the pictures in the guide, it looks like 20-24 AWG was used. It is much larger than what is needed. I wouldn't even worry about the wire being too thin, the traces in the PCB are much smaller than 30 AWG anyway.

[newt42]

Awesome. Thanks guys.