Modified Gamecube Controller

[Flake]

A preamble: I know nothing about modding, soldering, tinkering, pretty much technology in general.

I am wondering how hard it would be to take a gamecube controller and modify it so that the big green A button and the little red B button were wired so that the A button registered as the B button and vice versa.

[noiseredux]

A preamble: I know nothing about modding, soldering, tinkering, pretty much technology in general.

I am wondering how hard it would be to take a gamecube controller and modify it so that the big green A button and the little red B button were wired so that the A button registered as the B button and vice versa.

you're trying to physically fix Mega Man Anniversary Collection eh?

it would be quite easy actually.

[Flake]

you're trying to physically fix Mega Man Anniversary Collection eh?

it would be quite easy actually.

Guilty as charged.

[noiseredux]

never opened a GCN controller, so check w/ Ziggy or CRT, but:

you can probably get away with snipping the wires, then re-connecting them with just electrical tape. (probably -- check with them)

[Ziggy]

Should be pretty easy. I'd imagine you could just cut the trace going to each button and then use wire to reverse them. Fairly simple to do, if you are good at soldering. I have a Gamecube controller already taken apart on my workbench, I'll take a look at it to confirm in a little bit.

edit: Just took a look at the controller. The pressure sensitive L and R buttons and the weight for the rumble is all attached as one unit that is on the back of the controller PCB, and it covers the traces. You'd have to remove this unit first, it has to be desoldered from the PCB. After that, it should be as simple as cutting two traces and adding two wires.

[bacteria]

It is simple but you need to know how to solder. There are two contacts to a button, one is ground (and connects to both buttons) and the other is the button contact - you'd need to cut the trace for "A" and "B" and connect the contacts that was from "A" to button B and from "B" to button A.

To solder to a trace you need to scrape off the upper layer to expose the copper, then apply a little flux to the copper to "tin" it, then solder a tinned wire to the trace and the button contact.

[noiseredux]

It is simple but you need to know how to solder. There are two contacts to a button, one is ground (and connects to both buttons) and the other is the button contact - you'd need to cut the trace for "A" and "B" and connect the contacts that was from "A" to button B and from "B" to button A.

To solder to a trace you need to scrape off the upper layer to expose the copper, then apply a little flux to the copper to "tin" it, then solder a tinned wire to the trace and the button contact.

sounds like Flake will be paying someone to do this for him.

[Flake]

Yeah. I hear the word 'solder' and my hopes usually diminish.

[Ziggy]

To solder to a trace you need to scrape off the upper layer to expose the copper, then apply a little flux to the copper to "tin" it, then solder a tinned wire to the trace and the button contact.

Couldn't you just follow the traces back to their origin (like an IC leg, via, resistor or some other component) and solder to that point instead? I find this MUCH easier to do then soldering to a trace.

[CRTGAMER]

If a common ground maybe only one solder point each. Good idea on the wire jumpers.