Dreamcast Pad hack Finished!

[jay_red]

Does anyone have any experience with pad hacking a standard DC controller, making the triggers a straight on or off unlike how they are in the controller? I cant find a suitable third party controller at the moment and am thinking about using a standard controller I have laying around.

From what I read online is the triggers pose a problem with lag unless you wire them up a certain way? Alternatively can anyone give me some pointers on wiring up this controller?


The pads are tiny to solder to, and there are a ton of traces and it just looks much more confusing than the board I originally used.

I may be able to pick up a Madcatz controller, but it will run me like $10 and normally I know where to get controllers for DC for $3, but if i can make it work with what i have that would be great.

[CRTGAMER]

I just mentioned this in the Fighting Game Thread. Maybe for the expensive Arcade stick go with a gutted PS1 controller? Its the most versatile in the form of adapters available to other consoles.

[DinnerX]

The pads are tiny to solder to, and there are a ton of traces and it just looks much more confusing than the board I originally used.

The light green coming from the metal pieces is a small layer of insulation over more metal. It can be easily scraped off with a knife to reveal more metal. You'll probably want to put some flux on it before you solder to it. You may want to double check that the metal parts actually are connected using a continuity tester.