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I am trying to rebuild the controller on a breadboard so I can hook it up to arcade buttons.

The fact that those are resistors makes a huge difference. What do they measure?

Sorry to make so many SNES controller topics, but I think it might be best to start a new one to focus the answers.

Does anyone know the rating on the capacitor on this SNES controller (specificlaly C1)?


http://www.andygoetz.org/snes_nintendo.jpg


The controller I am tearing apart only has C1 ...

Why not keeo the whole board? I thought by rebuilding it I could get better connections. Soldeirng on leads to the controller was problematic in that the wires tended to rip off very easily. It was also difficult to manage with all those wires coming off the board.

I am trying to build my own arcade stick/controller that will work with real SNES hardware. I tried removing the chip that is the "brain" of the controller (V520B), and placing it on a breakout board so I could tinker with it (wire up my own buttons, etc). Essentially you could say that I am trying ...

Why would I need resistors?

Ok, I studied the circuit and a picture of the SNES controller circuit. This really should be pretty easy to do. I really appreciate the help.

So this seems like it could be fairly easy. I apologize though, because I don't really know too much about electronics yet, but I am studying engineering at a university right now, so learning shouldn't be that difficult. Could you please elaborate a little? I am not sure what you mean by common ...

So basically, I can just use an SNES controller chip, buy the button switches, and connect 2 wires from the buttons to the chip... for each button on the pad. Am I getting that correct? I realize that there are specific places I need to wire, but theres not other circuity involved beside re routing ...

I want to do something similar to this:

http://www.willyliliana.com/NES%20Cabinet/NES%20Cabinet.htm

but with an SNES... and without the short shorts.

I will be able to get my hands on a cabinet, mount the console on the inside with an opening for the cartridge.

Now here is the problem. I ...

jeroen wrote:http://www.retrousb.com/wii.html tada!

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I saw these already. I would really like to do this myself, rather than spend the $20.

Is it really possible to just map the buttons? I have a feeling that hte controllers work in a completely different way. Does anyone know?

What I want to do is make it possible to use an actual SNES controller to play SNES games on the Wii's virtual console. I do realize they have a digital gamecube controller (with a big D-Pad) out there already, but I really want to use an actual SNES controller. I would think that this would be a ...

benheckc wrote:This game is great but old. Everybody I know that played it has moved onto BF2.

Sorry...

BF2? That was SOOOOO last summer! Call of Duty 2 is more like it!

Seriously though, I play both, but I prefer WWII themed shooters.

haha, I am in college!

Ben you should have done your research! Nintendo's "game wand" as you call it will have a traditional style controller shell as mentioned above. I am starting to agree about the HD thing, I think Nintendo should have included that.

I really don't know how the Rev will do in a wide spectrum, but I ...

Hey, I had school when I was 14, but I did a lot of less work. Anyway, things are really exciting for me now days because I gradute at the end of May. The sumer will allow me to do all the things I have been meaning to do this spring (portabalize a SNES, play Terranigma, etc). Also, I will be going ...