Wii! split! what?

game16 · Post by **game16** » Sun May 14, 2006 4:39 pm

Ok while i bet many of ou will be skeptical about his but i plan on maing a Wii shaped controller for my Gamecube, how will i emulate gyro motion you ask? i plan on adding a weight or something to the joystiq ( hehe joystiq) without the rubber thing of course and flipping the thing upside down so pointing up pushes it down and its registered as up since its upside down, least i hope so
onw i ask of you this, how'd you guys split your controllers for your GCp? While i won't split similar to you guys i haven't split a controller and i really have no idea how to split controllers. Yes i've searched but this forum's search feature really gives me irrevalent results

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon May 15, 2006 2:05 am

wow! sounds like a good plan!

give it a go i'd love to see how it turns out

Post by **Gamelver** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:21 pm

To split a controller, generally, you cut off the part with the buttons...scrape the green/white stuff off the copper traces...wire to those traces. Then, you solder those wires to the traces or pins on the other part of the controller board.

game16 · Post by **game16** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:21 pm

hey gamevler i see you've made a GCp, can you show me a pic of how you split you controller? ( i know its not going to be the same but I took apart my intec controller and there were so many leads it was crazy)
also, on the reverse side of the controller its brown, as in no solder mask, no connections on it nothing
And lastly how do you cut apart your controllers?

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:34 pm

game16 · Post by **game16** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:00 pm

hey thanks Tax turbo

anyhow, what did you use to split the board? i really want a really precise cut other wise i fear it'll be a complete mess

Post by **Skyone** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:03 pm

game16 wrote:hey thanks Tax turbo anyhow, what did you use to split the board? i really want a really precise cut other wise i fear it'll be a complete mess

*shrug*

I use scissors. You can use a jigsaw also, just make sure you wear a mask, PCBs can be poisonous.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:31 pm

Skyone wrote:
game16 wrote:hey thanks Tax turbo anyhow, what did you use to split the board? i really want a really precise cut other wise i fear it'll be a complete mess
*shrug*

I use scissors. You can use a jigsaw also, just make sure you wear a mask, PCBs can be poisonous.

Uh oh... They are? I've been breathing that stuff all year.

Better wear a face mask.

I always just used the cutting wheel on my dremel. It's neat and precise and won't crack the PCB like scissors can (speaking from experience).

Post by **Skyone** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:45 pm

Hehe. Last night I found using a cutting wheel for the dremel goes slower than a jigsaw, and is a bit messier and releases more toxin chemicals. So do it outside if you're going to do it with a dremel.

In fact, do it outside even if you're doing it otherwise.

PS: It isn't so much the PCB chemicals are toxic dry, but when you melt the inbetween layer of a PCB (fast moving dremel) then it releases gases.

TitaniumHamster · Post by **TitaniumHamster** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:09 pm

I was just thinking of a way to detect gyro the cheap way, Mercury switches! They work perfectly well for bombs...

Seriosuly though, if you could position the switches correctly, when you move your portable around, it would sense you are moving left, right, up down, etc.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle_clust ... coring=mrd

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:14 am

i usually just score i with an exacto knife and then crack it.

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:48 pm

Skyone wrote:
game16 wrote:hey thanks Tax turbo anyhow, what did you use to split the board? i really want a really precise cut other wise i fear it'll be a complete mess
*shrug*

I use scissors.

thats retarted... please use a dreamel any chopping device could cut at unintended areas.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:49 pm

TitaniumHamster wrote:Seriosuly though, if you could position the switches correctly, when you move your portable around, it would sense you are moving left, right, up down, etc.

Yes but how would they sense how far to the left or right you are moving?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:51 pm

it wouldn't, they're not analog. and the problem with weights is that if you move it, the weights will swing a bit and that'll really throw things off.

game16 · Post by **game16** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:24 am

alright, almost done wiring back up my controller, too bad it is't wireless, or maybe goody i don't know but how would you propose sensing movement?