Gamecube controller...

[Jidan]

okay, so I'm trying this "rasping" thing that Kasar put in his guide...and I cannot for the love of god get it to work. I exposed the trace on one controller and am wiring it to the other one (do I need some kind of ground or something?) and it's not working at all...anyone help?

[Jidan]

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[Tchay]

um...who is kasar and where is his guide

WHO IS KASAR!?!?!? WHO IS KASAR!?!?!? HE"S ONLY THE GREATEST PORTABLE GAMECUBE INFORMER TO GRACE THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!



If it weren't for Kasar, I would still be trying to figure out how to unscrew the Gamecube casing

[tzt2]

kasar has a great guide for making a portable gamecube - I've used a lot of pin out info from the guide.


On rasping, what I did was to use a sharp razor knife to scrape away the protective trace covering. I used the blade on about a 30 degree angle and moved the blade in one direction until I had some copper to solder to. It's also important you use solder with flux, or have a flux pen to use in order to get a good solder connection.

Don't use a giant soldering tip either - overheating these small traces can cause them to lift up off the board and possibly break off, forcing you to go further back in the circuit to find a spot to make a connection.

Hope that helps.