One more NESp troubleshoot

LToidKing · Post by **LToidKing** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:19 pm

I got my NESp working (hooray! Kirby and Little Nemo look wonderful!), but now all that's working on my D-pad is the down button. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. All my wiring is up to par with what's in the book, with some "flubbing" done on my part because of the afforementioned defeciencies in the proof reading (which I fixed by referring to previous chapters and comparing pin-outs).

I know it's possible I got some bad buttons from Digi-key, but 3 out of 8? That's a load of BS.

LToidKing · Post by **LToidKing** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:04 am

anyone?

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:18 am

it is possible it is a bad button

have you check all of your cannections

check the buutton with a muyltimetre on continuity

LToidKing · Post by **LToidKing** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:21 am

Well, I somehow killed the video on my nes, so I'm gonna do a bunch of re-soldering today.

The thing is, it's not just one button, it's 3 buttons that aren't working.

Does anyone know which colored wire carries the signal for the Dpad? That may be my problem.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:17 pm

good luck with that

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:24 pm

Doesn't the NES D-PAD just connect to the encoder chip via traces?

LToidKing · Post by **LToidKing** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:20 am

That it does. Each direction is a separate switch. I'm gonna pick up some new switches and find another NES... I think I fried this one

Third time's a charm, right?

Unidentified Assilant · Wed May 18, 2005 11:57 am

Yep.

Good luck on your portable

Super Mulletman · Post by **Super Mulletman** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:39 pm

Actually, I've had that happen before, but it was when I was working on an NES VR controller. I think there was a wire going to the wrong place, or maybe it was a connection missing. But I've had that problem, and it's caused by one of those two. I hope that will help.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Thu May 19, 2005 1:20 am

be careful of stripped traces