Help with joystick

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soxinrevin
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Help with joystick

Post by soxinrevin »

Im wiring the n64 joystick directly to the controller chip and i ran into a problem.
On the chip the is only 5 connections but on my joystick the is six wires.
im using this picture on where to wire them on the chip
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Post by Kyosho »

This is probably extremely stupid of me to say as I'm sure you've considered it or whatever, but perhaps number 6 is ground?
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Kyosho wrote:This is probably extremely stupid of me to say as I'm sure you've considered it or whatever, but perhaps number 6 is ground?
I thought of this but I'm not sure because there are 5 grey wires and 1 white
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Connect the white one to grounds.

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Post by soxinrevin »

ShockSlayer wrote:Connect the white one to grounds.

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OK i hope your right
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Or Get a Multimeter, thats what Ive always been told yet still dont have one. :D
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Post by Thegamer3000 »

there are some other componets it looks like your missing if you completely cut the board. But maybe you've thought of that.
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