Gamecube Controller on N64

dudasquid · Post by **dudasquid** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:39 pm

S q u e e ! is right, you bend them because they don't fit the veroboard's holes, and you cut them because they aren't needed.

Here is a link to the same programmer I suggested, except this one is designed for the parallel port; http://www.jdm.homepage.dk/newpic0.htm (it says "for PIC16C84", but it will program the 16F84A as well).

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:46 pm

Does anyone know a good place where I can find Veroboard? I've looked at every store in the US I know, and havn't found it. Is there a way I could use PC board instead?

Never mind, that was a dumb question.

dudasquid · Post by **dudasquid** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:27 pm

Veroboard is known by lots of different names (try 'stripboard' or 'prototyping board'), I'm sure your local electronics store would have it...

Read the 'Veroboard' entry on Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia

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For those who are interested; this is what my completed Cube64 looks like:
(click for larger images)

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:34 pm

Cool, I might just build one, or I could just stick the guts of a boomerang into my busted 'cube controller.

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:11 am

I guess I could try to make one. It doesn't seem like it would be too hard. The only problem is that I can't understand schematics very well. Any chance some one could make a more friendly MSPaint picture of the circuit or something? EDIT: I need the Mini version.

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:11 pm

I will. Just wait up a second.

**EDIT**
I can't. The site isn't working. My Adobe Acrobat keeps saying "Creation of Rasterization failed" and freezing up.

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:27 pm

That's odd. It works fine for me. Would this screenshot of the pdf do?

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4080 ... ini4jy.jpg

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:28 pm

Yes. Just wait, and I'll post up a diagram in 30 minutes or so.

**EDIT**
Never mind, I'll just tell you what to do. I'll PM you the instructions on how to make the Cube 64 mini (Cause I know how to read that diagram).

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:11 pm

Thanks. It seems to make sense. Now I just need to order the parts.

EDIT: BTW, I also need a PIC programmer compatible with the PIC12F629. Will the one that dudasquid posted work with it? Or will I need to find a different one?

EDIT2:I found this:
http://k9spud.com/jdm/
It looks like it would do the job. Watcha think?

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:17 pm

That is just the assembled JDM programmer, which dudasquid posted.

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:23 pm

goodie wrote:Thanks. It seems to make sense. Now I just need to order the parts.

EDIT: BTW, I also need a PIC programmer compatible with the PIC12F629. Will the one that dudasquid posted work with it? Or will I need to find a different one?

EDIT2:I found this:
http://k9spud.com/jdm/
It looks like it would do the job. Watcha think?

That's kinda the reason he posted it in the first place, so of course it can work.

BTW: nos is right, that bottom link is just the assembled product from the first link on a proffesionally made PCB.

dudasquid · Post by **dudasquid** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:27 am

The PIC programmer schematics that I have linked to will not program the PIC12F629 (required for the Cube64 Mini). I linked to those ones because they are cheap and can program the PIC16F84A (required for the Cube64 Basic).

I was unable to find a suitable programmer for the PIC12F629 that would cost less than $10 AUD. Since I am not a person who regularly programs PICs I didn't feel that the cost and effort required to build the appropriate programmer was worth it. Keep in mind that even if you do build a fairly cheap version of the correct programmer this project will cost around $35 to complete; ~$10 for the programmer, ~$10 for the controller extension cables, ~$5 for the Cube64's hardware, ~$10 for the PIC.

Those are the reasons behind my choice to build the Cube64 Basic as opposed to the Cube64 Mini. If, however, you do find a cheap and simple programmer for the PIC12F629 please post a link!

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:29 am

i like the idea of having a gc cintrol in my n64p but yeh too expensive

dudasquid · Post by **dudasquid** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:46 am

It is expensive, but when you consider that it would cost $1.50 USD + $11 USD postage (a total of $12.50 USD or $15.23 AUD) for a replacement joystick you can see that it's worth it. For a little over twice as much as a replacement joystick would cost you can use your existing, and more comfortable, Gamecube controllers.

Plus you can use the programmer again for some other project...

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:22 am

i like the idea i may investigate it further...i hate the nintendo joysticks though!