Working on controller, need help now!

Ghost2520 · Post by **Ghost2520** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:50 pm

Ok well I've FINALLY found some spare time and am working on this downstairs right now. I lost some stuff for the controller.... so I went to goodwill and got a new NES with two controllers for 8 bucks.

Anyways, I've cut the controller (just to the right of the D pad because that spot looked like it would require the least amount of sodering. Now I have discovered a SERIOUS problem. Those traces are like half a millimeter apart! How the heck am I suppose to solder wires to them without connecting??

For those of you that don't remember the old thread, basically I'm seperating the controller into two (one piece has D-pad and the other has start/seclect A/B) and then connecting the traces together with some IDE wires.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:58 pm

scrap the green off of parts of each trace that are far enough apart to solder to

Ghost2520 · Post by **Ghost2520** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:13 pm

So your saying to do something like this? Only scrape the points your going to solder apart and space them out like this?

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:20 pm

Get good at soldering! I can solder those!

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:31 pm

maybe his iron is big? and...wait....ew

EDIT: That would be great to put in your sig.

Ghost2520 · Post by **Ghost2520** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:37 pm

Harshboy wrote:maybe his iron is big? and...wait....ew

EDIT: That would be great to put in your sig.

HAHA I had to read it like 4 times before I got it.

And this is the first small thing I have ever had to solder.... all I had done before this was solder some rings together in material science.

Hopefully I can get the internals done today so I can start designing the case and throw it into the laser cutter at school.

sock2828 · Post by **sock2828** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:42 pm

Dude 8 bucks for two controlers i got two at good will for 4.95

Ghost2520 · Post by **Ghost2520** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:55 pm

sock2828 wrote:Dude 8 bucks for two controlers i got two at good will for 4.95

No, it was 8 bucks for 2 controllers and NES.

scherubino · Post by **scherubino** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:36 pm

Ghost,

You CAN solder those without touching. I did the same process for my portable. Also where you cut the boards IS the best place to seperate them. Just use small wires(preferably old printer cable) and a small soldering iron.

BTW 8 bucks is a great deal for what you got.

Ghost2520 · Post by **Ghost2520** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:54 pm

scherubino wrote:Ghost,

You CAN solder those without touching. I did the same process for my portable. Also where you cut the boards IS the best place to seperate them. Just use small wires(preferably old printer cable) and a small soldering iron.

BTW 8 bucks is a great deal for what you got.

I think I'm gonna solder them further down the traces like they said above... this really is my first time using a soldering iron (I have improved greatly so far during this project though

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Ghost2520 · Post by **Ghost2520** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:21 pm

Ok in the book Ben uses a heatsink on the regulator for the screen... am I gonna need one too because I don't see one on the "custom" design chapter but there is one in the hand built NES by Ben chapter?