Analog switch?

PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:41 pm

How would I make an analog switch, so I can use a D-Pad for analog. Like a Playstation controller..? I need to know for my super secret project

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PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:23 pm

Pegleg NEEEEEEDS help!

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:45 pm

Um...what?

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:54 pm

He wants replace the analog sticks with digital pads.

PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:01 pm

Sort of like Valium said. I want to make a switch like on the PS1 controller that aloud analog and digital to be swapped.

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:05 pm

Thats simple then.

Solder the grounds from the D-pad and the analog stick to the opposite sides of the switch, then solder the controllers ground to the middle switch prong.

Left = Analog, Right = D-pad. Well, depending on how you want it.

PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:30 pm

Well analog confuses me, on my analog stick there's 2 wires on top, and 2 on the side, and a wire connecting to the middle of both then leaving.

So would this be right?

1 of the 2 on top is up, the other is down, same on the sides. Then the other wire is the ground?

I've never worked with analog so sorry if this sounds retarded.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:46 pm

If you want to use an analog to control a d-pad, I think you need some sort of analog to digital converter (thats what everyone says on Acidmods). Otherwise you could put a tact under the up, down, left, and right positions (cause the analog has that cone sort of thing that goes down around the sensor thing, so you could place a tact in the right place and it would hit it when you point in that direction). You would want the switch to turn the grounds for the analog or d-pad while the other is in use.

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:10 pm

I have an old Playstation steering wheel that can "fake" analog in digital mode. It rapidly switches between on and off, and the switches get more rapid the harder you turn the wheel. (Think of it like a variable turbo button.) Could you replicate this using a timer IC?

PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:56 pm

Well this was gonna be my super secret project buuuuut... to get help for what I really need I guess I gotta tell ya

I am making the Retro Box

(Mostly spawned from boredness/missing my Genesis)

It's going to be for the Dreamcast, have custom NES, SNES, Genesis, Master System controllers able to hook onto the box, mostly for emulators. I wanted to be able to use digital to control the analog stick to play new games with the pads also.