C-stick for button replacement...

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:02 pm

Could I take the C-stick from a broken GC controller and use it instead of the 4 buttons? I really don't care how much wiring it might take, but if it can't be done, please let me know. Thanks!

Post by **gannon** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:10 pm

hmm... maybe with the use of some a/d converters and a few comparators.

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:12 pm

comparators? something i can find at a local Radio Shack, i presume...

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:23 pm

I'm not sure if this would work or not, but here's a very poorly drawn picture of how you might hook it up:

Since the stick would be giving an analog signal, you'd probably have to push it all the way one direction for it to register.

Disclaimer: I've never seen the inside of a GC controller, so I do not know if the potentiometers actually look like that.

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:07 am

Are you sure you haven't seen the inside of a GC controller before? Because that is axactly what it looks like.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:26 am

Maybe he is a good guesser. Or thats what others look like.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:58 pm

i was testing a xbox control on my n64 a while ago. BAD IDEA! didnt work and now i have 2 ruined controllers.

MiGs · Post by **MiGs** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:54 am

So does this GC C-stick mod have any possibility of working, cause it would be a whole lot better with games that use the c-button a lot, Goldeneye (guessing kinda would feel like a newer FPS like Halo with 2 thumbsticks), Robotron 64, and games like that.... makes me wanna try if I had a GC controller... or any knowledge about them

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:09 am

Yea gannon's right, you would need some comparators or something that can determine when the c-stick reaches a certain point. Don't forget, if you did get this working, you would have to press it perfectly in one direction, or it would be like pressing 2 buttons at once.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:35 am

nos_slived wrote:you would have to press it perfectly in one direction, or it would be like pressing 2 buttons at once.

And if you need to push opposite C buttons, you couldn't. You could make some sort of joystick that would just go on top of the C buttons and could be removed for other games.

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:29 pm

you wanna know the simplest thing you can do? you take the buttons, put them in the socket so the gc stick will hit them, problem solved

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:07 pm

nos_slived wrote:Yea gannon's right, you would need some comparators or something that can determine when the c-stick reaches a certain point. Don't forget, if you did get this working, you would have to press it perfectly in one direction, or it would be like pressing 2 buttons at once.

or you could do this:

Post by **Gamelver** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:19 pm

in Ben's book, he shows you how to do something similar with the Atari controller.....first, he got a PSone analog stick and wired it up like how goodie said to the Atari board. then, he simply wired a 4.7K ohm resitor between each potentiometer pin and ground. that way, you don't have to push so much on the analog stick to make it work

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nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:01 pm

Sam's would work, but I think you would want a star instead, so you could atleast use 2 Cs at once. VSKid was right though, you're screwed if you need to press opposite buttons.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:59 am

lol that would be quite funny

anyway what if you routed the switches up besde the control and use a similar system to the chopstik joysticK http://www.ugiansky.com/trashcade/chopjoystick.htm