xbox controller hack to arcade control panel

Hygro

In my quest for a cheap mame solution I have reached the point where I need to "connect" an xbox to an arcade cabinet.

Has anyone here hacked an original xbox pad to use as an arcade stick? I've taken it apart as much as I could, but all the tutorials/info I've seen on web relates to the 360 pads, so I'm kinda stumped at the moment. I need to find a circuit layout of an original xbox controller.

I've got all of the stuff I need, empty cab, crt tv, and modded xbox running mame (albiet the most basic of mames), just this is holding me back :mad:

unky chop chop

Looking to do the same once my candy arrives:)
Also found out you can get pre-made boards with screw in terminals from akihabarashop. They are called ps360 but out of stock at the moment.

Also i remember seeing loads of useful picture guides as to where the various button soldering points are on slagcoin.com.


Suits me down to the ground as soldering is not one of the skills I excel at..plus if ya mess up you need to get a new joystick board

Scrath all that : I thought it was 360 pads you were looking for

Sagat06

Unky hit on it though, slagcoin.com has pcbs with soldering points there are 4 or 5 original xbox controllers in there

K.O.Kiki

These PCBs will work on Xbox1

• LizardLick.com or AkihabaraShop.jp
• Dual Strike

You'll simply need a USB-to-Xbox1 adapter.

sham69

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96190.0


Try this , should be all you need..

sham69

heres another site with some good info...

http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_wiring.html

ondafly

cough cough

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71446217&postcount=17

Hygro

I've been using this guys tutorial so far, but on the 3rd video I get confused about what he's talking about, am I looking to remove the pads which cover the ground or am I looking for the signal?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFTRwBrAtwI&feature=related

oh yeah, this is the diagram of the pad I am hacking.

http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_diagrams/xbox_diagram4.jpg

K.O.Kiki

You're looking to remove the black carbon covering to expose the copper plate.

Not doing this would prevent solder from sticking to it.

Hygro

I realise that what I meant was that in the tutorial video he only takes off one side of the carbon, so I'm trying to figure out which side to take off

K.O.Kiki

You need to expose only the "Signal" pad (blue circle).

For the common ground point, you can expose any part of the PCB that's not a signal.

Hygro

KO Kikki, just actually looked at the dual strike link you gave me ... am I right in saying that I just need one (or 2 of these) of these and a usb to xbox adaptor and I'm done (i.e. all I'll have to do is technically wire up a cp to the dual strike and connect that to the xbox via the xbox to usb adaptor cable?)

K.O.Kiki

Hygro wrote: »

KO Kikki, just actually looked at the dual strike link you gave me ... am I right in saying that I just need one (or 2 of these) of these and a usb to xbox adaptor and I'm done (i.e. all I'll have to do is technically wire up a cp to the dual strike and connect that to the xbox via the xbox to usb adaptor cable?)

Correct.

You would need 1 Dual Strike & adapter per player.

And lots of wire.

Hygro

arrrgghhh, I'm losing my mind trying to solder this feckin xbox pad. I'm sure I scraped off all of the carbon from that part I've to solder, but it won't stick, I've just ended up with a little pool of dark sludge over each signal pad :mad::mad:

The OG MK Tios

Hello HYGRO i came Acrros ur Post on Google cause as well was having the Same Problem Now I figured out the Problem to the Solyution Make Sure

1.U scrape off the Black residue of the Xbox Pad for the D-pad

2.make sure u Lighthly scrape it off untill u see the Copper underneath
now this were i made my Mistake I scraped off to much as well as the Copper:(

Then just watch this Video it helped me figure out how to solder it easily
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7DSA4Xhx8

Becarefull not burn out the PCB board cause then it will be no good

Hygro

Coming back from the dead like Jesus, this thread is being resurrected ... gonna try to give this a go soon. I've got hold of 2 heinous fatty original xbox controllers that I'm going to take apart and try to turn into a stand alone control panel for my modded xbox.

Now looking back through this thread and from what I recall from my first go (that ended in disaster) I need to

1. dismantle the controller and solder wires to the various points listed, below.



2. connect the soldered wires from the controller to a dual strike,

3. wire the dual strike to a joystick/buttons

4. connect the dual strike to an xbox using a usb to xbox wire

Is that it in a nutshell?

If it is it still sounds terrifying to me!!!

ondafly

If you are using a dual strike, you do not need to do a padhack for the xbox. The dual strike is already compatible with the original xbox, just plug usb cable from dual strike into a USB port that has the xbox controller port on the other end (you will need to source one of those cables), which obviously plugs into the xbox. It will also work for a PC running mame or a PS3, and I believe a few other consoles with usb adapters.

The only padhack that you need for the dual strike, is for the xbox360. The screw terminals that are on the dualstrike, you run wires for each of those buttons to your arcade buttons.