My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

[PHSwarrior]

Asuka-

Thanx guy and yeah i graduated from Pueblo bout 3 wees ago, i was on the drum-line, thanx for the helpful advice
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Drum-Line what! PHS 2003

[MrNapknMan]

As with many other people, I have a problem with frying controllers. A few posts back I read something about static frying the controller, which makes sense, as I tend to notice a difference in how long a controller lasts when I say no shoes allowed or not. So, how would I stop this static? Maybe somehow ground the panels?

[Goliath01364]

[sokochan]

Yah, ground the acrylic pads.

I was thinking about doing an extra small piece of sheetmetal attached to the underside of the acrylic pads and have it go to ground ... or just use a semi-DDRHomepad's design and make the sheetmetal ground and the screws positive
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watashi wa sakki

[nekomi-chan]

Just a question for any of you who have successfully built ddrhomepad's metal design... I'm starting my own pad tonight and need a little guidance.

What kind of steel is appropriate for this project? His website specifies 26 gauge stainless steel, but I can't find stainless anywhere. About the only thing I've found is galvanized steel, which seems to be OK from what I've read here on the forums... I'm also having trouble locating the right gauge. Has anyone here had success with any other gauge steel? (I seem to be finding 30-gauge galvanized pretty much everywhere I go.)

Thanks a bunch in advance. ^__^

[-joe-]

[marsman57]

[Thrawn]

Is there any cheaper alternative to the 2" stanley brackets?

They get a little expensive buying them for both pads, can you get cheaper ones online or at some store? I looked a little but couldn't find anything except at the actual ddr site, which doesnt seem to want to sell them (but prices them at $0.90).

[-joe-]

[Andreq]

[Tomo-kun AKA s1]

im now starting to get plans for a DDR homepad. im useing riptides design, i have a question, will a controler box from an old soft pad work?

s1

[Weston]

Yes, as long as you know which parts of the curcuit board control each arrow, and that you replace the material that it uses for it's wires with copper wires. The only thing I don't like about the circuit board in the controller box is that it is so big.

[Andreq]

[Momo -YHB-]

Well the money is in and Im going to start building my pads here within the next few days. I just need to get a hold of all the materials. Im not sure who's contacts im going to use though. Im thinking of using beefmans contacts but probably with the latex tubing from home depot, or try his contact design with weatherstripping like riptide used in his contacts. I tested my soldering skills on a pc gamepad of mine and I got the hang of it and all the buttons I made work fine, so soldering shouldn't be a problem for me. Im gonna go with a non analog sony controller, as beefman told me, they don't short out like madkatz do and soldering to it is not a problem, so thanks to beefman and riptide and DDRHOMEPAD for making all this happen

[Goliath01364]

Well I finally finished my DDR Pad and i'm quite happy with it. My only complaint is the sinking feeling you get when you step on the arrows. I think I will add a few plastic or even wood braces under each arrow inorder to prevent so much sinking. Well here it is
http://www.geocities.com/chocobo_007/DDRPad.htm
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I don't play DDR......I destroy it....

[nekomi-chan]

Thank you all for your help regarding the metal! I was able to find the 26 gauge plated sheets at another Home Depot in my area. Thank you!! ^__^

I do have another question, though. ^__^ I recently picked up a Gamestop PlayStation analog controller to use in my pad. A programmer who's helping us build the pad coded a little button tester so we can make sure all the buttons are working, and we discovered that right and left cannot be hit at the same time, and up and down have the same problem. Any idea on what we can do? ^^ Any help is appreciated.

[Andreq]

[marsman57]

[xbillxdt]

okay im new here and ive read alot of the posts on here but most of them are the smae things over and over.. so i skipped a bunch and heres my deal:

this week my nephews and i are building metal pads ddrhomepad style but i wanna make a little control box too and use pushbuttons for X, O, START and SELECT.. so i found these here http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F010%5F007%5F001%5F000&product%5Fid=275%2D1556#

those like what i need. i guess what im trying to say is how would i wire up the pushbuttons and what else would i need and all that??
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frick you, i came to mosh

[Andreq]