My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

Mix Ma$ta' · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Baltimore

yeah, that should work ok, but i would recommend using the L1 and R1 buttons, simply because you will need your x, and o buttons suring menu operation, other than that, everything should be fine.

DJUjeen · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 8:05 pm Post subject:

Little Firefly · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject:

for the brackets, what are their dimensions? I can't find them online and i was wondering if they would work with my thinner pad design.
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rk_cr · Basic Member Joined: 22 Nov 2003

Alright, my father and I have been thinking about this static electricity buildup problem and come up with a solution (for those of us who do not care about lighted pads):

What if one used, instead of a layer of Plexiglass, then a graphic, then another layer of plexiglass, only one layer of plexiglass, the graphic, then a sturdy material that doesn't conduct electricity? That way, there'd never be any way for the pad to buildup static electricity, except perhaps on the top plexiglass, but even if it builds up there it doesn't matter because it won't get to the wiring.

Just a thought.

Rockerman · Basic Member Joined: 25 Nov 2003

I wanted to use a ps2 controller for my home DDR metal pad. Can I do this? Everything i've read so far mentions psOne controllers.

rsd212 · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:57 am Post subject:

tolookah · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:56 pm Post subject:

Frosty555 · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

tolookah · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 1:21 pm Post subject:

hooded__paladin · Trick Member Joined: 10 Nov 2003

MarKoPoLo · Basic Member Joined: 18 Oct 2003

halo people of this thread! i have decided to post this to let you all know that i am going to create my own ddr metal dance pad. i am soooo excited. man i am such a geek. hah! ah well atleast i will have fun right? anyways what i would also like you all to know is that my new pad will be self designed. thus meaning i am designing my own. hopefully this will work the way i want it to. my electronics teacher is going to help me on this. hey im 18 and i dont know everything. besides this stuff is his specialty (electronics and the like). anyways main reason i am getting him to help is because he knows what he is doing and i want this to work uberly. so anyways i figure if you could just tell me some of the downfalls of the current models i may be able to work them out and eventually eliminate them. also whats a good controller to buy for the circuit part of the pad? oh and if it isnt to much extra trouble could you tell me why they are a good controller to buy?

thanks guys (and girls if there are any)! wish me luck because this will be a challenge im sure.
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Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

Hi,

It seems that no one is posting...ah well. I'll give some questions that should have one's mind thinking

1) What do you believe is the best paper to get the images printed on?
2) What is the best paper to get the images printed on for the lighting?
3) Would anyone suggest laminating the picture to have it last longer?
4) Do you just slap the picture down in the middle of the two pieces of acrylic or do you glue it in, or would you tape it in?
5) Is there any way to get the images ... I guess painted onto a lamination or something of the sort? This is so you can have an image like Riptide's and not have to worry about it at all.
6) Has anyone else found any other kind of contact that would work...I mean other than the weatherstripping.
7) Where do you find out about the electronics and circuitry?

8) Does anyone know the dimentions for the trick bar?
9) What kind of pipe would you need to get for the trick bar?
10) How do you, or what do you think is the best way, to mount/place the controller in the dance pad?

Well, those are all the questions that I can think of at the moment

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Thanks in advance

Shadow_Dragonz
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Snof · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Location: UCSC

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Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

Hi,

I'd just like to take the time to expand on one of my questions. The one that I was asking about where do you learn about circuits and electronics/electrics is that it was more so refering to about lighting. Frosty555 and hooded_paladin seem to know a lot about it. I however don't. I guess that was more of a personal questions, as refering to myself, than to other people.

Thanks everyone for answering the questions so far.

I look forward to what everyone else has to say too.

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I would think that the spring would damage the acrylic. Am I wrong about that? Well, with a spring, there shouldn't ever be a time where you would need to replace it, which is great! I hope that everything comes together and works out for you the way you've planned.

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Shadow_Dragonz · Trick Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Location: California

Hi,

I think that I've posted here more times than I've checked my e-mail this year!

Well, aside from that I have another question (which I hope doesn't bump off my other list of questions...then I'd have to write them again, or add them to this post

)

Here is it
Can you use 16 guage wire to solder to the controller and use for the ciruit? I know that it is a stupid question.

Thanks for putting up with all my questions

Shadow_Dragonz
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tolookah · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:56 pm Post subject:

for that circuitry question (for the lighting) i knew about it because im currently schooling for electrical engineering, so by now it's second nature to think things throuroughly. it took me a while to actually catch on what's going on in the official sony controller, but after a bunch of doing other stuff, i remembered to look for the durrent controlling resistor, which lets you put tiny resistances in the buttons, (up to a few kilo-ohms)...

as for other contacts that work, im currently using a craft foam, which is much cheaper than weather stripping, at about $0.50 per 10x5 sheet, and for me, it seems to work pretty good. the foam has the same function as the weather stripping, and i just used it because i knew it was cheap.

now to add another question to your list...
12(i think 12 is next up) : does anyone know enough USB specs to spoof the xbox to think there's a dancepad attached?