My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

[zambi]

I have construsted my pad, but im having trouble screwing into the plexiglass, are you not going to screw corner braces in, josh?

[joshuass]

The plexiglass only gets screwed to itself (the two plates are joined together with a graphic sandwiched between them)

As for the braces, I used ddrhomepad's concept (using stanley brackets to tie together the 5 metal plates.

The plexiglass buttons "float" in essence. They are not directly attached with screws to rest of the deck.

Hope that helps.

ADDED:

I put more pics up of the finished pad and of the psx controller innards.

[LordPyrex]

Wow, I'm reading some of the more recent posts and being scared by some LOL. I think tolookah put it best when he said not to confuse teh Sony PCB ground with earth ground. There is no need to ground to an external source. We aren't dealing with kilovolts or megavolts here, LOL. The ground reference is simply a connection that serves to send a signal back to the microprocessor located within the control port. An earth ground is when you are using something with high voltage and to risk blowing the electronics from a flux in the amperage the over voltage is sent back through that 3rd prong on your plug.

To answer SILLY GOOSE's question about what to do with the ground. Take a look at some of the pads design spec's. Without the ground connection you won't be able to sent your playstation a command to tell the game ow to react. For each dirrectional arrow you create, you ahve to have an opposing ground connection. It just won't work any other way, unless you've found a way to communicate to the Playstation with your mind in which case what would you need a pad for.

Hope that guides you.
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[Tomo_kun]

Looking for an *INCREADABLY* Cheap controller, you can get one for 1.88 (plus tax) at Comp USA.
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[LordPyrex]

[Tomo_kun]

[hooded__paladin]

Wait... just because they're on seperate PCB's doesn't mean you can't solder to them. You could even snip the connecting wires and solder to that! In the official Sony controllers, the L/R buttons are on seperate PCB's and they're super easy to solder to, because the connecting wires end in big, exposed solder points.

[Tomo_kun]

[zambi]

josh, what are you using to screw the arow together on the backside, a screw would just slide, are you screwing the screw into a nut of some kind?

[Tyris]

*sigh*
looks like the 'fixed links' were in fact just cached versions again -_-

well.. uploaded them to a personal folder... so these had better work XD



again, hope it helps, and sorry for the delay ;
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[Caltrops]

http://my.execpc.com/~fjoachim/ddrpad.html

w00t! I just finished my first metal pad. It's not quite as pretty as most of the others on here, but it's easy to maintain and responds well. Much thanks goes to Didjivibes. My discussions with him gave me alot of ideas.

Pros:
Good response
Easy to work on
Thin (a bit under 1")
No brackets

Cons:
Loud
Sort of ugly

I'm planning on replacing the wiring from the pad to the control box with a VGA cable in the near future. I also need to find a more permanent way to hold the buttons on the top down since they are not recessed.

[joshuass]

[Tomo_kun]

Caltrops, if you shorten the wire going to the controller, the actual controller could fit on the pad.
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[LordPyrex]

Tyris, wow. Like the resources you used on your pad. The whole design looks ver light and streamlined. You should upload your own directions LOL. Like the replacements for the corner braces and how thin it is.
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[71custom]

Little off current topic, but does anyone have a clue where to get a center graphic like on the soft pads, the one that has the chic dancing and says "Stay Cool!"? I have the arrow graphics, but would like to have a center graphic.

[IIIMUNKIII]

hey all im nearing compleation of my pad but am looking for arrow craphics but i dont want to use standard graphics so if you know a link to some cool lookin arrows plz post and if u have used them plz take a pic of the pad too thanx all
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[Wiggy Fifes]

the thing about soldering ground im confused with. Once you soldered Up, Down, Left, and Right to each panel. Do you Solder Ground x4 for the 4 arrows? or solder ground once and make a circle to each panel? Or what?
Thx.

[Caltrops]

I agree. Tyris, you'll have to upload a materials list for your pad. It's very impressive. What kind of circuit are you using? Anyway, kudos on the design. Also, my control box is seperate from the pad by design. I have a lot of friends who don't play DDR regularly who use it. I'd prefer they not stomp on the control box.

[Caltrops]

Ground gives the current a place to go. Most(all?) controller's will have one ground. The best(or at least what I did) way to handle it is to wire that ground solder point to a screw, then run wires from that to your arrow circuits. Remember, each circuit needs both ground and current. Ground is common. Current is specific to the button you are wiring.

[Wiggy Fifes]