My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

Paranoia Survivor · Trick Member Joined: 22 Jan 2004

okay...its annoying me. its SOLDERING...not SAUTERING!.........
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nerd of nerds · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Location: nebraska

sight...middle school kids...

ok "dude" mr. 13 year old thinks he smart because he is building a ddr pad...when i was your age (2 years ago...) i was building a MAME machine!!!!

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EVERY keyboard will be different in some way...every different model of a keyboard that is...go to www.arcadecontrols.com if you want to learn about how to hack a keyboard...but, from my experiences i DON'T recomend using a keyboard...why? because of a problem called ghosting...not a good thing...long story short certain keys will get stuck "down" and that is bad for ddr... let me take a guess and say since you have your little middle school heart set on using a keyboard you want to use this on a computer? if your computer has a MIDI port or a GAME port (same thing) then i would suggest using that...you won't get ghosting roubles like you would with a keyboard or a usb gamepad...if you DO want to go the usb gamepad route or the keyboard route make SURE you can go crazy with the keys and press several at the same time without one being stuck "down"

now that i'm done ranting i commend you for doing this and being interested in electronics...keep learning! its sooooo useful for building REALLY fun things such as a full sized arcade in your room!

be cool, be a geek

if anyone makes fun of you they are f**kheads!!!!!!!!!1111
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tolookah · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject:

to add to nerd of nerds, being an electronic geek pays off too (currently majoring in electrical engineering ... i love it)
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moonmen0 · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jul 2004

here is the website i used for making my ddr pad http://wrongcrowd.com/arcade/ydkjp2.shtml
the only reason i am posting this is because i gave the wrong url in the first place, just follow the directions but insted fint the left, right, up down, esc, and enter keys.
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lightbulbkid · Basic Member Joined: 31 Aug 2003

Hey this question has probably been asked already, but I can't find it anywhere. I built a DDR pad using riptide design (it works great), but I want to make it quiet. Is there a way to do this. I was wondering if i could put 1/4 weatherstripping on the contacts will i still get a connection to trigger the arrow??? If this is not good is there a way and if so tell me. Thanks for your help.

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lightbulbkid · Basic Member Joined: 31 Aug 2003

Thanks nerd of nerds for the tip i might put insulation in the space it might deaden the sound. There is another question though. I used riptides design, but i took a circuit board out of a soft pad (konami) and soldered wires to it, they are thicker than phone cable, bell wire is what my dad calls it. I plugged the controller in to play stepmania. Here is where i gets weird, I can map all the buttons fine, but when I start a song after the first 4 steps or so, the usb adapter acts as if is dissconnected and therefore not activating the steps. Could there be a voltage problem or something, I am really confused, I also reinstalled the driver DDR xpad and still happens. ANy input to this problem could be great, cause I want to play some freakn DDR. Thanks for your help

Michael Scofield.Stg · Trick Member Joined: 25 Jan 2004

I completed my pad around may. But one problem that arised that really isn't a problem is this:

I was messing with my pad for the upcoming of DDREX, so I was wondering why my lights on the Ter-Ter box never worked. Do I have to hook up some electrical system to them? Battery or something?

(It's for the PS2)

Thx for your help. :-d

moonmen0 · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jul 2004

well ter ters design doesnt light up, the buttons take 12 volts; which you arent going to get from the pad itself. There is another design out there that is a box for xbox that is almost identical and that one tells you how to hook up the adapter and a switch, and how to hook up the buttons.

http://www.fithlan.com/ddr/cbox1.html
hope that answered your question
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HitokiriX · Trick Member Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Location: Berwyn, PA

hey. i was wondering if i could add power to the lights using the control board from my old CG (cypher games) metal pad. the LED lights still work from it so they have to get their power from the control board right? the control board plugs into a control box which plugs into the ps2 so essentially power is coming from the ps2 meaning no external battery or outlet power needed! yay!!!

unforunately using the control board from my old pad would also mean i wouldn't be able to install lights with a higher voltage requirement than the LED lights were right? that means no fairly bright lights.....damn......LED lights are pretty bright when the lights are off though i guess.....

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moonmen0 · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jul 2004

i know that this is a little off the topic, but your talking about parallel port adapter, well i built one and i cant get it to work, i know that i built it right, maybe the problem is that you have to confiqure it from the admin account, i have xp pro. Please offer some help.

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moonmen0 · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jul 2004

hey thanks for posting a reply, and yes i know that psx pad is the only one compatible with xp, and i used that emulatronica site to build my adapter, i was very careful that i didnt get wires switched and that i didnt get the diodes to hot. I think that it may be that i am trying to configure that controll from an account that isnt the administrator. I notice that whenever i press a button on the controll, a led ont the controll lights up, so i know that i i hooked it up right.....right.

Thanks
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