Building a metal pad from old soft mat.

psisarah · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Toronto

I was thinking of making my own metal pad using this design, but I was wondering if it's at all possible to take the board from an old dance mat and incorporate it to the design. It makes mention that it's possible on the site, and I would rather skip the disassembling a PS2 controller saudering stuff. If anyone has any info or links on how to do this it would be apperciated.
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kamron_1 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Location: YAY AREA

i'll admit i have absolutely no idea when it comes to assembly, but if i were you, i'd think about the sensor like and responsiveness, you know as well as i do that soft mats are not your best friend to play on, just thought you should keep that in mind.
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mouseish · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:

hey,

if you JUST want to use the softpad PCB and not sensors, I'll send you the wiring diagram. IF you want to use the softpad sensors god help you...they wont work.

psisarah · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Toronto

Ah, ok. I wanted to use the sensors, but if it won't work I won't waste my time. Basically I was wondering if it was possible to just strip away the outside covering of the pad and build a metal pad around it.
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mouseish · Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:49 am Post subject:

Nope, the sensors are way too weak and wont hold up over time. Id tell you that if you dont want to gut a perfectly good PS 2controller to use this guide for the PCB:

psisarah · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Toronto

Alright, thanks a lot for the help

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mouseish · Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject:

no problem mate. just keep in mind that this is a pic of the BOTTOM of the pcb

so dont wire it left to right like it is