My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

[MasterInuYasha]

Umm.. Thanks.


I am looking for the one that had tape over the contacts with left, o, X, Start, select, ETC... it was really easy to read...

[Genfuyung]

All you said was ps2 softpad. So far 2 people have tried to help you and youve been a d*ck both times. Heres to hoping noone else wastes their time trying to help you.

[MasterInuYasha]

[ChilliumBromide]

If you have a USB adaptor, you can just plug it into your computer, open the window for the controller (should be a 16-button 4-axis controller), grab a piece of scrap wire, and touch it to buttons to get knowledge.

1 = triangle
2 = O
3 = X
4 = square
5 = L2
6 = R2
7 = L1
8 = R1
9 = Select
10 = Start
11 = L3
12 = R3
13 = up
14 = right
15 = down
16 = left
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[Travelsonic]

I have been facing some issues with my game pad. I am using arcade sensors, 4 per arrow with foam surrounding them on the long side like so:




with foam at each end to keep them from sliding around.


The problem is, I am getting an array of sensitivity and responsiveness issues, including misfirings, and not firing at all.



Unrelated: Corner brackets, screwed into corner pieces of which are glued down with strong wood and nailed into place continue to become loose.


What should I do to fix and prevent all of these problems from arising again?
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[Kalek]

I think the arcade uses something like http://mymybox.com/mbsacc11.html that and http://mymybox.com/mbsacc10.html that.

Mymybox could be entirely wrong though


but there was definitely something surrounding the sensor whenever I've seen the inside of an arcade pad.

[ChilliumBromide]

The arcade encasement is very similar to the BS encasement. You should definitely at least have one of those funky tab things over each sensor.

As for the screws, either A) get slightly thicker screws, or B) get machined screws that go all the way to the bottom of your pad along with nuts and lock washers that fit them, drill holes slightly thicker than the body of each screw through each screw hole, drill a 1" diametre, 3/16" to 5/16" deep hole in the base board around each screw hole, then put the screws in and attach them using the lock washers and nuts in the larger holes in the botom.

And try not to make the holes in the baseboard more than half the thickness of the baseboard, or you might risk cracking

I'd go with B.

If you go with A, DON'T USE A POWER DRILL.
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[deathfromabove1990]

Well I just finished building my own pad, a DJ3 design, and I have to say it's absolutely phenomenal. I forget the screename of the creator, but, I thank you very much sir.
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[Weston]

You're very welcome, I'm glad you chose my design!

[DMS]

My DJ3 is coming along alright... I was on a 2 week hiatus, but I am starting again this week.

[Kalek]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/Kalek/0813072101.jpg

started working on my pad today and made a ton of progress

I think it'll probably be done tomorrow. Basically I need to cut the corners of the lexan, wire it, and bolt everything down to the base. I might need to frick with the sheet metal over the panels a little bit, I feel like I did somewhat of a shitty job with that.

its a riptide with matrix sensors and an extra 6 inches + a 2x6 for the bar


EDIT: HUGE IMAGE

linked it instead

[ChilliumBromide]

That's some good progress, but I gotta warn you that wiring it up takes a long time. It seems like it should be fairly quick to just lay a couple of wires, but it's not.
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[daikenkai =[]

These homepads just keep getting better and better looking.

[DMS]

[slvrshdw]

what are you guys talking about?!

wiring is the BEST part heh...

anyway, wiring does take a while, and its not the best part, but you just have to stick with it


::just for anyone who cares::
im building a pop'n music controller now.
it is almost done, and i will get pics sometime...just not sure when/if people care about it though
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[burningforce]

I need help with the wiring part, there is a few questions I have.

I am making a stoli pad and just can not find a wiring guide that I can easily follow.

I will be using a softpad that I bought from amazon.com that is pictured Here

now for the questions.

I solder 2 wires to the bottom sheet metal, 1 for the arrow to register and the other is ground. After I solder all the wires to the sheet metal arrow panels and buttons, I take all the ground wires from the arrow panels and put them together and solder them to the PCB slot for ground. Am I correct so far?


also how do I make sure there is no static build-up within the pad? Is there a specific way to get rid of the static electricity? I will be working on a metal table and tiled floor if that matters.

thanks for the help

[ChilliumBromide]

[Silenkiller]

Alright. Finally finished my DDR pad! Heres a few pictures, let me know what you think Works Great!

I borrowed a controller from an old soft pad. I'm surprised more people don't do this.

55 hours, 260 dollars or so to complete.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8015/15ks7.jpg

[stupidhead]

I've been thinking about constructing a homemade pad for DDR. I've seen all the examples and get how to construct the sensors and framing.

The only system I have right now though, is a Wii. Since the new game coming out for the wii is going to be capadable with the mats they use in the DDR Mario version, I was wondering what I need to wire the pad to. The circuitry in a gamecube controller, or circuitry in the DDR Mario mats? If its the controller, is it basically the same thing as the PS controllers in terms of wiring everything up correctly?

[Ghettobarney]

Very nice. How does it play?
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