Little wiring help?

[epicelite]

Well I am doing a PSone with build in controls and I am almost done, just need bondo/paint.

Anyway I also need to do the final wiring of the controller to the PSone mainboard, but I also want to be able to use an external controller normally.

If I were to just solder the wires for the internal one to the mainboard, would I need a switch to turn the internal controller on/off to use a external one?

Also how would I do this with a memory card?

 

[Argelfraster]

Yes you would need a switch to use an internal controller and an external one.

I'm not sure what you mean about the memory card though.

 

[epicelite]

Yes you would need a switch to use an internal controller and an external one.

I'm not sure what you mean about the memory card though.

I mean the same thing, I want a internal one and the ability to use a external one.

I suppose I just add a switch to the "V+" line and I should be good to go?

EDIT: Here is a pic of my mod, bondo time!

 

[Argelfraster]

You could have the memory card in slot one wired inside the case, and leave slot two.

 

[epicelite]

You could have the memory card in slot one wired inside the case, and leave slot two.

Yeah but some games only read slot 1. )^:

 

[Argelfraster]

Guess you have to use a switch for that too.
Or just leave both slots un-modded.

 

[epicelite]

Any way to trigger this to happen with a external controller is plugged in?

Some kind of switch I can use?

 

[zeturi]

That's a great lookin case! But from the looks of it, no analog sticks?

 

[Argelfraster]

The case looks very nice.

And Zeturi, the analog stick isn't really necessary.

 

[epicelite]

There are like no good spots to put the analog sticks, the only real spot u can put them in is where the power/CDopen button go but they u cant use them to play games very well. So I just used a original controller that had no analog.

 

[zeturi]

BTW, your shoulder buttons look way better than mine. I think I'd better break down and just buy some acetone so I can make some abs cement so I can get something looking like that.

 

[epicelite]

I just used bondo.

 

[zeturi]

Since you're problem with the memory card is (I guess) solved, how are other parts of the electronics going? Also, this portable will be flip-up with a psone screen like LOB's, right?

 

[epicelite]

Yea, and it was going good till I fried the controller.

 

[DK]

And Zeturi, the analog stick isn't really necessary.

Ape Escape

 

[epicelite]

So anyway I ended up frying the PS controller.

I do have a Dualshock tho, but I have no room for the analog sticks, can the dualshock with without the analog sticks hooked up, probably.

My worry is what if that button that turns the analog sticks on gets pressed, doesn't it disable the d-pad?
Y/N?

If not I can finish this project yet!

 

[Argelfraster]

The button does disable the D-pad in some controllers. Just remove it and you'll be fine I think.

 

[epicelite]

Is it off by default?

How do I remove it just cut the traces?

 

[Argelfraster]

I'm not sure if its off by default.
What you want to do is to plug the controller into a console. Press the button as many time as you need to, to make it disable the joysticks.
Then some simple desoldering should do the trick.

 

[epicelite]

Ok you officially have no idea how a controller works.