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Pocketbrain · 07-05-06, 11:19 PM

Not Axim-related per se, but used to show how you can take an external controller and mate it to another circuit board to wind up with something new.

I used the guts from a $4 PlayStation controller and connected it to the buttons in a C&L Championship Joystick for SNES.

First picture, the stick itself. Note the mismatched color of the cable.

Second picture is the functional interior of the stick. You can see the button and stick switches, and the wires going to the old PS controller board. I just soldered the wires to the button contacts. Simple.

Third picture: close-up of the PS controller board. Ugly, but beautiful at the same time.

Fourth picture, the old and disused SNES board and cable. I have the hacked-up IDE cable standing by to connect to the old control board.

You can apply this lesson, and I have had a plan to for some time, to a controller for the Axim. Get your hands on a Belkin Snap-N-Type keyboard and mate an old SNES or PS controller (digital, I wouldn't fool with the analog for now) and you have a docking game controller.

So, what do ya think?

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07-05-06, 11:19 PM	#42 (permalink)
Pocketbrain Aximsite Hall of Fame Addicted Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,025 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	PS/PS2 from SNES joystick mod Not Axim-related per se, but used to show how you can take an external controller and mate it to another circuit board to wind up with something new. I used the guts from a $4 PlayStation controller and connected it to the buttons in a C&L Championship Joystick for SNES. First picture, the stick itself. Note the mismatched color of the cable. Second picture is the functional interior of the stick. You can see the button and stick switches, and the wires going to the old PS controller board. I just soldered the wires to the button contacts. Simple. Third picture: close-up of the PS controller board. Ugly, but beautiful at the same time. Fourth picture, the old and disused SNES board and cable. I have the hacked-up IDE cable standing by to connect to the old control board. You can apply this lesson, and I have had a plan to for some time, to a controller for the Axim. Get your hands on a Belkin Snap-N-Type keyboard and mate an old SNES or PS controller (digital, I wouldn't fool with the analog for now) and you have a docking game controller. So, what do ya think? . Last edited by PocketBrain; 07-05-06 at 11:23 PM.