Any pointers? Was this kind of "surgery" already accomplishe by someone else, or do I have to cut all traces and rebuild it with the multiplexer a regular PCE pad uses?
P.S. and Nope, I dun wanna just buy a RX pad.
?!?#@!~@?! FX-PAD
?!?#@!~@?! FX-PAD
Opened up an FX-Pad and what sick joke is this? Why such a complicated IC and method for multiplexing? Darn I want that sexy thing to hook up on my regular DUO R.
Any pointers? Was this kind of "surgery" already accomplishe by someone else, or do I have to cut all traces and rebuild it with the multiplexer a regular PCE pad uses?
P.S. and Nope, I dun wanna just buy a RX pad.
Any pointers? Was this kind of "surgery" already accomplishe by someone else, or do I have to cut all traces and rebuild it with the multiplexer a regular PCE pad uses?
P.S. and Nope, I dun wanna just buy a RX pad.
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Re: ?!?#@!~@?! FX-PAD
If you want to see such a complex gaming controller, look no futher than the Atari Jaguar's D-pad controller (endowed with 17 seperate buttons) or even the Jag Pro variant controller setup (with a whopping seperate 22 buttons altogether). Even the infamous non-centering Atari 5200 joystick controller is blessed with an potentimeter-based analog joystick along with the built-in numerical keypad layout -- has 19 seperate buttons in all. Thank goodness Wico released such a self centering 3rd-party 5200 joystick.
PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
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Re: ?!?#@!~@?! FX-PAD
Well, I sorta do understand complexity if you need to cram a surreal (and unneeded) amount of buttons in a controller, but in this case that chip and manufacturing method simply wasn't needed... or at least I wish it wasn't. Really, looking at the thing I don't even know how to start, not to mention that I can't find any substantial info on how that pad works.
as always, thanks for your random trivia (-_^)
as always, thanks for your random trivia (-_^)
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Re: ?!?#@!~@?! FX-PAD
For what it's worth, there are literally thousands of separate parts (and tens of not hundreds of thousands if you break those parts down into their simplest components) in the modern-day automobile, any of which may become loose and lost due to normal use and the rattling of the car loosening bolts.
Compare that with the approximately 20 parts in Fred Flintstone's car. It goes to show that sometimes simpler is better, and the old designs still carry their (very considerable, afterall the thing has stone wheels) weight today ^_~
Compare that with the approximately 20 parts in Fred Flintstone's car. It goes to show that sometimes simpler is better, and the old designs still carry their (very considerable, afterall the thing has stone wheels) weight today ^_~
Re: ?!?#@!~@?! FX-PAD
Dear Mr. Oscuro, actually that post helped me re-think the next steps for this project: I scrapped it. That thing is complicated AND "has stone wheels" compared to a DUO RX gamepad. I'll just get a RX pad.
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Re: ?!?#@!~@?! FX-PAD
The roads-making dinosaurs in Fred Flintstone's neck of the woods thank you! With fewer heavy cars on the roads, taxpayers benefit too!