Before you say use something like the PS360+ or the Cthulhu, I can't it would be impossible to use these because I need to use the joystick/analog. What I want to know is how would I wire up the joystick to a direction. So when its wired up to up for example when I press the arcade button it'll go up. Is it just as simple as putting 5v on the direction I want and solder in ground and It'll work, or is that not the case ?
Ahh I see For analogue sticks: OK so the controller stick works using potentiometers, one for X and one for Y per stick, you'll need to use a multi meter to find the resistance value of -, 0, + on both X and Y (Middle is going to be half of the maximum resistance of the potentiometer). So to wire up a arcade stick you would need the values for each direction, lets say for Y axis: Up = 0 ohm Middle = 50 ohm Down = 100 ohm The micro switch in the arcade stick would be something like this: Up = Switch no resistor Down = Switch with inline 100 ohm resistor However you run into the problem of center needing to feed 50 ohms in this senario, you'll need to design a small circuit to flip between say 100 ohm when a switch is closed and 50 ohm when no switch is closed.... for plain directional buttons, just wire it up 1:1
Would i need to do that just for one bottom though, im sorry if i didnt explain it properly but all i need is one direction for each joystick mapped to a single arcade button? Can i wire a 50hm resistor to neutral and the up direction to a button and ill be all good yes?
Oh sorry, I thought you where using an arcade stick.. If you can use the directional buttons on the PS3 controller in game (instead of the analogue stick) it will make this 100x easier. you'll need to measure the exact resistance of the pot's (100 ohm was only an example, sorry if I wasn't clear).. Each button will have a set resistance (like say down has a 50 ohm resistor) Again if you can just use directional keys it will make things very easy..
