CPUWIZ Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 DDR pad functions 100% identical to a digital stick, works perfectly. The weird wheel controller comes back like a analog stick and the wheel is basically analog left and right, up, down and right are pegged at max values, not a very useful controller, but it works fine. The mouse is more interesting, it ID's itself with 0x12 and has a 6 byte protocol, like the analog sticks and the last two bytes are horizontal and vertical deltas. I'll probably add support for that, I'll map a 4 bit delta to the left stick and a 4 bit delta to the right stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Nice! Playing Robotron at CGE 2010 with the GB-XC1 was one of the reasons I picked up a 7800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Nice! Playing Robotron at CGE 2010 with the GB-XC1 What happened to that? Do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Great info, Stephen. Thanks for sharing it! Incompatibility reports with newer PS2 revision controllers not working (fully) on anything but slim PS2 consoles are out there. This site provides a list of various (PS2) controller revisions. Interestingly, early in its cycle, they kept the same model 'A' letter while making changes to the internals of the controller: Playstation 2 Dual Shock A (Early Version with Resistor) Playstation 2 Dual Shock A (Early Version w/o Resistor) Playstation 2 Dual Shock A (Middle Version) Playstation 2 Dual Shock A (Late Version) Playstation 2 Dual Shock H Playstation 2 Dual Shock M Revision M shows a slightly different PIN layout than the other controllers, like a Late Version A. Revision H has an additional PIN not present in version A or M. Hopefully, most of the changes are not significant enough to impact adapter design(s); nonetheless, it would be prudent to take revisions and changes of the PS2 controller into consideration. For the curious, here are the various PS2 controller diagrams referenced in the above list: PS2_Controller_Diagrams.zip For the more curious, the "PIN layout" inside the controller is not relevant. Sorry, I only just got a chance to check out those links. What they call PIN layout, has nothing to do with how the controller talks, this is hardwire info only! The pin layout I need is a total of 6 wires and it CAN NOT CHANGE, it's impossible. All the "pins" come out of the protocol. Incompatibility can come from protocol changes, but that is it. I pulled a box of DS2 controllers out of the garage, that I saved from the BIN at work, when we were done with PS2 development. They all work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 I have determined that the whole wonky resistor circuit is not needed at all, if you are targeting the 7800. With a slightly bigger MCU, I could do dual joysticks and 6 buttons on the 7800 (no multiplexing, you could technically press all of them at once). I already ordered a few next generation PIC's from Thailand, that aren't the size of a POKEY. These new PIC's have something I have not seen before, pin assignment of hardware functions, absolutely brilliant for circuit board design. Not only that, but you can clock them at 16MHz, without adding a crystal. Anyone making arcade controllers, you may want to take notes, all you need is a cable that has all 9 wires connected, resistors are not needed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Ok, last couple of pics, I am bored with this now. LOL 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradd1978 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'd love one of these :-) The 5200 needs this as well. Any chance of support on that as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberArcade Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I have determined that the whole wonky resistor circuit is not needed at all, if you are targeting the 7800. With a slightly bigger MCU, I could do dual joysticks and 6 buttons on the 7800 (no multiplexing, you could technically press all of them at once). I already ordered a few next generation PIC's from Thailand, that aren't the size of a POKEY. These new PIC's have something I have not seen before, pin assignment of hardware functions, absolutely brilliant for circuit board design. Not only that, but you can clock them at 16MHz, without adding a crystal. Anyone making arcade controllers, you may want to take notes, all you need is a cable that has all 9 wires connected, resistors are not needed. So you are saying Resistance is futile? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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