Homemade controller/joystick?

DrF · 26 August 2007, 13:38

The simply things seem to confuse me beyond belief, my goal is make a proper arcade style controller for my Amiga.

I got some info for this from here :

http://www.hardwarebook.info/Amiga_Mouse/Joy

http://www.gamesx.com/misctech/controltech.htm

According to the pin outs theres a ground and a +5 but I can't work out where they would go.

In my head I am thinking that Up,Down,Left,Right would go to there appropiate places and then do I just put the ground (GND) on the other side of the switch, so when a button/movement is pressed it would it would cross Up with Ground and work???

Thanks for any help

a_petri · 26 August 2007, 15:11

A basic digital controller can be implemented with pushbutton switches connected between the appropriate input lines (/LEFT, /RIGHT, etc.) and the GND line, just as you thought.

The +5V line can be used as power supply voltage for fancier things, like autofire (a small electronic circuit that pulls the /BUTTON1 line to GND periodically as far as the 'Fire' pushbutton is pressed), or connecting extra buttons (search 'cd32joy.lha' on www.aminet.net - it shows the schematics of the CD32 controller, minus the four directional buttons).

DrF · 26 August 2007, 16:24

Thank you for your help, I was confused as that seemed a little too simple to me. I just wanted to be sure because I was going to buy a Sanwa stick and push buttons, its just something I always wanted. I guess :

"Only Amiga makes it possible"

Rebel-CD32 · 27 August 2007, 01:12

DrF, are you using all seven CD32 buttons so you can use the stick for Amiga fighting games and other newer games, or just a one-button setup?

T_hairy_bootson · 27 August 2007, 05:16

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...light=homemade

DrF · 27 August 2007, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebel-CD32

DrF, are you using all seven CD32 buttons so you can use the stick for Amiga fighting games and other newer games, or just a one-button setup?

I do not actually have a joystick at present, so I thought why not build my own, I have always wanted a proper feeling arcade stick and I finally have some money to treat myself. I may still get a CD32 pad though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_hairy_bootson

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...light=homemade

Yeah I want something like that, I am going to try to use a Sanwa ball top stick and 3 nice big push buttons, I intend to have a button for jump.

26 August 2007, 13:38	#1
DrF Blessed A1200 Of TeH Rat Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bham, UK Age: 42 Posts: 496	Homemade controller/joystick? The simply things seem to confuse me beyond belief, my goal is make a proper arcade style controller for my Amiga. I got some info for this from here : http://www.hardwarebook.info/Amiga_Mouse/Joy http://www.gamesx.com/misctech/controltech.htm According to the pin outs theres a ground and a +5 but I can't work out where they would go. In my head I am thinking that Up,Down,Left,Right would go to there appropiate places and then do I just put the ground (GND) on the other side of the switch, so when a button/movement is pressed it would it would cross Up with Ground and work??? Thanks for any help

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26 August 2007, 15:11	#2
a_petri Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Budapest / Hungary Posts: 73	A basic digital controller can be implemented with pushbutton switches connected between the appropriate input lines (/LEFT, /RIGHT, etc.) and the GND line, just as you thought. The +5V line can be used as power supply voltage for fancier things, like autofire (a small electronic circuit that pulls the /BUTTON1 line to GND periodically as far as the 'Fire' pushbutton is pressed), or connecting extra buttons (search 'cd32joy.lha' on www.aminet.net - it shows the schematics of the CD32 controller, minus the four directional buttons).

26 August 2007, 16:24	#3
DrF Blessed A1200 Of TeH Rat Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bham, UK Age: 42 Posts: 496	Thank you for your help, I was confused as that seemed a little too simple to me. I just wanted to be sure because I was going to buy a Sanwa stick and push buttons, its just something I always wanted. I guess : "Only Amiga makes it possible"

27 August 2007, 01:12	#4
Rebel-CD32 Amiga will never die! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tasmania, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 532	DrF, are you using all seven CD32 buttons so you can use the stick for Amiga fighting games and other newer games, or just a one-button setup?

27 August 2007, 05:16	#5
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...light=homemade

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