My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

[pooface]

I also will be finishing my mat that I began building like a month ago probably tomorrow. I'll post pictures, but don't expect anything special, its just a Riptide mat.
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Trying to build a mat...

[Silenkiller]

It plays totally fine. Very accurate. I'm incredibly happy lol.

[Travelsonic]

I changed the left and down arrow sensors on my pad, and strangely, now the pad works perfectly, aside from getting used to flatfooting/moving differently I get no pad boos/misses/etc.

WTF?
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[Travelsonic]

Apologies for the double-post, as this is pissing me off greatly.

My other arrows have the sensors built the same way: Foam on either side of the sensor lengthwise to support the plexiglass and prevent the sensors from sliding about, and foam on each remaining side to prevent foward/backward sensor sliding. The layout is 4 sensors, on each side of the arrow well, just like in the arcade, minus the brackets on top. The Up, Down, and Right arrows function perfectly, yet the left arrow randomly sticks, or stops responding all together. The sensors I tested individually and are in good condition, responding well, and all the wiring is soldered very strongly and still in tact. What the bloody hell is going on?
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[Weston]

If you're absolutely certain that the sensors are working correctly, it may be the controller's fault.

1) If you can, try to detach the sensors on the left arrow all together. If your controller is still giving you phantom steps, you'll know the sensors aren't the problem.
2) Sometimes wires may get loose that you attached to the controller, causing them to touch the circuit somewhere.
3) There may have been a soldering job that connects two places of the circuit in a way that was not intended, giving the ground path weird signals.
4) Depending on the switch design, the contacts can act as a capacitor and build up an electrical charge which when released can damage the controller. When this happens, some buttons on the controller will not respond appropriately.

[wrecktified]

[Kalek]

I have my pad mostly finished now. There are still a few problems though:

-wiring is shoddy (my fault completely, I was lazy when I soldered to the softpad control box -- going to have a friend rewire to a 3rd party controller because I'll be able to use the controls on it)
-sensors autofire occasionally (using matrix style sensors) -- going to attempt adding spacers and see what happens
-bar is wobbly and so is the 2x6 under it -- probably can be fixed by adding more screws, only 3 were used to connect the 2x6 from the bottom
-panels aren't recessed enough, the pad feels mostly flat although its enough that I can still feel my way around
-a lot (like 1/3) of the screws went in odd directions when I screwed on the corner brackets and as such a random bracket is always falling off of the up arrow

[slvrshdw]

[wrecktified]

[Travelsonic]

Odd problem is, it is ONLY the left arrow on my pad having problems, the other arrows are perfect, and basically have the same layout.
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I'll believe that when me **** turns purple, and smells like rainbow sherbet.

[Kalek]

[ChilliumBromide]

2 well-placed screws are sufficient to hold a bar fin on.

But yours aren't well-placed, I'm assuming.

If you can get me some pictures of your pad, I can probably help you redo the back so that the bar doesn't wobble.

Otherwise, I can list of a different solution for each possible design you might have.
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[AJAX the Insomniac]

EDIT: Nvm

[neuter_man]

[neuter_man]

Anybody know how conductive dibond is? Stuff's damn sweet, specially the brushed aluminum. Figured it wouldn't be bad for a design similar to Devout's, but I have some different theories on the way they've done some of the stuff.

Another question, anybody have any idea what kind've voltage the soft pad control box puts out to the leds (on the ones that have them)?

I'd check, but I don't have a voltage meter X:
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[hydrogen_wv]

Well, I've been working on making my own pads, and have learned a couple important lessons.... the first being that 2x4s are not actually 2" by 4"... but that's just a little cosmetic issue which will be fixed.

Anyway... I started a new thread about my adventure, but was told it should go here, but anyway... I am building my own pads with 3 controllers each... 2 xbox (1 switched to usb) and 1 gamecube. I don't own a ps2.

I found a diagram and list of solder points for the xbox controller on the internet, based on the TP## points. The gamecube controller, on the other hand, I can't find any info on.... Anyone have any info on wiring up a gamecube controller? That's the one thing keeping me from completing my pads... well, except the time i still have left to put into them...

[Ghettobarney]

ANGER. Yesterday I got my first AAA on my pad, today the down and left arrows randomly trigger and I have no idea why. There's no way it's the pad so I'm gonna assome it's the controllers fault so I'm just gonna buy a softpad and use the controller from that.
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[ChilliumBromide]

2x6's.

My life is happy.

2x6's = 1.5"x5.5"
5.5"x2=11"


In other words, I've finally solved the problem I've been working on with the DT200's for the last month, for $3 per pad.

I've got to get up early tomorrow, so maybe I'll take a couple hours to work on getting the prototype fully assembled, then I'll start shamelessly promoting myself again.


Hydrogen: I can't answer your question, but it would help if people knew what make your GC controller is. Is it the one that comes with Mario Mix?
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[hydrogen_wv]

No.. by controller, I mean an actual controller, not a dance pad. It's a standard Nintendo brand gamecube controller.

[devout]