3/2/2024 0 Comments Imger duly noted![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the pcb that was originally for the dpad wouldn't fit with analog stick, so it had to be cut. All that had to be done was grind down a couple tabs and the stick slides right in! The original housing for the dpad was modded so that the stick housing fit perfectly! pretty happy with how clean this worked if I'm being honest. You can usually find these at radioshack in with the ic's. The analog stick I used was just the parallax one meant for the arduino. Unfortunately, the housing was too deep to allow for the scrollwheel, so I took it out for the time being. Updates should be posted in the next few days. Other than that though, everything works great! Right now, I'm working on fitting the analog stick into where the dpad was, and getting everything wired up with that. I'm pretty sure its just a short where the ribbon cable attached originally, which is an easy fix. I plan on reading more into techniques for wires this small and different types of irons in the soldering thread we have here, but for the time being, hot glue makes sure that all the contacts stay where they are.Īfter I got everything wired up, I plugged it in to check and make sure there weren't any shorts before closing up the n52. I'm sure I had the wrong materials or something. I'm not very confident in my soldering on this project. I fixed this, and now everything, while not being completely straight, works fantastically. In this picture, you can see that some of them are a little cockeyed. I also recieved the cheap rosewill keys I ordered, which allowed me to check spacing on the switches and make sure no caps were catching on each other. In some areas, I had to scrap away the pcb to reveal the copper, but it still worked alright. Managed to get everything soldered, though I couldn't get the wires on the original solder points, so I just soldered to the diodes and board instead. So, I got some time to work on the speedpad over the break, and things are coming along pretty well! I'll just do a recap of all the progress that was made. With thanksgiving here, It may be a little bit before I get to soldering, but updates will be coming asap. It worked well enough, but the it definitely could have been better, as you will see in the next photo. On my dremel, I actually had a cutting disc that had a diameter that matched the width of the switch, so I just used that to cut out the existing housing for the switches. Of course, if I change my mind late and want to put a plate under the switches, that will be easy enough to do. ![]() At first, I considered getting a sheet of aluminum cut to the same size as the n52, and then using a stencil and some computer know-how to make an outline of all the switches for the plate, but I figured that would take a while, and that this is just for me, I grabbed the dremel and went to town. I was a little conflicted as to how I was going to cutout the spaces for the switches. This is pretty much the same as ripster's mod, which is actually what I'm using as a reference for my project (with the exception of the analog stick), so if I don't have enough pictures, you can probably find more detailed photos by searching google. Looking into the new orbweaver, I like that they now have speedpads with mechanical switches, but still no analog stick, and at that price, I figured I could just make my own.SO I AM! ha! I've been interested in getting a "speedpad" for a while since it would suit the types of games I play pretty well.
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