{"id":166,"date":"2015-05-31T19:44:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nemmelheim.de\/trsgames\/?p=166"},"modified":"2018-04-20T20:11:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T20:11:57","slug":"diy-arcade-joystick-usb-adapterinterface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nemmelheim.de\/trsgames\/2015\/05\/31\/diy-arcade-joystick-usb-adapterinterface\/","title":{"rendered":"diy arcade joystick usb adapter\/interface"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now for something completely different:<\/p>\n

Some time ago I bought an old poker-arcade-cab and now started to rebuild it into a pc-driven arcade-cab. Since the whole JAMMA-approach exceeds both, my budget and current knowledge of electronics, I decided to do it on the cheap.<\/p>\n

Since I got brand new arcade-buttons and joysticks as a birthday-gift last year, the first thing I needed was a way to connect those to my PC. So, i dismantled an old USB-Joypad and simply screwed it on a board, I used a cut plastic-corc as a spacer.<\/p>\n

Now I soldered cables on each contact and connected them using a wire connector. This was my first time soldering a circuit-board, it was easier than I thought, but I was glad I had some desoldering wick ready.<\/p>\n

Material used so far:<\/p>\n

-Old USB-Joypad
\n-Plastic Corc
\n-Screws
\n-Cables, from scrapped PCs \/ Resets-& Power Switches
\n-Some Cable straps<\/p>\n