OK, I showed this controller in a video a while back in the official controller topic and all I had done at the time was a simple ROL mod. Since then I've done a bit more work on it and figured I'd start up a little worklog to keep updated and show where I'm at with it. I decided to do a controller geared toward FPS games, both in function and theme/style, since I've been getting into them a bit more recently. I'm still working on a paint scheme, so it's stock white and grey for now. Hopefully I can come up with something soon, I really want to take advantage of the pro paint shop currently at my disposal. Either that or I'll come up with something cool and do it at home...
Anyway, here it is...
I haven't changed the ROL mod, so that's still there...
You can see the 12 Gauge D-Pad mod, and there is a tut for it in the tut section if you want to do one yourself.
There is also a look at another mod I'm doing right now, the 9mm ABXY buttons. I know this has been done before just like the D-pad. Just like the D-Pad though, I use a different method than others I have seen that make you cut up your original buttons and what not.
t0pfire installed... RF switches on the back, soon to also be custom shelled
You can see that I recessed the holes for the buttons to give it a bit of a nicer feel, as well as the white and yellow wiring for the left trigger of the RF install.
Wire twisting keeps everything neat, clean, stays low profile, and looks cool, too (at least I think so)... Sometimes it can be a bit of a pain to do, like the red and blue twisted section below... but the look can pay off in the end.
Wiring and placement of RF switches, keep it clean, keep it clean!
t0pfire PIC placement and wiring, permanent installation, no socket. I don't want to have to open the controller up in order to update the RF code, so I've chosen a different route.
Here you can also see a miniUSB connection for another project I've been working on... The miniUSB needed to be shrink-wrapped to keep it stable and keep the wires from breaking the solder connections. The controller trim also needed to be modified to allow the port to sit at the proper angle and not interfere with anything (like the headphone/keyboard port) as well as provide support and stability for the port and wiring (and also someplace to apply glue once the port becomes permanent
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MiniUSB port placement. In this pic you can also see another cut out in the controller trim panel. In the near future i'm planning on adding a miniUSB port for in circuit programming of the RF PIC, so that I don't have to open the controller and desolder the PIC when I want to update the RF code.
All gaps in the miniUSB ports will be filled with bondo or some other kind of filler once they have been glued in place and I'm prepping for paint...
Right now, for paint I'm thinking OD Green with yellow, black, and white military stenciling. If I went with that scheme I'd also like to add some kind of custom painted pin-up girl in a WW2 nose-cone style somewhere, maybe on the back of the battery pack... IDK, it's still a work in progress and I'm still looking for an artist for that pin-up bit. I've also been considering doing a camo pattern of some kind, either the standard US Woodland pattern or maybe a Digital Woodland or Digital Urban pattern might be more fitting for an electronic device...
Let me know what you think of it and any suggestions you have and I'll keep you updated on my progress...
