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Title: Ps led button mod
Post by: ApheX on October 28, 2008, 10:12:43 AM
hey guys i'm trying to add an led to the ps button on my ps3 controller but i have the second version mobo. i've searched the net and only found information on the 1st and 3rd (rumble) controllers. has anyone here modded the second type of ps3 controller? if so where are the = and - points? i've already replaced the red indicator led to blue but this has stoppped me in my tracks.
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: ProperBritish on October 28, 2008, 10:16:55 AM
i don't think anyone here has, try www.xbox-scene.com (http://www.xbox-scene.com), PS3 mods are more rife there.
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: ApheX on October 28, 2008, 10:24:24 AM
had a look but i didn't find anything. thanks anyway. damn multimeter! if that piece of  :censored: :censored: was working i'd test the board.  :angry:
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: Alien_X on October 28, 2008, 10:38:19 AM
I will help you :)

Take the Power straight from the battery connector, and the ground from anypart of the board that isn't a trace, just scratch off the insulation there, or look for a test point connected to the same big plane.
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: ApheX on October 28, 2008, 10:40:04 AM
Thanks Alien! I'll try that now. :)
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: tapdisbong on October 28, 2008, 11:45:55 AM
are you talking about the second type six axis controller ?
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: LaCozTe-2028 on October 28, 2008, 12:21:39 PM
thanks alien but i didnt know i conected direct to battery and use a switch ima do it aliens ways
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: ApheX on October 28, 2008, 02:53:14 PM
got it working, looks great! Had to used a 100k ohm resistor so the led didn't blow, but the light won't turn off when the controller does. I need a + point on the board that powers up when you press the ps button. that way it should shut off when the controller does. like the mod we all make for the psp, DS, ect.

i'll have a look at the board again, see if i can find a resistor i can solder too for power. if i mess it up....well, it's payday friday so i'll get a rumble controller, but i'd rather not. got a few bills to pay. :(

-Edit-

 :censored:, i got my multimeter to work! Thats just saved me a hell of a lot of time getting this set up.  :tup:
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: Alien_X on October 29, 2008, 01:18:32 AM
got it working, looks great! Had to used a 100k ohm resistor so the led didn't blow, but the light won't turn off when the controller does. I need a + point on the board that powers up when you press the ps button. that way it should shut off when the controller does. like the mod we all make for the psp, DS, ect.

i'll have a look at the board again, see if i can find a resistor i can solder too for power. if i mess it up....well, it's payday friday so i'll get a rumble controller, but i'd rather not. got a few bills to pay. :(

-Edit-

 :censored:, i got my multimeter to work! Thats just saved me a hell of a lot of time getting this set up.  :tup:

Sorry aphex, I wasn't thinking straight there, of course it would stay on! Stupid alien.

Well good thing you got the multimeter working.
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: LaCozTe-2028 on October 29, 2008, 06:58:11 PM
Yeah its basicly like if you solder it to the metal cages protecting the analogues.
Title: Re: Ps led button mod
Post by: UNIT-01 on December 07, 2008, 05:22:31 PM
Is the 2nd version the one with the tilt board mounted to the mobo? If so you can get power and ground from it on the underside where it mounts to the mobo without using any resistors if your using smd's
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