So i got my liner sliding pots…
Im using a regular ps2 controller. Anyone have a picture of where i solder wires to? Would really appreciate it. I need to finish my controller by WED…
Can somebody help? please?
Are the slider posts numbered? Normally, 1 is the line voltage, 2 is the variable voltage and 3 is the return.
ok but where do i solder it onto the ps2 pcb
You need to de-solder the joysticks and use the holes that are left in the pcb. Be careful as the joysticks normally have fixing posts that are soldered to the pcb board too. These are located in the 4 corners of the joystick and need to be de-soldered too.
The middle of the 3 pins that the joystick is soldered to is normally the variable voltage. The outer two pins are the line voltage and return.
my pots i got have 2 outter pins per side? same thing i assume?
Heres some pictures of them
But also which wire do i connect the 1 2 and 3 to? any help would be appreciated
Do you have a multimeter to measure the resistances on the slider? Looking at the photo I’d assume that posts 1 & 3 are at the end of the slider. No 2 would be either one of the posts nearer the middle.
I forgot to mention that you should also de-solder the switches on the joystick too. These are the four pins directly above the joystick. In total you should be de-soldering 14 pins for each joystick.
Your pots should be connected to the pins that are marked RX, RY, LX, LY. The middle pin on the pcb connects to number 2 on the slider and 1 & 3 go either side of 2. I don’t think it really matters which way they 1 & 3 are connected to begin with, all that will happen is the slider won’t turn the volume in the correct direction on your slider (off might be at the top of the fader, on at the bottom). This can sometimes be adjusted in the software or you can just turn the slider round, either that you can resolder it to the way you want.
If you are not getting any data out of one of the joysticks have a look at the analogue switch on the pcb. This should be pushed so the analogue function can be used. That’s a mistake I took a few minutes trying to correct.
Keep trying, it’s not as steep as a learning curve as you might think and the reward is a unique funky little controller. I will help where I can.
So i solder one of the pots together and and used a multi meter but it barely reads a onnection at all. Can i use this in a bread board? like attach it to a bread board or use jumper wires?
no help?
hi chrisw - I just got your pm…
archies is definitely your man for this sorta thing! I’m afraid as much as I talk about making controllers, soldering stuff and programming, it’s all just talk and theory, rather than practise. I’m still learning all the theory and getting all the parts together at the moment - I’ve yet to actually build anything.
In other words, I’ve no idea why your pot/slider isn’t working with the joypad circuit board. The link you posted the other day in my Arduino thread with the joypad circuit diagrams seems like the best place to start (assuming that your fader is functioning, is 10k linear and that your joypad is still working correctly).
sorry I can’t be of more help 
first advice for you, try to figure out everything before ripping apart your gamepad, the way it’s assembled and connected is the best and first clue of how things work.
said that, you analog little joysticks of the ps have 3 wires, one ground, one positive and one +5v.
if you don’t have a multimeter, use a led as a way to figure out how the circuit work, if you connect the +5v and the ground and led is lit you’ve found those two, so the other one is the positive
the slider connections are:
on my gamepads, i had to disconnect the joysticks before connection the pot, i don’t know why but it didn’t work with the two connected at the same time.
finally, trace your plan before you get your hands on a scisor