Couple of Q's

[halonine]

Hey all, new to the site, been reading it for a while now though. Im in the process of building my first ps1p and have a couple of questions about it. First off, im using the original ps1, not the little one....yet. That will be the next ps1p Anyways, I need to know the best possible way to do the controller setup. Im building it landscape, and need 1/2 of the controller on each side of the unit, so what is the best way to accomplish this? Do I have to use some sort of tact switch to do so? Can anyone put up a link/pic of a wiring diagram for the controller? Basically, where to go about soldering my connections.

Secondly, whats my best method of power, I know this one need 2 voltages, what sort of batteries have worked for you guys in the past, and how many

Thanks for the help.

[gannon]

I'd say the simplest method would be to use some standard 9.6V RC batteries with 2 regulators. IIRC, one of the needed voltages is 8.5V, so you'd need a fairly low dropping regulator.

[daguuy]

probably the best battery for taht is a DVD player battery. i have an 8.4v one so maybe you could find a similar. also, a regulator would work to get 3.6v but DC-DC convertors are more efficient

[bicostp]

Well,I'm using a 12v 4500mah laptop battery (because it was free ) on my PSone (not PSX, the little one)

I'm sure basically any battery would work. When picking a battery, favor the milliamp rating over the voltage when it comes to RC battery packs, because you can easily knock down the voltage with resistors and regulators. (Not too sure about reducing the draw, though...)

Oh, and Ni-Cads STINK! Avoid them like the plague. After they've been recharged many times they start to wear out, and much sooner than Ni-Mh and L-IONs. Also, if you discharge and recharge Ni-Cads to about the same level over and over, they get a "memory effect" and will think that they can only charge up to that point.

So I'd go for Ni-Mh batteries. RadioShack has a few (I think) 9v 3000mah RC batteries that would be perfect for this use.

[usbcd36]

They have 7.2v 3000mAH, so those wouldn't work, but their portable DVD player batteries should be great, go with those.

[Motoman]

for your controller wiring you could do something like this:



You do so by cutting the piece which you want to relocate off (CAREFULLY) then you scrape the green crap off the traces from both sides and solder some wire from one spot to the approriate spot on the other side. For analog sticks (if your including them) you desolder them and them wire them back to the appropraite spot. You dont have to wire back those 4 big rods as they are only supporting sticks but you can if you want.

Also (unless you know them) you gonna need a/v pinouts. you can find them here: http://www.gamesx.com/avpinouts/psxav.htm