wiring questions

Post by **Triton** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:45 pm

#1 how should i go about wiring the momentary switches to the controller board? i know solder it is one step but how to keep it from falling apart or coming loose?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:54 pm

hot glue or epoxy

Post by **Triton** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:23 pm

thought as much thanks anyways

someone · Post by **someone** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:22 pm

high temp hot glue is very useful for reinforcing your solder connections! but make sure you check that it works BEFORE you go beserk with the glue

temp guest · Post by **temp guest** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:42 am

hey everyone. a few questions about the switches...
1. Do the wire leads from the momentary switchs simply solder onto the controller board itself?
2. Do you have to remove that black coating on the board or any other preparation (on the nintendo brand controller)?
3. There are two pins on each momentary switch, if you do solder directly to the board, where does each pin get connected?

Sorry about all the questions at once, I have read a lot of the other topics in this forum but still don't understand the momentary switch and controller connection (yes I even used the search function

). And just so you know I am going to register, just wanted to get this question out there so I can hopefully figure it out before too late in the day tomorrow. Thanks in advance for your help and patience.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:14 am

1. as far as i know yes
2.same as 1
3.pretty sure it doesnt matter, the switch just serves to close the circuit

Post by **Gamelver** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:12 pm

just scrape off the black stuff on the controller board and you should be able to solder to it. also, you can solder one pin of the switch to ground, while the other one is soldered to the button or the pin on the controller chip for the button (gannon has a pinout).