analog stick

[shmagoogin77]

could i use a psone or ps2 controller analog stick as a joystick on one of those namco tv games things like ben did on his CNC 2600p

[bicostp]

Well, they use potentiometers, and the Namco things are designed for digital signals. So I'd say that they might work, but you would have to hold them all the way to one side or the other for the system to register it as a joystick movement.

If you want to use the thumbstick, you could probably take the actual plastic stick and rig it up with 4 tact switches, so as you moved the thumbstick it would press the switches. You could even use the contact switches from a cheap keyboard if size is an issue.

Your best bet would still be an NES d-pad, in my opinoion. You could probably superglue the plastic stick onto the top of it if you wanted.

[shmagoogin77]

what did ben do for his atari

[atkafighter]

You could use an NES d-pad, and an analog stick. First you would have to pull off the analog thumb stick and put a threaded post in the middle. Then you drill a hole in the middle of the d-pad and glue a threaded spacer in the middle. That way you can use d-pad or analog, and you don't have to worry about it breaking off since you can easily unscrew it.

[usbcd36]

It is possible to do this: take your analog stick and solder 4.7k ohm resistors from the middle pins of your potentiometers (the thingeys with 3 leads on the stick) to the outer leads. Then, solder the control wires to the correct places (there is an "up and down" pot and a "left and right" pot). Solder ground to the middle pins. Don't worry about the 4 leads at the top, they work with the "click" of of the analog stick (you know, the L3/R3 buttons). If you want, you can solder one set of diagonal leads for the trigger button of the Atari. Connect one to ground and the other to the sense spot.

Edit: The above method is Ben's method from his book.

[shmagoogin77]

i just super glue the plastic analog peice to a snes d-pad and it works
but thanks for the help