I don't care if it's a genuine controller or reproduction with a USB port, only that it feels like a genuine controller and it works.
I would suggest checking out controllers from 8BitDo. Their controllers are honestly really nice.I don't care if it's a genuine controller or reproduction with a USB port, only that it feels like a genuine controller and it works.
You're right, overpriced products, everywhere on Raphnet. They still believe they're offering the holy grail.https://www.raphnet-tech.com/ has it all. But at their prices you might be better off getting a knockoff controller rather than an adapter.
Speaking of cables, wired controllers with a detachable cable is an excellent idea though if the controller is of high or very good quality then the cable will probably never be damaged.*do note many a cheapo cable will not necessarily use the specified colours so you might have to play with a multimeter -- whole four wires to test.
I'm looking at controllers for the NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 era but agree that relatively new systems like the PS3 also count as retro in 2023.We do have the question of "what is retro?" -- the original xbox was launched in late 2001 and the NES in the US in 1985. This means it has been longer since the original xbox launch than it was from the xbox to the NES. Indeed 1982 for the Commodore 64 means it not as far back than today to the original xbox.
I like the idea but by the time I've finished reading through the instructions thoroughly and soldering and programming the tennsy++ boards, I will have been better off just buying a few overpriced Ralfnet adaptors. I don't like soldering because I'm paranoid about inhaling lead vapours and getting traces of lead on the walls and floor because of it.Option two. Cannibalisation.
Controllers at their heart are simple beasts, at least until the analogue sticks come into play but even then options abound by the same methods. Essentially they can be reduced to a series of switches. To that end it became reasonably popular at one point to get a controller, bypass its brains and connect directly to the switch test points before wiring that up to something like a teensy++ which in turn presents to the computer as whatever you like (controller, PC keyboard, mouse...)
https://learn.adafruit.com/usb-snes-gamepad/overview
Some consider doing that to limited vintage hardware a bit distasteful but you asked for solutions and this most certainly is one.
This is also somewhat how you do turbo fire, macro and some kinds of button remapping mods (simple switches after all). Analogues do more than on or off so you have to figure out how it encode such values and present that to an analogue read however it does (two sticks tend to want four read ports to account for the X and Y directions on both sticks, two sticks and two triggers means we are up to 6 which can start getting into fancier programmable chips)
Dance mats are also used both to make controllers and to use the mat to make a PC dance mat.
You can also do the reverse and use the guts of a controller to speak to a modern controller if you want that.
Once again, I like the idea but don't like soldering and it's not worth my time even if someone else has already figured it out and posted a guide and schematics online.Said same programmable chips as their sole job might be stated to be take signals in, do minor rejigging and spit signals out can also go the other way and are often programmable enough that if you can either splice wires in or make your own physical adapter (assuming it is not USB then some occasionally get sold by mod makers/adapter makers, some find increasingly rare extension cables and slice them up, 3d printing is kind of there but also getting pins sorted if it is one of those is not fun) then make your own adapter box if the ones on the market are too old, too unreliable, too expensive (many of the modern do everything with these various addons get up there) or too rare (PS1 and PS2 are mainstream, rather harder to source some of the gamecube stuff even without the Dolphin set gobbling them up as fast as they appear).
According to who?relatively new systems like the PS3 also count as retro in 2023.
Always the debate. Fun video on the matterAccording to who?
Retro are 64bit, 32bit, 16bit, 8bit, and so on. PS3 is pretty modern as it is, even PS2/GCN/Xbox isn't considered "retro" either (unless you count eBay sellers who use all type of clickbait keywords).
I'm aware the smoke is from the flux but to my understanding, small amounts of lead are in it because temperature is the average kinetic energy between atoms. Some parts of the mixture are hotter than others, hot enough to vaporise.a) They do make lead free solders these days. I much prefer leaded myself but there is a reason most non military non medical electrical products have been made with it for decades now.
b) It is not lead vapours that are released -- flux is what the smoke is when you see it, not great to inhale lots of it which is why most suggest doing a bit in well ventilated areas or having a fume extractor if doing lots of it. Similarly lead does not boil until 1749 °C (3180 °F) which is way above any electrical soldering iron and indeed most common gases you burn in a blowtorch type scenario
https://www.thoughtco.com/flame-temperatures-table-607307
According to me. It's a matter of perspective.According to who?
Retro are 64bit, 32bit, 16bit, 8bit, and so on. PS3 is pretty modern as it is, even PS2/GCN/Xbox isn't considered "retro" either (unless you count eBay sellers who use all type of clickbait keywords).
Physics would say yes. If you are indeed 55 you likely have several hundred times any dose you are going to get from that from living through leaded petrol, leaded paint, someone soldering a pipe (pex and shark bite being a rather newer invention, though even today things are still soldered around here), probably lead water mains and indeed being in a bar or walking past someone smoking today ( https://www.lead.org.au/fs/fst65.html ).I'm aware the smoke is from the flux but to my understanding, small amounts of lead are in it because temperature is the average kinetic energy between atoms. Some parts of the mixture are hotter than others, hot enough to vaporise.
According to me. It's a matter of perspective.
This is getting off-topic but my age and country are both fake. I was actually born around the time lead in consumer products was being phased out.Physics would say yes. If you are indeed 55 you likely have several hundred times any dose you are going to get from that from living through leaded petrol, leaded paint, someone soldering a pipe (pex and shark bite being a rather newer invention, though even today things are still soldered around here), probably lead water mains and indeed being in a bar or walking past someone smoking today ( https://www.lead.org.au/fs/fst65.html ).