Microsoft Sidewinder for Neo to USB Controller Adapter

As the thread title implies, I was going to use a Microsoft Sidewinder pad that I purchased to make a Neo to USB controller adapter (and an adapter for my joysticks on my PC in general). However, the traces for the encoder chip are very small, and I am having a hard time figuring out what pin goes to what button/direction. Does anyone have this information saved away somewhere to share? If not, I guess I will have to just do it the hard way, but that would be too, well, hard. I know that you mentioned using Sidewinder pads at one point, JMKurtz, so perhaps you could share some of your knowledge with me and the others? Thanks in advance to anyone who helps out!

IIRC you can solder to these larger pads located in a small group on the PCB. I think the "Build your own arcade controls" webpage had more info on it but I'm not sure. I know it was a mostly text-based site that was about MAME cabinets and arcade control building.

DanAdamKOF said:

IIRC you can solder to these larger pads located in a small group on the PCB. I think the "Build your own arcade controls" webpage had more info on it but I'm not sure. I know it was a mostly text-based site that was about MAME cabinets and arcade control building.

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Yes, I know that you can solder directly to the contact beneath the pad, but I will be cutting the "wings" off that contain the pads. This is to fit what's left of the PCB into a small project box with the DB15 connector mounted. A pinout/trace of the encoder chip would be much better in this situation. Anyone got it?

Just buy a 10$ multimeter and do some continuity tests. It is a very useful tool when doing this kind of jobs anyway.

Exactly what I was going to recommend...

Jeff

Amano Jacu said:

Just buy a 10$ multimeter and do some continuity tests. It is a very useful tool when doing this kind of jobs anyway.

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http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_staticx.shtml

I think arcadecontrols.com was the site I was thinking about anyway.

Why mess with a sidewinder when you can just wire this:

http://www.ultimarc.com/ipacve.html

Figure for about $40 shipped, you can wire two neo geo ports...

DanAdamKOF said:

http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_staticx.shtml

I think arcadecontrols.com was the site I was thinking about anyway.

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That's definitely not the version of Sidewinder I have, at least not when you get down to the guts of it. Oh well, I have needed to invest in a multimeter for a while, so I guess this gives me a decent enough reason to do so now. Just gotta wait for that next paycheck to roll around...