Hi, Im new to AmiBay, but a long time Amiga coder, gamer and now collector (I guess).
I wanted to be able to use my CD32 Amiga, but I didnt like using the original controller - its uncomfortable and the cables are annoying.
I read around the forums here and elsewhere and couldnt really find much on wireless controllers for the CD32. I knew you could convert a Sega controller to an Amiga 2 button controller (I did the simple swap pins 5 and 7) and that worked for a while, but it wasnt ideal.
The thought was, to take a wireless Sega controller and just swap the pins. In theory it should be the same. And viola, it is.
I bought one of these:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...exp_id=c1e79853-80bc-45f3-8ca8-f8bfd1e9461f-2
And did a quick hack on the pins to get it working.
I drilled two small holes next to the mounting holes so I could feed two wires to swap the pins.
The pins themselves I cut the backs off (not too much) and desoldered and removed the trimmed 'bits'. I also bent up the back of the detached pins a little so there was a noticable gap between the pad and the pin.
I really needed to use a smaller soldering iron tip and need to get back into practice of using a soldering iron (has been a decade or more).
So I apologize for the messy effort
I signed up to share this, hoping that others may find it useful. I'll be building my second one in a week or so which will make some of the multiplayer games great fun.
Notes:
- Dont heat the pins too much, you might dislodge them.
- There is a mini-usb plug on the board, which I think might allow accessing and programming the chip - will investigate. If so, then this may be able to be more than a 2 button CD32 gamepad
- Suggest using fine single insulated copper wire. I didnt, and it makes everything bigger and a little messier.
- For pin references see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_joystick_port
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Dave
I wanted to be able to use my CD32 Amiga, but I didnt like using the original controller - its uncomfortable and the cables are annoying.
I read around the forums here and elsewhere and couldnt really find much on wireless controllers for the CD32. I knew you could convert a Sega controller to an Amiga 2 button controller (I did the simple swap pins 5 and 7) and that worked for a while, but it wasnt ideal.
The thought was, to take a wireless Sega controller and just swap the pins. In theory it should be the same. And viola, it is.
I bought one of these:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...exp_id=c1e79853-80bc-45f3-8ca8-f8bfd1e9461f-2
And did a quick hack on the pins to get it working.
I drilled two small holes next to the mounting holes so I could feed two wires to swap the pins.
The pins themselves I cut the backs off (not too much) and desoldered and removed the trimmed 'bits'. I also bent up the back of the detached pins a little so there was a noticable gap between the pad and the pin.
I really needed to use a smaller soldering iron tip and need to get back into practice of using a soldering iron (has been a decade or more).
So I apologize for the messy effort
I signed up to share this, hoping that others may find it useful. I'll be building my second one in a week or so which will make some of the multiplayer games great fun.
Notes:
- Dont heat the pins too much, you might dislodge them.
- There is a mini-usb plug on the board, which I think might allow accessing and programming the chip - will investigate. If so, then this may be able to be more than a 2 button CD32 gamepad
- Suggest using fine single insulated copper wire. I didnt, and it makes everything bigger and a little messier.
- For pin references see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_joystick_port
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Dave