Light Switches On PlayStation ?!?
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I wanted to challenge myself. For this video we set out with a goal. The goal was to build a function PlayStation one controller out of light switches. Seems easy enough but a lot of work was needed to finish the goal. I started by browsing eBay for a cheap ps1 controller that I would take apart and use for the brain of my build. After I acquired the controller it was time to figure out the switches. I knew I needed a lot but I was not sure how many. After counting all the buttons 14 switches was the final number. More that I was figuring. This is going to be a bigger build that I was thinking. I quickly cleaned off the jeep and drove to the store to buy the light switches I would need for the project. Now i needed a way to connect the switches. Thus I had found some wires form an old printer cord / cable. Now i needed a way to hold all the switches like a housing. I grabbed the housing for the controller when I was at the store as well. So far looking good. Next like any normal person I went and grabbed my PlayStation one lcd combo from the middle of the winter frozen forest and brought it back inside to play. I had to then find my games for the system as well. I had a very hard time finding my games. Not in the drawers, not under my bed with the big fish, and I even asked help form some local deer to no luck. Later in the video I found out that they were all along at the PlayStation tree go figure! So we went and shook it down and retrieved our games. Success! No it was time to build. I needed to figure out the lay out of the switches first. So I went ahead and and laid them out and tried a few configurations and landed on the best one. Next it was time to mark where the switches would stick or poke out of. painters tape was my marking method. With the help of a ruler memory card I laid the land for the switches. Now the hard part to cut out all the small rectangles in the plastic lid. I took a bug buck knife and it was to sketchy. So I opted for an exacto knife or box cutter and it cut them out a lot easier than I thought. we not had rectangles!! looking good. Now it was time to dry fit the switches and cut some wires. Man it took so long to cut and strip the wires I don't have the correct tool to strip thin thin wires to it was way harder than it should have been but I got it done! Now it was time for the PlayStation controller. I had to open and remove the memory board and then solder like a million wires on to each of the gold contact pads. went smoother than I thought. Flux was the key to success for sure. Now it was all soldered up it was time to attach the wires to the switches. With patience and a screw driver I attached all the wires. But they were lose in the housing I had to stick it down with something. Thats when hot glue came in again. I glues all the switches and the main board down. And oh man did it look gross lol. But it was sold and ready for the back lid. I ended up taping it up with some duct tape and I labeled the front with my bother labeler and it looked super clean and professional. Now it was time to game!!! I set out whit beating the first level of Crash Bandicoot. and trying to beat a round of mercenaries in Resident Evil 3. It was a struggles but I beat my expectations in crash. And in RE3 I got pretty far but I dint get past a level this time. Possibly in the future I will revisit it. I was defiantly getting better with the controller as I practiced more. In all it was such a blast and a fun learning experience. I hoped you enjoyed the journey as much as I did. :D Let me know if you have any suggestions comments or just want to say hi :D
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