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    SNES Straight to GPIO

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    • DarksaviorD
      Darksavior @denisuu
      last edited by Darksavior

      @denisuu Because it runs fine with 3.3v. I also fixed my issue with the pad working in retropie setup. I had to set the controller to Player 1. If you have any issues, please read the guide: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/GPIO-Modules#gamecon_gpio_rpi

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        denisuu @Darksavior
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        • denisuuD
          denisuu
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          I took some parts out of a old computer (header pins & audio connection cable) and soldered them onto the SNES plate. I used the recommended GPIO setup from the gamecon installer.

          But only button A is working on player 2. I'm pretty sure my soldering is good, and I suppose the wire thickness is also ok since the original ribon cable is very small. I read something about the 3 different revisions of controllers.

          The question is what can I do about it?

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          • DarksaviorD
            Darksavior @denisuu
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            @denisuu You need to bridge both clocks for both pads to work. I was having issues when I was using thin wires. I'm using whatever thickness IDE cables are.

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              denisuu @Darksavior
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              @Darksavior

              Yea both clock's are bridged I checked all connections in the front ports with the RPI GPIO pins and the wiring is good. But when I push B it shows as if I push all buttons at once in jstest. IDE cables are very thin for sure these wire's are thicker. But maybe the cable is too long it's 67cm.

              I will reinstall retropie, find thicker wires and try again.

              Controller 2 doesn't want to do anything at all I tried (GPIO7=Pin26 or GPIO3=Pin05)
              With gamecon_gpio_rpi map=0,0,1,1,0,0 and 0,0,1,0,0,1...

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              • DarksaviorD
                Darksavior @denisuu
                last edited by Darksavior

                @denisuu
                I'm using the default config retropie has for the gamecon driver which is 2 snes controllers. My wires are around half as long as of yours.
                Pin1=3.3v
                Pin5=D2
                Pin6=GND
                Pin7=D1
                Pin19=C1/C2
                Pin23=L

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                • denisuuD
                  denisuu @Darksavior
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                  @Darksavior

                  That works thanks!! It's a completely different layout then the Wiki and driver installer suggest tough. Also it turned out one of my controllers just isn't working :P

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                  Anyway I made a small fool tutorial here

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                  • DarksaviorD
                    Darksavior
                    last edited by

                    The gamecon installer pinout is almost correct except for the player pins need to be switched around. No need for a tutorial but ok...

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                    • denisuuD
                      denisuu @Darksavior
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                      @Darksavior I realize that now by looking at the picture again that I was just stupid. I put clock and latch at the wrong place the whole time because I just counted one empty pin from the bottom. Anyway I'm happy It's finally working.

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                        beudbeud @denisuu
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                        @denisuu Hi i have the same problem i wanna how you do for fix it?

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