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    • iCLintI
      iCLint
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      I had a thought for how to build my own wireless arcade stick for my Retropie setup.

      Have a few arcade sticks and a bunch of buttons. My thought was to just take a PS3 controller and gut it, then solder my joystick and buttons to the controllers load and put it all in a custom made enclosure.

      As Retropie already has support for the PS3 controller I figure pairing the custom controller and making the stick and buttons should be a breeze.

      has something like this been done before? if so can did it work?

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      • iCLintI
        iCLint @iCLint
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        sorry for the typos (can't see an edit button) it should be "solder to the PS3's board" and "mapping the stick and buttons"

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        • TheStrayMongrelT
          TheStrayMongrel
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          Plenty of people have done this using x360 controllers, and there are in depth guides about it. The biggest issue is that the common ground tends to vary on some of the controllers thus people have to do twice as much soldering rather than daisy-chaining the ground and it means a little more room for error as you have to scratch off paint over contacts and solder to the board. Like i say, this if for x360 though so might be totally different with ps3. Good luck!

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