0. Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:23 am Post subject: Blue Spark Pinout
I'm working on building a converter for my Blue Spark metal pad for use on the 360. I searched all around for a pinout of the converter box but didn't find one so I did a bit of work and this is what I have so far:
1 = Unknown
2 = Unknown
3 = Unknown
4 = Unknown
5 = Ground
6 = Unknown
7 = Up
8 = Down
9 = Left
10 = Right
11 = Ground
12 = Ground
13 = Ground
14 = Circle
15 = X
I noticed that all of the buttons appear to have a voltage of 3VDC running through them (at least when plugged into the PS2). Because of that, I suspect the LEDs in the pad may be lit through the actual wiring of the button press, but I could be wrong. The unknown pins all appear to have either around 1.75VDC or no voltage running through them with no change when buttons are pressed. I would assume that I could wire up a controller or 360 pad to a female db15hd/de15 and that should work if I'm not particularly worried about the LEDs. Of course if they're lit by the voltage running through the triggers and not through a separate source, then they may very well light as well.
I think I may even go so far as to make a short converter cable to go between the blue spark pad and my db15hd so that it's converted to a more common (tx-1000 for instance) pinout. Do any of you see any issues with my logic? Also, any idea what those other pins would be? I would imagine they have to be something because they do have voltage, but I can't imagine what they'd be for besides LEDs, and LEDs aren't typically 1.75 volts...
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