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  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:55 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Nice looking pad Tyris. Reminds me of a MyMyBox pad from the braces you used. Any chance you have pics of the inside of the pad you would upload? I'm very curious how you did your contacts and wiring ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:54 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
small random post....
just thought I'd post that I fixed my 'better' DDR pad (the thin one), and its near perfect now... tho its either short circuiting occasionally (need to check some of wiring) or ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:12 am   Subject: Re: im having trouble with my dance pad....
..Its the wiring. I was using DDrmax to test it out (riptides design) and it wont take doubles
(left+right,up+down, only) why?!!!! E19.gif i wired the arrows and buttons to a pelican chameleon....d ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:02 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
taking orders on steel work aye...?
I'd love to... but being in Australia and all... it wouldnt really be worth it E13.gif (shipping and all E13.gif) (aaa... Australia is awesome.. but... such a rip off frown.gif and ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:17 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
LordPyrex and Caltrops, thanks for the compliments E1.gif

I've thought of uploading my plans for it... however the biggest problem is they're mostly incomplete...
Basically its DDRHP's design... with ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:24 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
*sigh*
looks like the 'fixed links' were in fact just cached versions again -_-

well.. uploaded them to a personal folder... so these had better work XD

http://nintengu.net/personal/ddrpad1.jpg ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:08 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
I apologise that my images didnt work in the previus post.. I was sure I'd checked and they had... o well... they must have been cached or something...
anyway, they seem to work fine now I think... ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:26 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
I dunno what the exact measurements... but the contacts inside can be quite a bit smaller than your plexiglass etc...

anyway, here are two pics (that I said I'd post) of my latest pad (with the oth ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:15 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
zambi =>
I know what you mean about the corner bracket things in the DDRHP design...
so I found that the best way to replace these is to get 4 flat pieces of metal about 2 inches square (you can ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:31 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
this is the best i gfot for a picture hope it helps http://us.st5.yimg.com/store3.yimg.com/I/adux_1797_135949
uh... am I missing something..?
you kinda will need a circuit board of some kind ... lik ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:44 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
For wiring:
basically the aim is to have 2 wires for each button... one ground, and one (what i call a) 'directional wire'.
Because all the 'ground' wires are going to the same place, you can join t ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:01 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
I know this is off topic a bit.. but geeze.. I keep seeing the same question over and over and over. "can I use my soft pad to make a hard one?"

do people even read the thread?
probably can be do ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:04 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
wow... building it outside fixed it? thats insane...
I reckon my friends house gives some sort of interference... coz my pads dont work anywhere in his house... on the other hand, the one I got from ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 4:15 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Length of wire shouldnt matter that much... technically over a longer distance, the signal will get weaker... but over a few metres it shouldnt matter... also, over a longer distance there is more cha ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 6:54 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
not fair frown.gif
building a pad in the states is so cheap...
mine have costed $250 each so far :'(
of course $250AU... which in US$ is about... $170 atm... but about $125 when I built em...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 12:32 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
if you could maybe post a pic or two... maybe we could give some more help riiight.gif;
I dunno.. i know that my pads are kinda old now... so I'm gonna upgrade them completely to v2.5 pads (my design based o ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:09 am   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
big problem, i used DDRHP design, but my contacts are so weak! i have the right foam pad and weatherstripping, but they take a lot of pressure to contact/when they contact, they stay contacted for lon ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:36 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
ooo, thats a thick pad =S
I take it you dont really intend to take it place?

mine is about half an inch... (my good one), the others are DDRHP style so about an inch each...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:01 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
whooo!! long time since last post XD
I got 3 pads, the latest of which is based of the original HP designs, only a LOT lighter and thinner...

I need to repair all three atm... but I'm very interes ...
  Topic: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
Tyris

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PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 10:43 pm   Subject: My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)
@ betaiotaomega2
no prob.
Using the MDF strips I would suggest is for the screws to go into and for the wire housing... but other than that its not needed. It also adds more weight... which is good ...
 
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