Devout Stealth homepad

pooface · Trick Member Joined: 27 Sep 2004

I'm going to be building one of these mats over the summer. However, I don't like the idea of not having buttons other than the arrows.

How do you select a song?
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rlpowell · Trick Member Joined: 11 Dec 2003

pooface · Trick Member Joined: 27 Sep 2004

I'm planning on using the controller from my Ignition 3.0 so that the pad is compatible with PS2, Xbox, and PC, and there are no buttons on the controller, just metal contacts that the Ignition's sensors are taped onto.
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pooface · Trick Member Joined: 27 Sep 2004

Sorry for the double post, but a friend and I started building 2 of these pads today. It's been super easy so far, we're almost done epoxy-ing the pennies down.

So far this has been much much much easier than the Riptide design that I tried to use about a year ago. I'll post some pics and mabye some video once I finish, which should be tomorrow if all things go well.

EDIT: Here's a picture of it, but its still not soldered to the controller.

Also, I haven't soldered it yet, but I've hooked it up to a meter and all of the arrows are always closed. The down arrow was always open for a while, but not is suffering the same problem. All I should have to do is add more cardboard, right? They sometimes work, but they are nowhere near consistent. Can anyone with experience with this design help me out here?
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devout · Trick Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Location: the atl

pooface · Trick Member Joined: 27 Sep 2004

Yeah I figured out that it was extra foil along the edges that I didn't scrape off. I just put lots of masking tape over it. I'm still having issues with 2 or my arrows being stuck, and I think it's just a spacing issue so I'm going to double up on the cardboard. Thank you sooo much for this design, it's brilliant, took me only a few days to build 2, and it performs wonderfully!
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cbarbera · Basic Member Joined: 12 Jun 2008

This is probably the first homepad I'm going to build before attempting something on a larger scale.

Does anyone know if the Devout Stealth would be able to work with double stomps from Hottest Party on Wii or the similar triple stomps that are planned for Hottest Party 2?

I imagine the sensitivity would need to be just right for it to work.

Maliciant · Trick Member Joined: 22 Aug 2007

I built 2 controls way back... sadly both have issues right now, one has a button stuck and the other has a button that rapid fires but won't stay on... I don't have the tools or space handy to work on them in my own house and have been too lazy to drag them to my brothers where the tools are handy. I will say that the controls work very well, and got a lot of mileage on them... and I'll be getting more when I get around to fixing them (most likely just a matter of puttin some more cardboard in on one and the other... maybe taking some out or finding a ding that needs smoothed or soemthing).

What I did notice is that the left arrow which was closest to my sliding glass door during winter... seemed to go out quickly... I think there may be some humidity susceptability here. Both controls started to give me some issues when they were close to the sliding glass window, it might also be that the steel was colder there, I don't know, maybe the rapid firing control will work normally now and it was just a temp issue. Just thought I'd update everyone on my controls, though they are both in disrepair at the moment.
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Pezzle · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Location: Pennington, NJ

I like this design a lot, it's very nice. However, I've never built anything in my life on this scale (miniatures...different story) and I'm thinking of using this as my first big project. How easy is this to screw up, really?

And also, could you theoretically use the blueshark diy kit foot sensors instead of the foil and penny? Just curious, I mean if I had the money to invest in pressure diodes I figured why not?

slvrshdw · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2005

if you are going to go with the blueshark sensors, i wouldnt use this design. instead, i'd go with the riptide.

if you do decide to work on this, feel free to PM/AIM me, i'll help if you need it
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devout · Trick Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Location: the atl

FYI: I update the site a little with some pictures showing the back of my pad and how I added x/o buttons (which are nothing special.)
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Lawrencesss · Basic Member Joined: 07 Oct 2007

As a testament to the durability of these pads. I thought I would put up a photo of mine.

I built this over a year ago, and it has done some serious hours.

I play 6-7 hours a week, and it shows on the pad. Keep in mind I cleaned the pad before I took the photo. All the black spots is where the laminex has worn through, and you can see the areas my feet frequent from the polish on the zincalume.

It is looking incredibly tired these days, but I still cannot remember the last pad miss that it had. It performs exceptionally, there were a few initial problems, which were solved easily (Drilling a hole for air to escape, connecting the top steel together for good ground) but now it is flawless.

I am currently in the middle of building a doubles pad from this design. This time with 9 active panels. I will post some photos of it when I am complete.

kaosskratchet · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

I have just finished this design, and other than some blunders with the cat 5 and the demonic black adhesive on the konami soft pad control box, it has come together quickly and easily. I added 4 buttons onto the top of the konami control box, suitably far enough away from each other to step on individually, and the sensitivity is amazing.

Some advice with soldering is to use flux (especially if you don't want to scrape off the black stuff on the konami solder points). a caveat to that: wipe it off when your done, otherwise the connection between 2 arrows could be constant when the flux dries. Even when it dries, you can still wipe it off though. Remember, any sensitivity problems at all should be checked in the control box and wiring first, and the pad last.
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MyChemicalRomance · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

Ok, I'm getting ready to build one of these soon, but I just spotted a problem in the directions I'd like you to explain to me. Look at this section in the instructions:

devout · Trick Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Location: the atl

MyChemicalRomance · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:

Oh! Now I see! Ya, when you cut the squares out of EACH corner they add up to an inch. Thanks, devout.
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MyChemicalRomance · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject:

It's done! I finished it at 3:00 AM last night. Took me about 6-8 hours to build it. I've been doing 9, 10 and 11's all afternoon and it's working perfectly.

Only had a few initial problems, one step was constantly making contact so I took the steel of, couldn't find anything wrong, screwed it back on and it worked fine. Still don't know what was wrong with it.

I didnt' bother added x/o buttons, I'm just using my keyboard to select songs. Might add some later.

I'll post pictures as soon as I find my usb cable for my camera

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