How-To: Craft an analog control stick for your Sony PSP (part 2)

**Evader15** · October 26th, 2006, 02:51

I first was going for joe's attempt at this on the psp (the small one).. while i could do that i am goign to go for this one.. i took the other joystick out of my xbox, and got it re wired with my new soldering iron tip!.. went SOOO much smoother... i have tryed this once and messed up the analog slider board.. i ordered a new one hope fo rit to be here friday so i can try it again ! lol.. i got hte controller done and it looks almost perfect and tomm im building hte can and mounting the stick but not hte pin connector bc i have to line it up with the psp plug i put in .. i tried the usb... hard... this IC socket is soo much easier its self explanatory on how to wire lol.. wish me luck! it might not be too actractive but i think i will like it much much better!
-Evader15

**Gene** · October 26th, 2006, 06:36

dont try this unless you know what you are doing. i screwed up my analog stick trying this today.

**F9zDark** · October 26th, 2006, 21:11

The look is... kinda funky (although I do like it). This is definately for the more hard core modder. Just too many variables to screw up on.

And personally, I'd rather see one on the other side (even though its probably impossible, with the battery there). Why? Because we have an analog stick on the side with the D-Pad. Imagine having one on the side with the square, x, ^ and o buttons. Would make FPS games actually useful on the PSP.

Just my two cents.

**Evader15** · October 26th, 2006, 23:57

Originally Posted by Gene

dont try this unless you know what you are doing. i screwed up my analog stick trying this today.

ha, i did the same the first time i did this.. soldering problems with old tip and dull.. i got a new tip and soldered up my new controller as i stated above...

now im waiting for my new analog assembly to come in it best be here on friday( tomm. ) that would give me time in the morning to finish up hte jerky can.. and also mount the ic socket plug in the psp and then solder up the analog assembly and mount it. if it goes wrong again.. i would be suprised ol i learn my lesson quick but not how i should i guess as im goign fo rit again