Does anyone wanna know how to make a DDR dance pad?

[kcajblue]

i just finished my prototype and can honstly say it needs some work. so b4 i create that tutorial, i will be making a new prototype out of good materials, not cardboard :P

youd better not be lying.

[MasterChafed]

I have a friend that's interested in this. Cardboard DDR pad!! xD

in that case, i will post pics of the first prototype. Next i will put a little more thought into the creation, so i can fix the step panels, tehy are too small, and too sensitive. Prototype 2 on the way.

the first pic is of the dance pad itself, and all the protruding wires :rofl: the second pic is of the torn down xbox controller and of the solder points that i had soldered to and the third is of my make-shift xbox controller to usb converter, i finally soldered it instead of just using electrical tape :P lol. Anyway, prototype 2 will look much better, and hopefully have better results.

Cheers

--Masterchafed

p.s. if the pics appear blurry, im sry, the close up pics were taken on landscape setting instead of close up mode. :P

[kcajblue]

lol. that better be the first prototype.

[scarph]

lol who couldnt figure out how to do this
you just took apart a controller and put the pads on a mat....

[Gizmo356]

There is more too it than you think

[MasterChafed]

lol who couldnt figure out how to do this
you just took apart a controller and put the pads on a mat....

1. what controller do you know of that has pads?

2. this involves a series of circuits that must be completed.

3. This took a lot of work, so believe me, it is harder than you think

and yes, this is just my first prototype.

[kcajblue]

how are the jackass colorado videos going.

[scottyboynow]

Man, this looks awesome, I would draw arrows on with a Permanent marker, lol.

[MasterChafed]

I have some arrows that are made of acrylic plastic (i think thats what it is) that i will put on the finished one.

and as for the jackass vids, we have a pretty long one coming out soon.

[jman420]

well hey, not bad. I just took my XBOX pad, spliced the xbox cable with a USB, an downloaded XBCD... but that would work too

only thing I could think of that would work better would be linoleum squares, on top of buttons for the arrows, and on top of 1/4" plywood for the solid sections. the buttons should consist of a group of pads (4 or so) with one pressable button in the center ( buttons could be made of copper sheet with a spacer, or just stripped copper wire, cris-crossed with spacers, so when the button is pressed on, it would cause at least 1 wire, to touch another. you could even just go over to a radioshack an get a button... they're not that costly...) linoleum squares are cheap as crap at Lowes, or Home Depot or somewhere... hell, if you live anywhere near Denver, I could come help ya make it lol PM me if ya want more specific directions on how to make it..