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Universal USB game controller

Universal USB game controller
Ever felt that your gamepad is kinda boring, or you had a great idea for a game controller?
Nowadays there're tons of cool gamepads, joysticks and others like the drums or guitar type controllers, but if you want something unique, someting that you made, than this Instructable might be of some help to you!


 
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Step 1Stuff you'll need

Well, for this basic project you'll need a:

-cheap USB gamepad (any kind will do)
-soldering iron
-some wire
-a connector that has at least n+1 contacts/pins, where "n" is the number of buttons on your gamepad (male or female, depending on your choice)
-some skill in soldering SMT
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