Posted May 01, 2007 at 04:43PM by Tim Y. Listed in: Controller, How-To, Mods Tags: Ben Heckendorn, SIXAXIS
Ó

Sample shot of the PS360 mod - Image 1Teach a man to fish, and he eats for life. Due to the immense popularity that Ben Heckendorn's been reaping for his recently completed PS360 controller mod, our fave mod god has decided to release a Do-It-Yourself guide for the general public's perusal.

Now, before the readership heads off to the actual guide, here's a rough on the materials and tools you will need for the attempt:

  • PS3 SIXAXIS controller
  • Xbox 360 (wireless) controller
  • Perfboard with pre-drilled copper plated holes
  • Thin wires
  • x(4) T-1 sized LEDs
  • x(2) 4.7k ohm resistors and (1) 10k ohm resistor
  • Superglue (liquid type)
  • x(11) 6mm tact switches
  • x(2) 4.5mm tact switches
  • x(4) size 3 screws, 1/2-inch long
  • Dremel tool with cutoff wheel
  • Soldering iron and desoldering iron
  • X-Acto knife
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Thin tipped magic markers
  • Regular small Phillips screwdriver
  • Small Torx screwdriver
Needless to say, this mod attempt will require plenty of spare time, soldering skills, and sweat. The first few sections will deal with destroying disassembling the 360 and SIXAXIS controllers, followed by instructions on how to transplant the SIXAXIS analog controls to the 360. The full details for this attempt are available at the read link, although we warn readers to once again be careful, if they ever do decide to try this mod out. Godspeed, and make sure to wait up - Ben Heck's making plans to release part 3 of his 360 laptop guide soon after!


Read Permalink  |   Email this  |   Linking Blogs   |   Digg It!

Bookmark / Find this article on:


8 Comments


Sort by:
   by AoxomamoxoA (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » no thanks

Why would anyone do this? If I wanted tilt sensors in my 360 controller I would do it right and go with the Wii sensors, not the gimmicky ps3 ones.

   by MadSkillz (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » cool

Very cool, i like the xbox 360 controller feel better then the ps3 controller feel, i would do it if i had a ps3 :D


   Re: 666 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » 666

360 feels wayyyyyyyyyyyy better!
   by Advertising -
   by CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-05-01
 » How about the "R" & "L" buttons?

How would you do those? Oh well the PS controller feels better anyway.


   Re: 666 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » 666

PS feels wayyyyyyyyyyy better!
   by Jpoe (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » first posters an idiot

the wii sensor is used better for a mouse/pointer kinda thing putting a wii sensor in it would work like *****, the ps3 tilt feature is much better suited for a controller

   by Creighton (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » feel

coming from a diehard playstation fan, with a ps3, i have felt the 360 controller which my friend who lives below me owns. needless to say, the 360 controller is MUCH more comfortable. obviously playing ps3 for only an hour wouldnt make much of a difference, but for multiple hours i would want a 360 controller. it fits the palm of your hand a lot better.

   by xche78x (http://sw2.2ya.com) (Unregistered) - 2007-05-02
 » i will not do such thing

i grew up on the NES/famicom controller.
perfected my playing styles (yes even 1 hand street fighter) on SNES/Super Famicom.
switched between ps1 pad and ascii fighting stick depending on which character i am using on tekken.
felt every rumble with all my classic shooters on my ps1 model 7000's dual shock 1.
controlled snake through hours of tip toes, crawls etc on the pressure sensitive directional/action buttons on PS2's dual shock two.
even though i never use sixaxis tilt function on motorstorm, i happily completed the demo on rub-i-dub with greats scores.
i even use all controllers mentioned including my sixaxis on PC! i have bought/made every adaptors for all of em. and my PSP acts as a wireless joypad /mouse for my PC too.



QJ.NET Blog Network RSS Feeds
MyQJ Feed / PDA
MyQJ RSS / PDA
Blog of Blogs Feed / PDA
QJ.NET RSS / PDA
Gaming Consoles Feed / PDA
Nintendo DS RSS / PDA
PlayStation 3 RSS / PDA
PSP Updates RSS / PDA
Wii RSS / PDA
Xbox 360 RSS / PDA
PC Gaming Feed / PDA
Age of Conan RSS / PDA
Games for Windows RSS / PDA
MMORPG RSS / PDA
Tabula Rasa RSS / PDA
World of Warcraft RSS / PDA
Science Feed / PDA
Science RSS / PDA
Technology Feed / PDA
Apple RSS / PDA
Gadgets RSS / PDA
iPhone RSS / PDA
Mobile RSS / PDA
Photography RSS / PDA
Tech RSS / PDA
Add QJ.NET
Add to My Yahoo!
Google Reader Subscribe with Bloglines
Add  to your Kinja digest Subscribe in NewsGator Online
Subscribe with Pluck RSS reader Add 'www.qj.net' to Newsburst from CNET News.com
Subscribe with SearchFox RSS del.icio.us www.qj.net
Add to Technorati Favorite! Add to My AOL
furl! it Stumble for Treehugger!