The Spaniard
Professional
So this is just a little bit of a semi tutorial for noobs like myself that struggle to work things out for weeks on end.
It's not going to be the best of setups that can be done, wiring could be neater but it's what it is and works.
So I wanted to add the ability to use the UD terminal block to my NAC so I could use USB devices externally.
I could't find any .110 terminal connectors so I went to Bunnings (Our version of home depot) to buy these spade connectors.
Of course they are too thick to fit in to the QDs so I took a hammer and flattened out the spade section.
Next I went to duplicate the cable so that one end would go to the CP and the other end to the UD decoder.
Here I attempted to crimp the wires onto the connectors but as they are too big I managed to cut straight through them.
So I decided to solder the wires onto the tabs and sort that issue out.
I had 2 spare joystick harnesses that I also used to duplicate these controls. I couldn't find a 5 pin header so I got a 6 pin one instead and cut them down to size, soldered on the wires and plugged the other end into the Joystick.
Not the best of soldering but gets the job done. You may notice that the shrink tube is missing on the yellow wire, I did add it but it fell off and didn't notice it until after I soldered the wire on. Thought fuck it and moved on.
Thanks to @Frank_fjs Jamma knife I didn't need to continually hack up my harness to get power.
From here I took 1 ground, 1 5.0V for the board power, 1 coin switch and 1 test switch.
I then daisy chained all these from the knife edge to one board and then daisied it across to the second board.
I then added a USB A cable from the UD board and routed it through the back via a hole in the back panel along with a rubber grommet and out to one on each side, held down with removable sticky pads.
Final result in the CP
All works and is usable either from the CP or from external USB devices, its great.
Thanks to @Frank_fjs for his knife @xodaraP for the suggestion to duplicate the existing wires and @undamned for his device that he has made available.
It's not going to be the best of setups that can be done, wiring could be neater but it's what it is and works.
So I wanted to add the ability to use the UD terminal block to my NAC so I could use USB devices externally.
I could't find any .110 terminal connectors so I went to Bunnings (Our version of home depot) to buy these spade connectors.
Of course they are too thick to fit in to the QDs so I took a hammer and flattened out the spade section.
Next I went to duplicate the cable so that one end would go to the CP and the other end to the UD decoder.
Here I attempted to crimp the wires onto the connectors but as they are too big I managed to cut straight through them.
So I decided to solder the wires onto the tabs and sort that issue out.
I had 2 spare joystick harnesses that I also used to duplicate these controls. I couldn't find a 5 pin header so I got a 6 pin one instead and cut them down to size, soldered on the wires and plugged the other end into the Joystick.
Not the best of soldering but gets the job done. You may notice that the shrink tube is missing on the yellow wire, I did add it but it fell off and didn't notice it until after I soldered the wire on. Thought fuck it and moved on.
Thanks to @Frank_fjs Jamma knife I didn't need to continually hack up my harness to get power.
From here I took 1 ground, 1 5.0V for the board power, 1 coin switch and 1 test switch.
I then daisy chained all these from the knife edge to one board and then daisied it across to the second board.
I then added a USB A cable from the UD board and routed it through the back via a hole in the back panel along with a rubber grommet and out to one on each side, held down with removable sticky pads.
Final result in the CP
All works and is usable either from the CP or from external USB devices, its great.
Thanks to @Frank_fjs for his knife @xodaraP for the suggestion to duplicate the existing wires and @undamned for his device that he has made available.