Project diva homemade controllers

and i have seen someone extend the touchpad of the DS4 is it really usable to make and use that slider

 

I think that nearly no one have something to buy things where he live, so online shops are helping out. Especially in case of slider, you can buy main elements on aliexpress or other shops and order aditional components in JLCPCB, for example. because slider with PCBs nearly has no issues and really comfortable to use. So if you have this possibility - may be better to look at it. But in case of buttons, as I said, you only need some fighting board for PS4 (for example this, I do not really know, because do not have PS4) and connect all buttons as marked on the board :)


There is other possibility in fighting boards is project Passinglink on github to make your own dualshock 4 using STM32 controller, but it has some nuances. Again, only if you want something special that other boards cannot offer.

 

I cant get any fighting board beacause the shipping fee is so pricy( it is equal as the price of a product or even double to ship to my country) so i am looking for another way

 

There is a thing called aliexpress

 

Then I think there is 2 more or less possible variants: is to use GIMX or to use Passinglink to make your controller work with PS4. GIMX as I know pretty easy to make, but it has one big nuance - it needs another PC (personal computer) to be as connecting link converter between your controller (for example, made on Arduino Pro Micro/Arduino Leonardo) and your PS4. And PassingLink, it's can be already completed controller that can be recognized by PS4 as DS4, but as I know to work fully as DS4 it needs encryption keys extracted from DS4 board version JDM-001, but if you have it you can build your controller pretty easy in case of hardware using STM32F103 Bluepill (that on aliexpress costs $1-2$ or something like that).

This man will not let me lie :)

 

Raspberry Pi works too.

 

Hi, I'm completely new to Project Diva and this community. My friend got me into it and I've only been playing since Jan 2021

Even though I've only been playing for a short time, I've already made a custom controller. Just wanted to share

It's a 3D printed case that I made myself






Hope you guys like it!

 

Reminds me that I still need to finish my 3D printer...

 

Wooow, pretty massive for a 3D-print! My appreciation! :)

 

Not related, but Linus finally reviewed this:



If it's cheaper and actually sensitive enough it might make a nice all-in-one diva controller. Just saying.

 

Oh the DIVA Pro Controller (ZhouSensor 2.0) some of my diva friend on facebook group tried it and they love it and the TOUCH Slider update for it I heard is wonderful.

 

I won't recommend this. It has no support for dedicated controller mode and arcade slider mode. Also due to its structure and firmware DRM it's difficult if not impossible for 3rd party to make custom firmware that implements those features.

On the other hand Divaller has full support for CFW and there is already custom firmware for arcade slider mode.

Also I don't think anyone is talking about this controller on Reddit. Where did you see that "everybody cries about latency and poor pcb"?

 

Here may be not everyone still knows that LKP slider by @Doctopus and his Project Alpaca is the best controller :P

 

Maybe :P

 

What's this?? Not seen it previewed anywhere, it just popped up on ebay...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124712656371

 

Seems like the normal mode is hori normal mode while the "arcade mode" is everybody else's "normal mode". So you get what you paid for (that is if it's possible to get it for the $50 "MSRP").

 

Hello, I'm a complete noob to controller building, but it's a passion of mine and electronics are so cool. I made my Arcade Future tone controller last year and it's pretty nice. I used the brook ps4 fighting board for ease of use. I currently use buttons for the touch sliders, but I really want to make a touch slider. I've tried so many different things, buying an adafruit touch capacitor. Trying to connect that to the brook fighting board inputs. I tried to connect copper tape. And I'm so lost now that I need to find some kind of help. Could anyone please point me in the right direction what to buy to make a touch sensor that works with PS4?

 

adafruit touch capacitor, as I know, as I understand, it's not a standalone device - it's just a component for a arduino or some other microcontrollers that will manage how that adafruit touch capacitor will work and what it will do. And when you will connect it to arduino - you can make some program that will work with adafruit touch capacitor componect and with copper tape connected to it. I never thought about it before, but now I have theory that it's possible to make touch slider even for brook using all that components that was described above and may be the touching the slider can be transposed to pins of arduino that will be connected to brook, for example you will use L and R, one of the connectors or that button on brook you connect to GND of arduino, and other side you connect to pins of arduino that will work as buttons pressed. When you move on slider LEFT - arduino will pull down pin that connected to L, when RIGHT - pull down pin that connected to R and it will work as button press. You need at first create some test program to verify that pulling down the pin of arduino will work and then can make something more serious with connection of adafruit touch capacitor and other components.
Theoretically, I just never thought about it before, but I think it can work.

 

Could someone link me the ardurino I would need to purchase to make this work? thanks