Post #1 · Posted at 2016-09-04 06:38:21am 7.6 years ago
G'day friends,
Not sure where to post this...
Bit of a problem, though, I suppose it was to be expected. Was at my local liquidation center and they had metal 'arcade' style dance pads for sale. Advertised as "were $700msrp, now $79!" I was like, ah what the heck. It's only $80, so I picked up two. Got em home, plugged em in, and nnnnnope. The right arrow, up arrow, and down arrow, were stuck pressed down (it has LEDs and they were lit up - confirmed in game). On both. I took em apart and found a very simple-yet-complicated setup inside to control the poor quality LEDs in em. Wondering if someone has seen something similar. Took off all the arrow plates, and the result is the same. Right, up and down are still pressed. Late here, so I'll post more information, along with any pictures needed. In the meantime, maybe you've seen or read about these. No brand, but the left/right arrow color is yellow. Hoping I can tinker to get em working. Pretty keen on soldering, but not sure where to start.
Despite their price, they feel decent... Very heavy. Don't suppose that means anything. Anyway, here's to starting the tear down and repair on new pads! Yay!
Not sure where to post this...
Bit of a problem, though, I suppose it was to be expected. Was at my local liquidation center and they had metal 'arcade' style dance pads for sale. Advertised as "were $700msrp, now $79!" I was like, ah what the heck. It's only $80, so I picked up two. Got em home, plugged em in, and nnnnnope. The right arrow, up arrow, and down arrow, were stuck pressed down (it has LEDs and they were lit up - confirmed in game). On both. I took em apart and found a very simple-yet-complicated setup inside to control the poor quality LEDs in em. Wondering if someone has seen something similar. Took off all the arrow plates, and the result is the same. Right, up and down are still pressed. Late here, so I'll post more information, along with any pictures needed. In the meantime, maybe you've seen or read about these. No brand, but the left/right arrow color is yellow. Hoping I can tinker to get em working. Pretty keen on soldering, but not sure where to start.
Despite their price, they feel decent... Very heavy. Don't suppose that means anything. Anyway, here's to starting the tear down and repair on new pads! Yay!
Post #2 · Posted at 2016-09-04 07:50:12am 7.6 years ago
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DDRGame garbage
Post #3 · Posted at 2016-09-04 10:14:58pm 7.6 years ago
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Back from work, back to work. These aren't DDRGame, at least as far as my Googling goes. It looks like the problem was the up, right, and down arrow sensors (all pads have two sensors). The positive and negative on each sensor were soldered together (the positive on the first sensor soldered to the positive on the second sensor) causing a loop without any switch interaction needed - resulting in the button being pressed when not actually being pressed. Finished the first pad completely, but could not get the secondary sensor on the up and down arrow working, but just upped the sensitivity on them (tightened the screws) and it seems to be okay. On to the next pad. Hoping it's just as easy.
Here are the insides of the pads, the crap LED board (now removed), and the sensors - which look very similar to arcade sensors.
Here are the insides of the pads, the crap LED board (now removed), and the sensors - which look very similar to arcade sensors.