Correct connector for CreatiVision replacement keyboard / joysticks
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 8:18 am
So, if, like me, you have tried using DuPont connectors to connect your home brew joystick / keyboard adapter to your Creativision, you've probably found the connection less than perfect.
WHen I last opened up one of the controllers, I looked inside the connector end and thought "that looks suspiciously like a standard connector I can source from my local electronics hobbyist store" and sure enough, it is!
It's a 10 pin 2.54mm (0.1") pitch crimp header / housing.
https://www.jaycar.com.au/10-pin-0-1-he ... h/p/HM3410
https://www.altronics.com.au/p/p5480-ou ... p-housing/
https://au.element14.com/multicomp/mc34 ... %20housing
I bought some and they're a perfect fit. The slide on and off, without forcing but aren't loose in the fitting.
I'll fire up the OpenSCAD and design a 3D printed housing to mimic the official ones on the real joysticks.
Chesh
WHen I last opened up one of the controllers, I looked inside the connector end and thought "that looks suspiciously like a standard connector I can source from my local electronics hobbyist store" and sure enough, it is!
It's a 10 pin 2.54mm (0.1") pitch crimp header / housing.
https://www.jaycar.com.au/10-pin-0-1-he ... h/p/HM3410
https://www.altronics.com.au/p/p5480-ou ... p-housing/
https://au.element14.com/multicomp/mc34 ... %20housing
I bought some and they're a perfect fit. The slide on and off, without forcing but aren't loose in the fitting.
I'll fire up the OpenSCAD and design a 3D printed housing to mimic the official ones on the real joysticks.
Chesh