Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

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cheshirenoir
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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by cheshirenoir » Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:46 am

Thanks Tom and Mamejay.
I'll definitely update GitHub after these are tested. At the moment, while I'm pretty confident they'll work, I'm pretty sure I'll need to do a third spin to get some minor sizing issues resolved. Paper printouts cut out can only get me so far :-D

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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by kakaboy » Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:21 am

This is very exciting...I accidently threw out the joystick PCB when I moved. Had it out years ago contemplating how to fix it. This is a much better solution than my trace paint idea.
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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by cheshirenoir » Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:51 am

I've hit a bit of a problem today. Ordered the PCBs yesterday and they were rejected by JLCPCB so I will need to think about what to do next.
I could seperate out all the boards but it will dramatically increase the costs as we'll go from ordering 3 PCBs for a full set of controllers to having to order 5 boards and getting less controllers per order. (Down from 5 sets to only 1 set)
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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by cheshirenoir » Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:43 am

Hmm, some boards arrived from JLCPCB, but the solder mask is wrong so I'll need to do a THIRD run. :-(
Maybe I can slide in a new version of the top board at the same time?
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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by Mamejay » Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:54 am

Oh man. That sucks. So has the solder mask gone over the whole of the PCB? Wonder if you can use a fibreglass pen and run it off.
Pain in the ass.
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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by Mobsie » Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:47 am

Hi, that’s bad sorry. But please don’t give up we really want it👍
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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by cheshirenoir » Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:52 am

@Mobsie, no plans to give up. I plan to send out another order on the weekend.
@Mamejay that was my thought too. I'll have a go at scratching it back. Mind you I hate working with fiberglass pens. So many ouchy fibers.

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Re: Replacement Membranes for Creativision controllers

Post by kakaboy » Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:06 am

Thank you so much for all your hard work Cheshirenoir
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