Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A few screws loose...

So, after much time running after our controller (we had to find it first, really), we finally caught it. A Playstation One Controller.

We've just begun to take out the screws, a task which proved more difficult that we thought it would be. Well, it's not really a terribly difficult task, but the real challenge was to actually find a screwdriver able to reach the screws, which were very small and in very deep grooves in the back of the controller.

Progress is finally being made, even if it's going very slowly.
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Proposal for PS1 Controller

What product will you study?

We will study a PlayStation 1 Controller


What brand?

The brand is Sony.

What is your product designed to do?

The product is designed to control the actions of a character in a video game.

Why did you decide to choose it?

We chose it in order to see what parts allow the controller to make the characters function. Also, in order to see why Sony chose the parts they did in order for the controller to work.

What circuitry components do you think you will have to learn about to understand your product?

We will probably have to learn about transistors, diode, circuit board, controls, capacitor, conduction, protection, and insulation.

Upon doing research and finding pictured of the parts, we found a diagram of how the analog stick works. There is also both a circuit board and a printed circuit board. We also need to understand what makes the buttons pressure-sensitive, and we need to find out why the controllers are able to vibrate.

What materials is it made out of?

The controller is made out of mostly of plastic for the outside with some metals and alloys for the inner components such as the circuit board.