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What’s This Black Material?

okay I took apart a soft DDR pad and it has this black plastic material that i’m guessing connects all the buttons to the pcb , but i tried to run a connect a copper wire to two of them to see if i could turn it into a usb controller instead of a PS2 controller using a keyboard,
but i was wondering how i could get a connection from this plastic type stuff to a wire
please help

2 Responses to “What’s This Black Material?”

1. blamay22 Says:
   November 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am

   You need to stop playing electronics tech before you burn out the usb hardware in your pc! I would explain it to you but you wouldnt understand what I said to begin with.
   EDIT: I got 35 years as a programmer, debugger, and electronics technician that says you DONT know what you are doing or you WOULNT have asked the question!

2. Arrogant John Says:
   November 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

   Something like this may be a little more eloquent. http://www.google.com/search?q=ps2+contr…
   The first result is from Amazon which lets you connect two ps2 controllers with just one USB port.
   You cannot just rip apart some electronics and stick a USB connector on the end and expect it to work.

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