Post by: RDC on February 15, 2010, 02:02:00 PM
Just use the 'updated' spots at the stick, it's a regulated 2.8v and is enough to drive most Blue LEDs.
At present there are 4 versions of the actual PS button, that I'm aware of anyway, and an LED behind any of them will still light it up. They've just frosted them more now and the white/silver one is only found in the Silver controllers.
The thing that makes it difficult is the rubber pad behind the button. On the older version controllers it has a frosted/white diffuser that would let the light thru, even though there was no LED, but on the newer version controllers it's the same color as the rest of it and needs to be cut to allow the light thru.
If you're really careful and take the time you can use an Xacto knife, some hot glue and a piece of white paper and get pretty close to duplicating the diffuser.
Actual Diffuser in this shell..
..and then replaced with the Hot Glue and Paper Diffuser..
Getting it wired up to where it blinks while charging and is on the rest of the time is going to make for putting a lot more in there than just an LED and a couple of wires, in fact you'd have to really get into it and figure out where to tap off something in there since the actual status LEDs do both and are controlled by the MCU, and since there are multiple board versions that's just a mess to even think about doing it.
One thing you could do though is to install 2 LEDs under the PS button, or use a Bi-color one, and wire the other one up to the USB 5v spot, it's TP1 on all versions of controller. It's not going to blink, or even let you know the controller is done charging, but you'll know the thing is plugged up to the USB cable and has power.
Post by: snake3y3s on February 16, 2010, 07:27:00 AM
anyway...
so there is no difference between soldering on TP12 + the battery point and the two points at the bottom?
(and as i said B4) what is TP12 for anyway?
Post by: RDC on February 16, 2010, 07:42:00 AM
Forget TP12, already recommended which ones to use and why.
It's right difficult to get a good pic of something lit up with LEDs in the dark, doesn't matter how good/bad the camera is, so those don't really look exactly like that, it's just for comparison.
TP1 is 5v when the USB cable is plugged in, so yes the other end would go to Ground. Use TP4 or any other Ground TP spot on the controller (depends on the version) there's plenty of easier Ground spots to solder to than the battery connector.
Post by: RDC on February 16, 2010, 08:01:00 AM
Post by: snake3y3s on February 18, 2010, 12:41:00 PM
a guy from our local forums is giving me one of his SIXAXIS controllers (cause he says it not working 100%), could I yank the home button out of that and put it in my DS3?
Post by: RDC on February 19, 2010, 03:31:00 PM
All of the different PS buttons are swappable, the older ones are in 2 parts for whatever Sony reason, so make sure you use them both.
Post by: snake3y3s on February 20, 2010, 02:52:00 AM
if you look at the first pic i posted, theres a scratch on the top left, i made that scratch to test how thick that covering is, and it isnt all that thick.
I will take another pic with a LED shining behind it tonight maybe and post.