May the Force (feedback) be with you: PSP Rumble mod

Good mod man that he is, F00 f00‘s dropped us a line once again, telling us of his latest kick-ass mod. The AcidMods team is pretty well known for their mod-work, one of the latest was their right-side analog mod called the the “Razor Nub.” This time around, hailing from their sound-reactive LED mod, we now have a PSP Rumble mod that activates from sounds. Take a peek at F00 f00’s proof of concept vid:

The story behind this has F00 f00 working on a client’s PSP (client here being robin1989), and while trying to do some LED modding, got distracted. He started playing around with a little spinning motor from a mobile phone and decided try his hand once again at a previously semi-unsuccessful attempt at producing force feedback on the PSP.

A few minutes of tinkering, and boom, he’s done it. He even says that it was quite a simple mod: where voltage being sent to the speakers would also be routed to the motor to power it. (We’re not sure if he was able to finish the actual LED mod though, but hey!, distraction leads to Einstein moments too)

Now a PSP Rumble feature has often been discussed in online forums everywhere. Some say that for Sony to have included such a feature in their handheld would just be a series of lawsuits waiting to happen – gamers would start complaining how their grip slipped on the PSP when it did force feedback. Other people simply dismiss the idea, saying that such a feature isn’t necessary.

Whatever the case – whatever your reasons might be – you still can’t deny how cool this mod is. Props for F00 f00; another great mod to add to the growing library in the PSP community.

Good mod man that he is, F00 f00‘s dropped us a line once again, telling us of his latest kick-ass mod. The AcidMods team is pretty well known for their mod-work, one of the latest was their right-side analog mod called the the “Razor Nub.” This time around, hailing from their sound-reactive LED mod, we now have a PSP Rumble mod that activates from sounds. Take a peek at F00 f00’s proof of concept vid:

The story behind this has F00 f00 working on a client’s PSP (client here being robin1989), and while trying to do some LED modding, got distracted. He started playing around with a little spinning motor from a mobile phone and decided try his hand once again at a previously semi-unsuccessful attempt at producing force feedback on the PSP.

A few minutes of tinkering, and boom, he’s done it. He even says that it was quite a simple mod: where voltage being sent to the speakers would also be routed to the motor to power it. (We’re not sure if he was able to finish the actual LED mod though, but hey!, distraction leads to Einstein moments too)

Now a PSP Rumble feature has often been discussed in online forums everywhere. Some say that for Sony to have included such a feature in their handheld would just be a series of lawsuits waiting to happen – gamers would start complaining how their grip slipped on the PSP when it did force feedback. Other people simply dismiss the idea, saying that such a feature isn’t necessary.

Whatever the case – whatever your reasons might be – you still can’t deny how cool this mod is. Props for F00 f00; another great mod to add to the growing library in the PSP community.