PS2’s analog stick ported to the PSP?

Our Xbox 360 readers might remember Benjamin Heckendorn, the guy who shoehorned an Xbox 360 into a laptop form factor. While I personally didn’t “love” the case as such (I’d rather have a conventional case mod), I did realise that this guy knew his way around hardware modding. And while we didn’t hear from him much, it would’ve been foolish to simply disregard him.

And my my! Look what he was up to. Once the initial “Yuck! What the heck is that?” feeling dies down, we’re sure most of you will be curious to learn how he did it. Well, lucky you, because he has given out really detailed instructions over at Engadget. Here’s a snippet of them:

“For part 1 of this project we’re going to learn how to attach an analog stick to one of the PSP’s internal circuit boards. You can then use this info to build a custom joystick “clip-on” device yourself, or use the steps that will be covered in the upcoming part 2 of this project.”

“In part 2 of this amazing saga (coming soon to a website near you — namely this one) we’ll describe a way to make your own custom “snap on” enclosure for the stick so it doesn’t look like a dangling pile of crap.”

Here’s a few more pics of the thing being modded.

We’re sure all of you will be curious as to how he managed to do it; whether or not any of you will try it is irrelevant. Besides, we wouldn’t really recommend something like this, since it looks ridiculous. But again, the fact that he managed to do something like this is amazing in the first place. For the full article plus instructions, make your way to Engadget using the link below.

Our Xbox 360 readers might remember Benjamin Heckendorn, the guy who shoehorned an Xbox 360 into a laptop form factor. While I personally didn’t “love” the case as such (I’d rather have a conventional case mod), I did realise that this guy knew his way around hardware modding. And while we didn’t hear from him much, it would’ve been foolish to simply disregard him.

And my my! Look what he was up to. Once the initial “Yuck! What the heck is that?” feeling dies down, we’re sure most of you will be curious to learn how he did it. Well, lucky you, because he has given out really detailed instructions over at Engadget. Here’s a snippet of them:

“For part 1 of this project we’re going to learn how to attach an analog stick to one of the PSP’s internal circuit boards. You can then use this info to build a custom joystick “clip-on” device yourself, or use the steps that will be covered in the upcoming part 2 of this project.”

“In part 2 of this amazing saga (coming soon to a website near you — namely this one) we’ll describe a way to make your own custom “snap on” enclosure for the stick so it doesn’t look like a dangling pile of crap.”

Here’s a few more pics of the thing being modded.

We’re sure all of you will be curious as to how he managed to do it; whether or not any of you will try it is irrelevant. Besides, we wouldn’t really recommend something like this, since it looks ridiculous. But again, the fact that he managed to do something like this is amazing in the first place. For the full article plus instructions, make your way to Engadget using the link below.