I put an Xbox 360 controller board in my X-Arcade Solo stick a while back to have a proper arcade stick for Xbox Live Arcade games and fighting games. The Xbox 360 controller I have has a turbo button on it but I have been thinking about adding a faster one.

If you are interested in adding the turbo button to anything, here is the parts list (all of this can be found at Radio Shack) and the schematics:

• Circuit Board (optional)
• R1 = 1K Ohm Resistor
• R2 = 10k Ohm - 100K Ohm Resistor or Variable Resistor (The lower the resistor, the faster the pulse) Start with 47k and go from there.
• C1 = .1 uF Capacitor
• 555 Timer

If you attempt this, make sure you get multiple resistors between 10k Ohms and 100k Ohms (or a variable reistor) in order to find the best pulse rate for your turbo button. I used a 22k Ohm resistor, which is about 30 button presses a second. You don’t want it to be so fast that it just registers as one long button press and you don’t want it too slow.

Note: If you are interested in converting your X-Arcade stick into an Xbox 360 stick, I used an Xbox 360 MicroCon Game Pad Pro [Gameshark or Madcatz] and 30 gauge wire. The hardest part of this mod is mounting it to the board. I used two big screws going through some tubes to keep the board raised above the buttons (See pics above). This thing is a must have for any old school gamers and arcade junkies. Some games just don’t feel right on a gamepad.

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