thetitaniumtitan
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For context, my end goal is to have buttons that, when pressed, tell my controller that I'm touching a certain part of the touchpad. I got an idea from a reddit post about a similar-ish idea. Ignore what he's using the mod for, just looking at the pictures will let you understand what it does:
He puts conductive tape from the touchpad to somewhere else, which allows him to touch the tape with his finger instead of the pad, but the tape sends the signal to the touchpad. I want to do that but instead with buttons instead of touching the tape.
I've done some other mods where I soldered buttons (pretty sure they're called tactile button switches) to parts of the circuit to simulate button presses but I wanted to take it 1 step forward. I also saw online that alluminium foil also lets you do something similar to what the guy in the post did with conductive tape, so I tested with that. No matter how I position the button in contact with the foil, it won't activate the touchpad. Do I need the button to be connected to ground for it to send a signal?
He puts conductive tape from the touchpad to somewhere else, which allows him to touch the tape with his finger instead of the pad, but the tape sends the signal to the touchpad. I want to do that but instead with buttons instead of touching the tape.
I've done some other mods where I soldered buttons (pretty sure they're called tactile button switches) to parts of the circuit to simulate button presses but I wanted to take it 1 step forward. I also saw online that alluminium foil also lets you do something similar to what the guy in the post did with conductive tape, so I tested with that. No matter how I position the button in contact with the foil, it won't activate the touchpad. Do I need the button to be connected to ground for it to send a signal?
