My not-so-pretty selfmade Game/Application Controller

[Sig]

after my belkin n52 became useful as a brick under windows 7
+ there seem to be no real replacement or successor
it was time to build my own


the result isn't very pretty so far:

but it works great!


encoder:
usb 2.0, 500hz, plug'n'play, full-rollover (34 keys), every key re-assignable (software)

switches used:
18 cherry mx "super blues" (no click but tactile, activate 1.33mm earlier, original blue activation bump, stiffer black spring)
1 regular cherry mx blue (the leftmost one)
1 belkin n52 digipad + pushbutton
1 cherry d4 (below the digipad)

- all switches can be reached without moving your hand


well tell me what you think
i guess i'll make a prettier one with more buttons in the future
but so far im rather pleased

[kriminal]

nice but um... how come your nostromo didnt work under win 7?
what controller did u use?

[Sig]

nice but um... how come your nostromo didnt work under win 7?
what controller did u use?

there are no working drivers for win7 x64 from belkin

i'm using a bu0836x with autohotkey

[kriminal]

weird... then how does mines work on win7 64bit?

[Lanx]

i have no issue using either of my nostromos under winxp/win7 32 or win7 64. Thats great tho, i was kind of thinking the way to put the numpad pcb on there but decided against it because well it just didn't look right.

[Sig]

do you guys mean the n52te?
i already needed a 3rd party program just to make windows use the n52 driver
not to mention the belkin software didn't detect it either way

but glad i have something with more buttons now anyway :smile:

[WhiteRice]

but it works great!

And that's what really matters! Nice job!

[kriminal]

nope i dont have the lighted up n52te version, i have the original one, infact i have 2 nostromos.
but i am interested in your design, though my current ongoing mod follows the one ripster did.

[Lanx]

nope, never got the TE cuz i knew that the razer software sucked, tested it w/ nostromo n50/n52 on all os's no issues. (modded or not)

[Sig]

hm, which driver version did you use for 7 x64?
i think i had the "newest" beta from the belkin site

Those must be super clicky.

Blue Stems + Black Spring ~ Green Cherry MX

I'd be interested in more details on how you built it.

nope no click
what i did is basically fixing the movable part of the blue switch to fixed position
i used small pieces of 1.33mm isolated copper wire that i pushed in between on both sides
also superglued everything (not needed)


make sure nothing sticks out on the sides if you try it
otherwise the feeling will suck

nope i dont have the lighted up n52te version, i have the original one, infact i have 2 nostromos.
but i am interested in your design, though my current ongoing mod follows the one ripster did.

apart from my superior keypad its still pretty much the same as the original n52
the keypad is even tilted in about the same angle
layout is like this



next version i wanna have about 30 buttons without hand palm movement :tongue1:

[Lanx]

i just tried out this one on my win xp laptop recently, probably the same on my current 64 win7 as well
http://en-us-support.belkin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/478

[ricercar]

Nostromo n50 on Vista and 7 LINKY

[Sig]

i just tried out this one on my win xp laptop recently, probably the same on my current 64 win7 as well
http://en-us-support.belkin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/478

yeah that one seems to work (at least the software detection does)
wasn't there yet when i was downloading the drivers a few months ago