Got it all wired up! Originally I used whatever wire I had lying around, but it was way too thick and I couldn't squeeze in the switches after soldering them.

So, after learning that the higher the number, the smaller the wire, I bought some 30 gauge wire instead, and it fits perfectly now.

For example, while it didn't fail the print, the overhang around the dpad either did not slice well or did not print well. Either way I realized I don't need an overhang there after all, so I'll probably just remove it.

I love this thing so much. What a great object. Still some minor tweaks to be made though.

I've been working on a redesign of dpedal that is more robust and uses an RP pico instead of a custom PCB to bring down the cost of an individual making their own. I'm happy with the CAD design, time to get printing and see how it handles reality.

I thought all Raspberry Pi Pico's had USB C, but it turns out only my slightly bootleg one from Amazon does that. Only realized when I bought a second one lol

The video goes into detail about how I designed the 3D printed parts and how the gamecube controller protocol works

I wanted to improve my video quality a bit. So I researched cameras and it turns out, to start off, you're better off getting a light instead and just using the camera already in your phone. I got one of those soft led panels for photography and tested it out, this is much better!

Case in point, I realised after publishing that my expression in the thumbnail was not working, so I replaced it with much a better one, but now the old one is cached everywhere. Now I know for next time. 🥲

rukaidata is now updated with P+ 3.1.0

Heres a before (left) and after (right) for mewtwo's hurtboxes.
rukaidata.com/P+/Mewtwo/su...

Small site update for all you rukaidata nerds out there. wario and kirby hitboxes are now fixed on all dash style moves. e.g. rukaidata.com/P+/Kirby/sub...

Thanks to @eontas.bsky.social for nerd sniping me at the right time.

Images: before -> after

I ported the stock gram firmware to rust. Which was partially to satisfy my own silly purism but it is also easier to build and deploy config changes now.

And here's the onshape exploded diagram just because it looks so cool.

Still figuring out how I will use bluesky vs mastodon. I've been using mastodon for tech stuff for years now and it's been great. On the other hand seems like most of my smash friends have moved over to bsky now.

Anyway I recently built a custom controller for smash around the gram slim PCB.