{"id":256,"date":"2020-11-30T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2020-12-13T09:59:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T08:59:51","slug":"atari-joystick-adapter-for-bbc-b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/atari-joystick-adapter-for-bbc-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Atari joystick adapter for BBC-B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am proud owner of two &#8220;beebs&#8221; with several extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was also interested in playing some games, so I looked for a joystick adapter. What I found was not really satifying. None of them were properly switching to ground, which means you can&#8217;t use any joystick with active functions, like auto-fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really wondered why people did this, as it is not so much of a difference to do it properly in the first place. So I designed a new one. &#8220;Ground is ground&#8221; on both sides, the BBC-B connector and the two Atari-type ports. And both can be supplied by the BBC-B with +5V for active functions available in the Joystick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/PCB_top-1-910x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/PCB_top-1-910x1024.png 910w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/PCB_top-1-267x300.png 267w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/PCB_top-1-768x864.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/PCB_top-1.png 1177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><figcaption>2-sided PCB (from top) of joystick adapter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201647-1024x872.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201647-1024x872.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201647-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201647-768x654.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201647-1536x1308.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201647-2048x1745.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Prototype of joystick adapter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201742-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201742-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201742-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201742-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201742-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.fh-kaernten.at\/retrofusion\/files\/2020\/12\/IMG_20200921_201742-2048x1353.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Adapter in operation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not a commercial distributor and my projects are just for fun. But I have a few PCBs left I am willing to give away, in case you are interested. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am proud owner of two &#8220;beebs&#8221; with several extensions. I was also interested in playing some games, so I looked for a joystick adapter. What I found was not really satifying. None of them were properly switching to ground, which means you can&#8217;t use any joystick with active functions, like auto-fire. 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