Assembly guide for the Pico Voltex Controller

[@LordLiquidBaconII]

Your cameraman did a good job, the tripod deserves a raise.

[@breb5745]

Agreed

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

robeats eternal father of osucks

[@hannatheoneandonly]

@@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707 tf

[@Adniwhack]

Yes. I think it was raised higher than anticipated 😅

[@Chocoffee_battery]

Additional tip for those who will try to solder for the first time 1: The flux makes your solder job easier. This is optional because solder wire has a little flux on the inside. Typical flux is soft like ice cream or jelly, if not then heat it first like she did in the vid. 2: Use a soldering wire with "lead" on it. Find "lead" or 60/40 or any ratio with lead. Lead free solder is NEVER BEGINNER FRIENDLY because its hard to melt. Dont inhale the smoke of course, use a fan to blow the smoke away or a fume extractor if someone has one. 3: start your soldering iron, dont let the tip touch anything you dont want to burn. if you have a soldering stand use it, leave it on for a minute for good measure(depends on how fast your soldering iron heats up) its ready to use when it can melt solder wire when you put it 4: Clean the soldering tip before using it (i almost cried of how black her tip is) using a soldering sponge(typical, using a normal dish sponge works at some point before it melts or get dirty, never use it for cleaning dishes again if you really used it) or a brass wire sponge(poke it with the tip lightly as to not destroy the tip). Clean tips makes the solder melts on contact everytime 5: While soldering, try not to heat up the board for too long. Just enough for the solder to melt and spread. Leaving it for too long causes the solder pad to "detach" from the pcb, rendering the whole circuit board useless if you manage to break atleast one 6: Beware of bridges and cold joints, bridges happens if you apply too much solder, causing the pins/pads to short circuit. Use a desoldering pump or solder wick to remove the excess. cold joints is not fully melting the solder because of low heat or improper contact of the soldering iron and the solder pad causes it to crack over time especially during intense gameplay. You can search it up what a cold solder looks like. To repair it, apply flux on the joint, put a little solder on your soldering iron and reheat Enjoy soldering, it is so satisfying if you do it right

[@poisonouscarnage2289]

I’ve soldered a few keyboards and I did this exactly. I have a gas soldering iron so it’s nice not having wires :) Also solder wick is helpful

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

robeats eternal father of osucks

[@the_dark_jumper2211]

One moment I'm just casually playing beat saber, and the next I'm falling down a fantastical rabbit hole of incredible music, rhythm games that I never knew existed, and assembly guides for custom controllers. It seems the best things in life happen by chance.

[@raspberrycyanide]

Man, I really like the relaxing feel you bring to this guide. I'm ngl I know next to nothing about soldering and I don't plan on purchasing this remote, but I still put this guide on and watched all the way through cause it was just very intriguing and helped me chill out.

[@unknowed5048]

I did soldering before on electronics but it was nothing compared to what Tokaku did. I have gotten rusty on these skills.

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

robeats eternal father of osucks

[@kura7010]

Can we just appreciate how GOOD THE PCB LOOKS?

[@poisonouscarnage2289]

Can we pls have more nekos on pcbs?

[@poisonouscarnage2289]

Lol I saw your pfp and knew you play osu

[@kura7010]

@@poisonouscarnage2289 i dont really play osu anymore, i'd rather play SDVX, Arcaea, IIDX, Maimai, etc

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

osucks trash game better like robeats

[@v1ku390]

@@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707 I got level 35 song on robeats yes im a pro lol

[@OfficialTasman81]

Lets give a clap for the tripod it did a amazing job for Tokaku’s cameraman for this video

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

osucks trash game better like robeats

[@dvea]

omg, for some reason its so satisfing seeing you making this. Keep you channel alive, your videos are so good. :D

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

osucks trash game better like robeats

[@SpeedyPotato_]

Thanks for making this

[@tokaku]

YOU'RE FAST WOW

[@spaghetti7504]

@@tokaku Howww

[@l3u0y4ncy6]

man posted 3h before the video game out

[@logdolls45]

OMG U FAST

[@LS-td4yf]

He’s called speedy potato for a reason

[@guardiangusti9808]

Im no planning to buy it. But its relaxing to watch you do it.

[@spoodlesmind345]

Ive been using this controller for over 6 months now, I was an original buyer of prototype and current versions! I love this controller and after 6 months it is still perfectly fine! Also a great way to prevent the sliding of the controller is to use some magnets under your mouse pad, then just put the other connecting magnets on the feet of the controller! :D

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

robeats eternal father of osucks

[@4-hydroxybenzaldehyde622]

I didn't think this would come out so soon, good job

[@bacondestroyeroftrashkids7707]

osucks trash game better like robeats

[@GoodGamesBadLaptop]

9:22 The world needed to hear you say the wise words: "Lefty loosey, Righty tighty."

[@hepbep_]

toekaku even adding how to solder the hotswap dayum

[@ChimpWithPC]

sad I missed out on this, looks like a fun project.

[@bobfish1290]

thanks for making I was thinking of picking one up :)

[@nave1218]

Nice Video! Love the channel, keep up the amazing work.

[@MrBlakBunny]

would personally suggest not soldering the big pins of the encoders unless you are sure they are good quality, i've had encoders break and desoldering the big pins are a pain, though in this case understandable you'd want to solder those big pins eventually cause of the stress they would be under from constant use

[@tokaku]

right, good point. People should only solder down the big pins when they're 100% sure they work during testing. Only after then it's safe to solder them down. Nothing holds the encoders down at all in the case, so the solder at the pins is kind of necessary for stability

[@TX2015]

Imagine a controller like this but for Project Diva FT. It would be wonderful :0

[@Marin__UTAU]

Thats exactly what i was thinking the whole video 💀😆

[@TX2015]

@@Marin__UTAU I hope one day we'll get a DIVA controller like this!

[@dylanscience4626]

You could hypothetically use this keyboard for PPD, but i understand how the stupid slide notes could be an issue

[@TX2015]

@@dylanscience4626 I would actually change the knobs with joysticks and could work as well as a normal sensor slider. Maybe the knobs could work? But that location is a bit off center

[@M4TTYN]

prob exist already just if can find a good layout which shouldn't be too hard mostly if you can make to own a 3D printer anything is possible to building skill with soddering.

[@PERSONALEEMG]

you forgot the LUBE!!!!! but for real, thanks for the video.

[@mikeplayssomegames]

Ain't gonna buy it, but I will watch entire video anyway xD

[@griftgfx]

How difficult is it for a total noob to this scene to get into these games? How accessible is the software? I'd buy this having never played Sound Vortex if I could figure out how to get into it.

[@mmdfreak-hu3zg]

love the TEO outtro, came here to stay #.#

[@alliaarias7054]

this is a completely random comment you might not read, but i just wanted you to know that i was watching your "how to make osu skin" video about an hour ago, before that i drove 2 hours from a trip, went straight to my school on campus for another 7 hours, and am now at the schools library, your video came up and i was interested, but halfway through i was just so tired from the day and came to the realization that your voice was really comforting for me, so i ended up falling asleep. when i woke up, and hour later, i was like "omg what happened" and then your video was playing and i just had a "wth" moment. i just wanted you to know . :)

[@mariar.c.2462]

I dont understand anything but it looks so interesting ..

[@darrensoloz4372]

Pls tell me what is the background music

[@killersevenseconds]

I think the custom PCB is no longer available. I cant find it in the link provided.

[@Voltrex1175]

i thought my name was in the title lmao

[@logdolls45]

Hello I love the video and you inspired me to play rhythm games :).

[@FlyingTilapia]

It takes some time to do it but its worth it

[@pubgoncrack3178]

Where do you get your solder

[@lazyboy1042]

do we need to flash the board before anything else

[@SoundToxin]

It's a good idea to flash it right away to make sure it works. She soldered it on first but then if it doesn't work it could mean your soldering is wrong or the microcontroller is bad.

[@johang727]

Im not planning on buying one, but ehh, I need another reason to procrastinate

[@kamlasdas2411]

You should try BanGround Player. Basically, it's a Bang!Dream browser game.

[@crisld]

yep i'm just gonna buy the prebuilt

[@Zizzorhandz]

I like your personal captions more 🥺💔

[@tokaku]

I used youtube cc because I thought it'd be better if people could see more of what's happening on screen if they turned off captions ;)

[@Tofusky]

thanks god the switches are hotswappable

[@el_en_ar]

lol those are some tonque twisters

[@iankepner1114]

Omg I thought the flux was shatter lmaoooooooo

[@SussyWussy609]

thanks tokaku! owo

[@maekohasnoname487]

Next tokaku playing rush E I wonder if tokaku can do it

[@cheetah0.]

pog

[@abtoinegaming9431]

Kieettttt

[@scufed]

you didn't clip and lube your stabs >:(((((

[@justsomegirlwitharmor9434]

Nice 👌

[@axdnedits]

my friend lubbed his

[@deadshotgamer6420]

I like your voice

[@hugsybennington]

asmr

[@NightViper15]

soda

[@rokadee7603]

Uhm, are you inexperienced at stuff like this? I get a feeling that you are. (I got a little dissatisfied with how much you used lead, Sowwy) But what you did was pretty good for someone new at this.

[@tokaku]

it's my first time soldering castellated mounted holes, I didn't really know what a good amount was to put, so I put more than necessary just in case. My SMD diodes on my PCB started blinking the other day because I didn't add enough solder to the pins so I got a little paranoid 😬

[@rokadee7603]

@@tokaku Uhm, you did better than any first-timers though, if you're interested further........ you know what pain is .....(to gain a skillset?) (I suggest Indian Tutorials for tricks and tips, but they are awkward, so bear the pain, they are genius too in my opinion) (no reply...)

[@jivinmonging]

WHEN R U GONNA MAKE THE RYTHM GAME WHERE GIRLS KISS VIDEO?

[@tokaku]

THIS WEEK I'M SORRY A LOT HAS BEEN HAPPENING

[@jivinmonging]

@@tokaku but lke when

[@vianoh7148]

third (pls pin :D)

[@jadematamejindiosfeos302]

imagine being a clown and blocking me just because I speak ill of osu ​​when you in your robeats videos you show them too much hate lol

[@Puffle573]

Bro, te ardistes más usted solo por un juego de Roblox Andate a jugar el beatmania o el Sound Voltex que son mejores

[@grippyfemboy]

your comment wouldnt be here if you were blocked lol

[@pokololotanginaser8264]

how can you increase the polling rate for pico mine is just 125hz

[@vezziGD]

pog