Hacking Question Is there a guide* to adding a switch/button to a joycon to toggle RCM?

[MehMeh27]

(*easy to follow guide)

I found the magnethax one, but I'd really like to add a button/switch, and I can't seem to find a guide for it. (It doesn't help that I can't really search for "switch". )

Will ask for thread to be deleted after I have a response.

 

[Uumas]

TX has this guide: https://sx.xecuter.com/download/manuals/joycon-mod/[US]_TX_Joycon_Mod_Tutorial.pdf

 

[MehMeh27]

TX has this guide: https://sx.xecuter.com/download/manuals/joycon-mod/[US]_TX_Joycon_Mod_Tutorial.pdf

Awesome, thanks.

(Mods, thread can be deleted. Unless it's helpful to other people? I don't know how I would've searched for the TX guide, so maybe helpful to keep this here.)

 

[sirAnger]

I used that tutorial too. Didn't follow it to the letter, but I used it more as inspiration. I was not prepared for how small the solder contacts really are. Here's the board with an M&M for size reference, so you can be more prepared:

https://i.imgur.com/6MszAji.jpg

 

[lufeig]

I modded my joycon exactly like this and I highly recommend it

it's easy to trigger rcm mode, safe (you won't damage the connectors due to frequent use of the jig), and the mod is hardly noticeable

 

[Draxzelex]

This is a pretty good tutorial for what you're asking for: https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-another-magnetic-reed-switch-rcm-installation.505438/

 

[slaphappygamer]

I used that tutorial too. Didn't follow it to the letter, but I used it more as inspiration. I was not prepared for how small the solder contacts really are. Here's the board with an M&M for size reference, so you can be more prepared:

https://i.imgur.com/6MszAji.jpg

Lol. Is that a peanut m&m? Need to know what model m&m for proper reference. Reese’s, regular?

 

[MehMeh27]

This is a pretty good tutorial for what you're asking for: https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-another-magnetic-reed-switch-rcm-installation.505438/

I came across that, but it's a magnet switch not just a button to press, so isn't what I was looking for.

 

[Draxzelex]

I came across that, but it's a magnet switch not just a button to press, so isn't what I was looking for.

This is the closest thing I could find after going through 90% of GBATemp: https://gbatemp.net/threads/joy-con-mod-eject-button-as-switch-for-rcm.509405/

 

[MehMeh27]

This is the closest thing I could find after going through 90% of GBATemp: https://gbatemp.net/threads/joy-con-mod-eject-button-as-switch-for-rcm.509405/

Thanks for sharing, I think the TX guide is clearer, but it's good to have options.

 

[Hols]

I used that tutorial too. Didn't follow it to the letter, but I used it more as inspiration. I was not prepared for how small the solder contacts really are. Here's the board with an M&M for size reference, so you can be more prepared:

https://i.imgur.com/6MszAji.jpg

Thats one Giant M&M.