Hardwire PS4 Controller

[RastaburyOG]

Okay, so I have genuinely done a tonne of looking into this and there is no straightforward and direct guide on how to do this or if it is possible anywhere that I can find. I want to convert a stock Dualshock 4 controller from having a plug and play Micro USB port to a hardwired cable terminating in USB Type A. I don't want to change anything else, just convert to a hardwired USB cable. Reason being the PS4 controller has always been my favourite fighting game controller for PC but no matter how many I have gone through I always end up with the same issue of the Micro USB port being really sensitive to motion and disconnecting intermitently when the controller is even slightly jiggled in my hand. Bluetooth connection is not a feasible solution due to the amount of input delay it generates. Is anyone able to explain to me or at least point me at a guide that will show me how to terminate a USB cable for power and data onto the board? (I'm pretty competent with soldering) Is this even something that anyone has done before me?

 

Thanks in advance

[sav99]

Hello @RastaburyOG, 

I share the same love for the joystick, and I also was always fidling arround with the cable. The only thing that helped for me is to get an original ps4 joystick cable. But I am very curious if this has been done before.

 

kr

[somer4ndo]

Doing a simple google search, I haven't found anyone having gone further than a fixed power cable, but it doesn't seem too difficult if you have the right tools and know-how(though I guess if you have to ask, it might be a little difficult). Do you have a soldering iron/knowledge how to use one?

 

[somer4ndo]

If not, I'd go to a technician, this would not be a difficult problem for someone who has a soldering iron, a multimeter, and has worked with them for more than a year, though even then I'd get a backup of the charging port assembly that my controller has, just in case. There are guides(ex: 1, 2, 3) to replace this board, and since sony uses a standard USB micro B, just knowing the pinnout of standard USB connectors, and testing it with a multimeter in a cable that works with the controller, should be enough to know which pins in the assembly board go with which pin in the USB A(male) connector I want replacing it's USB B(female) port.

(x being ID)