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Wireless game controller and Prop?

MicksterMickster Posts: 2,721
edited 2012-01-31 09:10 in Propeller 1
Has this been done? I'm interested in interfacing to the Logitech, Playstation, Xbox WIRELESS controllers.

Mickster.

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  • Nick ErnstNick Ernst Posts: 138
    edited 2012-01-30 16:41
    Mickster,
    There have been people who have hacked controllers for their sensors and control hardware, but I am not aware of anyone hacking the controller and then inserting a Propeller chip into the controller to ac as a stand alone device. If that is your intent, I cannot confirm nor deny that anyone has already done it, but I definitely encourage it!!!!
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2012-01-31 00:41
    Mickster wrote: »
    Has this been done? I'm interested in interfacing to the Logitech, Playstation, Xbox WIRELESS controllers.

    Mickster.

    I'm also not sure what your question is asking about. Do you want to use a wireless game controller with the Prop? If a wired version of the game controller works with the Prop then the wireless version is likely to work as well. (Depending on the controller, an object to interface with a wired controller might need to be modified a bit to work with the wireless version. I think I remember some wireless controller had a different address than the wired version.)

    There are objects for many game controllers in the OBEX. The controllers that haven't been interfaced with the Prop are the controllers that use a USB connection. The Prop has a hard time being a USB host.

    I've personally made wireless remotes with Wii Nunchucks and PlayStation 2 controllers. I have a Prop and wireless module connected to the controller and another Prop/wireless module connected to the robot I want to control.

    I haven't tried to fit a Prop, wireless module and batteries inside a hacked controller (yet). If you removed the vibration motors from a PlayStation 2 controller, there should be room to cram all the needed hardware into the space the motors previously occupied.
  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    edited 2012-01-31 08:02
    Cheap Playstation 2 controllers are available with wireless link between controller and plug - the wireless link is transparent to the Playstation and the interface is basically SPI, so this is an easy way to interface wirelessly (the only difficulty is getting the playstation controller sockets).
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2012-01-31 09:10
    Mark_T wrote: »
    Cheap Playstation 2 controllers are available with wireless link between controller and plug - the wireless link is transparent to the Playstation and the interface is basically SPI, so this is an easy way to interface wirelessly (the only difficulty is getting the playstation controller sockets).

    This reminds me, I've found a lot of generic game controllers have lower resolution than the originals. SparkFun sells a generic PlayStation 2 controller than scales a 5-bit joystick value up to 8-bits. It skips a bunch of numbers as it transitions from 0 to 255. I've also found generic Wii Nunchucks that use lower resolution on some of its data.

    The generic PS2 controller sells for only $5 less than the price of a Sony controller. I've become very wary of generic controllers. But, on the other hand, sometimes you don't need all the resolution the name brand controller provides and the generic Nunchucks I purchased cost a lot less than the original Nunchucks.
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