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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: Dreamcatcher on February 13, 2007, 11:04:11 AM

Title: game pad
Post by: Dreamcatcher on February 13, 2007, 11:04:11 AM

Hi every one
i wanna know how to test my game pad because i wanna use it to control my robot(more buttons)? ???
may i omit the computer while controllig the robot (Connecte the game pad directlly to the robot)?
Thank u 4 ur help ;)

Title: Re: game pad
Post by: annoyin_kid on February 13, 2007, 12:20:40 PM

we need to know more information. imagine we are completely stupid  :o :o :o and tell us everything about ur robot and gamepad so we know what u are talking about. until we know more about your robot and gamepad i dont think we will be able to help.

Title: Re: game pad
Post by: Hal9000 on February 14, 2007, 07:45:59 AM

Well, i'm a bit unsure of what you meant too, but what i'm guessing is something like this:

http://oscar.solarbotics.net/nespad.html

A search on the very interesting site called hackaday for 'controller' also revealed some nice things

http://www.hackaday.com/search/?q=controller

and there's this guy who mods consoles, who has his own site and posts on Hackaday called Ben Heck. Check it out

http://benheck.com/all-game-projects/

Other searches on google for 'hack' and 'controller' (plus obviously, if you have a specific controller in mind, type that in too and you should be suprised at how many people have done what you are trying to do.