Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Software => Software => Topic started by: roboninja93 on August 26, 2014, 12:34:32 PM
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I want to use a wireless play station 2 controller for controlling the robot. I want to know what frequency or protocol is used between the ps2 controller and it's receiver. I tried to search the web but with no luck.
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Ugh. I wrote the below before realizing you're after the wireless setup. Perhaps the receiver has the same pinout as the wired version?
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I have not done this myself. But Webbotlib has had support [for the wired version] for years now. This page has a diagram of the pinout, example code if you're using Webbotlib: http://webbot.org.uk/WebbotLibDocs2/46240.html (http://webbot.org.uk/WebbotLibDocs2/46240.html)
Worst case, you can download Webbotlib and somewhere find the PS2 code it uses... but I suspect that code will be hard to understand because of the abstractions that make Webbotlib works so magically.
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I am in the same scenario as roboninja93 in wanting to use a wireless PS2 controller. My experience eventually led me to just stick with a wired controller which has worked out fine...but I would still like to go wireless.
With that said, I think that I remember reading somewhere that there is a clock speed issue or something like that. Lynxmotion has a wireless PS2 Robot Controller Kit that now comes with a piece of hardware that supposedly deals with this issue. Previous versions did not come with the level shifter. I will look more into it as I get to that part of my robot build.
http://www.lynxmotion.com/p-869-ps2-robot-controller-v3.aspx (http://www.lynxmotion.com/p-869-ps2-robot-controller-v3.aspx)
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roboninja93 I like your idea, I would like to controll the robot by ps2 controller too, I will try it .
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This might help
http://justcheckinm8.blogspot.co.nz/2014/04/heaxpod-pt-3.html (http://justcheckinm8.blogspot.co.nz/2014/04/heaxpod-pt-3.html)