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Title: N64 controller interface???
Post by: Truckstop on August 17, 2009, 05:27:17 AM

Hello folk's, i recently purchased a rather neat controller from my local game shop for nearly nothing! and was wondering if anybody has interfaced a N64 controller to a micro controller before?  preferable a Basic stamp but i also have a spare bare bones board lying around. i know how to rewire the entire thing with a new microchip and will probable end up doing so anyway but was curious what you guys had to say first..

Thanks
Truckstop

Title: Re: N64 controller interface???
Post by: SmAsH on August 17, 2009, 05:44:06 AM

is it just me or does that n64 controller look a bit weird?

Title: Re: N64 controller interface???
Post by: Truckstop on August 17, 2009, 05:54:40 AM

It is weird. it straps to your arm and bends with it for the joystick motions, and then it has the rest of the buttons on the side and a memory card slot on the other side. its rather comfortable to wear tho. im hoping to use it for telepresense

upon taking it apart it has a PIC16C64A-04/P clearly as the interpreter and handles all the data in and data out functions. should be easier to interface with then i thought.

Would post more pictures but my digital camera is being a B&#%! right now

Truckstop

Title: Re: N64 controller interface???
Post by: Finnik on August 17, 2009, 07:37:21 AM

Have you tried using Google yet?
Seems to me like there's plenty of info out there on the web, no need to reinvent the wheel...

First result I found, looks like it'd be useful:
http://www.mixdown.ca/n64dev/ (http://www.mixdown.ca/n64dev/)

Title: Re: N64 controller interface???
Post by: Truckstop on August 17, 2009, 07:51:33 AM

Great link, Thanks