The other way is to somehow get hold of Doug Conn and ask him how he did it
and for his software.

-Gregory

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Gregory Pwneror <[email protected]>wrote:

> There's 2 methods I can think of to do that.
>
> 1.
> The c6c's heart is a PIC micro-controller. You could potentially just
> completely rewrite the code in the PIC to work for an X-box.
>
> 2.
> You could use a small computer, like a nano or pico-itx and put the X-box
> controller through that by hacking the controller to use USB. You'd then
> write a computer program to imitate the output of a PS2 controller based on
> the input from the X-Box one. You'd route the output through the serial or
> parallel port of the computer.
>
> Both of these approaches require computer programming. I would give it a
> go, or give it to someone else to have a go, but I don't have an X-Box
> controller handy. You can find data sheets on the internet about the
> protocols of a PS2 controller.
>
> -Gregory
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Sgt.A.Johnson <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Could the xbox and ps2 controllers be hacked together to get best of
>> both ie xbox quality and c6c connectivity???
>>
>> On Oct 7, 1:13 am, Gregory Pwneror <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Yeah, but sometimes the usb controllers are more expensive, or you could
>> > hack the controller to have both USB and Xbox
>> >
>> > -Gregory
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Adams, Kevin <[email protected]
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >  They sell Xbox controllers with USB plugs.   No hacking required.
>> >
>> > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gregory Pwneror
>> > > *Sent:* Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:46 PM
>> > > *To:* [email protected]
>> > > *Subject:* [TANKS] Re: The controller thingy
>> >
>> > > You could do it with a PIC theoretically, but you need to make sure
>> that
>> > > the PIC is fast enough and has enough ROM for the program. I've done a
>> bit
>> > > of looking at X-Box controllers myself, it turns out that they are
>> basically
>> > > USB devices with a different plug, if you chop off the existing one
>> and add
>> > > on a USB, Windows will detect it as a joystick, what Doug will have
>> done is
>> > > then make output based off that, it's somewhat easier that using a PS2
>> > > controller. If you use a cheap computer like a mini-itx, it would be
>> sort of
>> > > expensive, but not overly.The cheapest mini-itx I could find is 70
>> pounds,
>> > > here:http://www.mini-itx.com/store/
>> > > You would need to program your own code for it though, as no-one has
>> > > released there own I believe.
>> >
>> > > -Gregory
>> >
>> > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Sgt.A.Johnson <
>> > > [email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > There may be cheaper ways to do it than dougs but im not sure of them.
>> >
>> > > On 4 Oct, 08:17, Chris Malton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > > Sadly, nobody has, as yet, interfaced an Xbox controller to a C6C.
>>  If
>> > > > you really want to know about Xbox controllers controlling tanks,
>> the
>> > > > man who needs to speak up is Doug Conn.  He's gone some elaborate
>> > > > computer-based route.  Alternatively just find his tank on the
>> website,
>> > > > and click the links - they have some good info.
>> >
>> > > > Chris
>> >
>> > > > Travis Butterfield wrote:
>> > > > > Would it work with an xbox 360 paddle as well as the ps2 ones?
>> >
>> > > > > Sent from my iPod
>> >>
>>
>

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