ok I will attempt to try that when I get to taht part, thank you --- On Thu, 10/8/09, Gregory Pwneror <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Gregory Pwneror <[email protected]> Subject: [TANKS] Re: The controller thingy To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 1:04 AM 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
