It wouldn't be too hard, you could set up a keyboard, trackball mouse (so you don't actually have to move the mouse) and a small screen inside a briefcase and before each battle you can plug it in and set it up. It would be better to use a pico-itx instead of a nano-itx (pico-itx's have the footprint of just slightly bigger than a playing card) I think it would still be better to use a mini/nano/pico itx inside the tank instead. Cooling wouldn't be too hard, you could probably just use fans, heatsinks and good ventilation.
-Gregory On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Sgt.A.Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > > I wonder whether a mega modded controller could be made with a nano > itx hanging off the back and wifi linkup. Cool if you could. Really > awkward to set up PC settings though because youd need to have all the > video outputs and inputs for other stuff. Perhaps not a good idea > then. > > On Oct 9, 5:23 pm, "Sgt.A.Johnson" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have thought of another way. Dougs program seems to take the input > > from the controller and then send to the PC on the tank and convert to > > esc commands. You could bypass that by making a PC in the tank and > > installing the software that doug uses and the drivers for the 360 > > controller for PC and USB adapter for using a wireless 360 pad on a pc > > and having the controller go directly to the tanks computer. Only get > > a few meters range but might work. If dougs about he might know abit > > more about that method. I reckon ps2 controller may be better suited > > for c6c as their cheaper to replace than the 360 pads. I can get ps2 > > wireless locally for £5 and wired 360 for £20. Wireless £30+. And the > > wired xbox controller wont need hacking to use USB as thats the > > interface for the 360 ones anyway. The old xbox ones are harder to > > come by. I have 2 wireless 360 ones and 1 wired one. Although > > microsoft advertise one as being for windows the only difference is > > one comes with the driver software for PC and the more expensive > > wireless for windows has a usb dongle for a normal 360 wireless > > controller aswell > > > > On Oct 8, 1:32 pm, Travis Butterfield <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
