binary-shadow Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 In robotics class i was assigned a project to get a psx controller to controll a lego motor if anyone could help me out on this thatd be great. PM me if you want my aim adress to help me out on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 If you understand electronics enough to understand circet diagrams, google is your best friend. The PSX controler uses actual data transfer (not just super simple on off stuff like some console do/did), so you may have to hack one to work wiht a PC befor you can go any further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binary-shadow Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Yeah thats exactlly what i was thinking but i was hoping there was some other way odd that our teacher would give us a project that he knew we would fail at. Oh and do you think i could do this with another type of controller like super nintendo controller i know he said only psx but might as well try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 new you would fail at? Or wanted to see who in the class could work something out like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binary-shadow Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 good point but either way i still need to figure something out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Don't know about the SNES, but almost certinly the NES controler. For the best results (although you could do this with the PSx controler as well, but it's just cooler with a NES/SNES controler) you probably just want to bypas the built in control chip and just have the wire connect directly to the buttons. Can't say if there will be enough wires in the default cable, but arn't there like 10 pins on that thing? Thus giving you 9 buttons (out of 8) you could use? http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/bla...ler/topside.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binary-shadow Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Thanks for the help we dont need to bring i na working model we jsut need sketches and notes to bring in so ill work off of what you had told me but thanks anyway. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binary-shadow Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 w00t nevermind i got it open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrytone Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 It might be cheating, but you could just wire one of the pots from one of the analog sticks into a circuit for controlling the speed of the motor. Not as efficient as PWM, but it would work. Otherwise: look here and here, and try to come up with a circuit that would read signals from the data pin and turn it into something usefull. The latter method seems a little over the top if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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