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Unread 01-02-2006, 19:03
Rickertsen2 Rickertsen2 is offline
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Re: can we use a xbox controller? (was: help)

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Originally Posted by Greg Perkins
an xbox connector is just a glorified usb connector. if you tap into regular usb connector, you can then get a usb-15pin connector.
Your right about the USB port. The controller ports on the XB are USB ports with a different connector. When MS released the XB they didn't want it to seem too much like a PC and they felt USB ports are a PC thing, so they changed the connector to disguise things. As far as converting it to a 15 pin gameport, this is not so simple as just spicing some wires together with the proper connectors. At the very least, you need a power supply of some sort, a microcontroller, a USB host controller, some digital potentiometers
, and lots of software. See: this team built a playstation controller converter With an XBOX things are alot more complicated than the playstation.

Btw this has already been discussed. I think i am going to get really irritated if someone asks this question again:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31057
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22883
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=42732
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=42690
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