usb to db15

[Marc P.]

It wouldn't be possible to directly use the Xbox controller without some sort of digital to analog converter. I believe a USB connection is a digital signal (4 conductors- +5v, signal+, signal-, ground), while the OI's 15 pin inputs are analog. There has been a bit of discussion around here about using USB joysticks with the OI, and the general consensus seems to be it can't be done using simple connectors, but you can potentially crack open the controller and manually wire the potentiometers and buttons to associated db15 pinouts (as per IFI documentation).

Team 38 did something similar this past season, with a playstation controller. We ended up ripping out the entire thing, building our own board with our own buttons and controls in the PSX controller's shell. It had a few bugs at first, but once everything was securely soldered together, it worked out pretty well.