usb to db15

[Mark McLeod]

I suppose the easiest (cheapest) implementation might be a variation of Mike's solution above. Use that USB-to-serial converter more and more team have to buy for their new laptops, and couple it to the serial port on an old EDU controller (or for example a PIC) with a program to interpret the XBox control commands and output via the analog and digital outputs on the EDU to the db15 gameport on the OI.

The use of a microprocessor driving the gameport will probably be against the rules though, but it would open up a lot of interesting control possibilities!

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Use that USB-to-serial converter more and more team have to buy for their new laptops, and couple it to the serial port on an old EDU controller (or for example a PIC) with a program to interpret the XBox control commands and output via the analog and digital outputs on the EDU to the db15 gameport on the OI.

Unfortunately even that won't work. USB devices (such as USB-to-serial converter as well as the Xbox controller) need a USB host to communicate with - it is not possible for two USB client devices to communicate directly with each other. You'd need a microprocessor of some kind (one capable of acting as a host, which most smaller microcontrollers aren't) sitting in between the USB-to-serial and the Xbox controller.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

Unfortunately even that won't work. USB devices (such as USB-to-serial converter as well as the Xbox controller) need a USB host to communicate with ...

So it sounds like a laptop has to get thrown into that mix anyway.