Bluetooth Playstation controller for Axim PDA

posted Jan 22nd 2006 12:01am by Eliot Phillips
filed under: handhelds hacks

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Reader [Jakeh] wanted a Bluetooth based game controller for his Axim. Unfortunately, the only commercial option didn’t fit very well. He decided to chop up the Bluetooth controller and wire it into an original Playstation controller. Wiring was slightly annoying because half the buttons in the Bluetooth controller don’t have a common ground. The final touch was modifying two mechanical pencils to provide clamping pressure on the outside of the PDA. Here’s [Jakeh]’s original post about the project and his Flickr photo set.

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Reader Comments

that original bluetooth controller is really ugly and looks uncomfortable. the modded version is very impressive

Posted at 12:58 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by m00n3r

first

Posted at 1:28 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by Brandon Mongillo

Wow, that is damn cool.

Posted at 1:28 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by Ray

Oh man that is slick.

I can remember playing on my iPaq 3650 with an NES emulator and having to tap the screen for run and jump. This takes gaming on a pda to a whole new level. The fold up commercial was just a cheap knock off of a PS2 contoller. This is what it should have been all along.

BTW. Props on the adjustable size.

Posted at 1:34 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by Hal Hockersmith

Dear Brandon Mongillo and all commenters,

If you have nothing better to say then “first” (et all) then please refrain from commenting. It is nice that you stay up that late and see that yes there is a new Hack-A-Day.

And yes, you are the first one to post. But please say something creative other then first post.

In that case we should all say what post we are
but the system does that for us (see the upper left corner of the comment)

Posted at 1:41 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by Hal Hockersmith

Nice project! Very cool indeed.

Posted at 1:57 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by tamzarian

hal, I remember the good ol’ days with emulation on a 3650. I actually ended up getting a gamepad (wired, of course) shipped from Japan so I could play NES and SNES games decently.

Coincidently, I now also have an Axim x50v. I’m content with using my Bluetooth keyboard though, as I don’t have the money to buy a Bluetooth gamepad to hack up.

Posted at 2:55 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by cmonkey

In your face Ben Heck! jk, the clips make all the difference as far as the final looks of the project goes.

Posted at 3:20 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by DrPepper

Awesome project, gaming on PDA has always been a pain in the ass.

Posted at 5:24 am on Jan 22nd, 2006 by tiuk

Wow, thanks everybody! Even a comparison to the man, ben heck–i don’t know what to say!

Posted at 1:53 pm on Jan 22nd, 2006 by Jakeh

usher looks impressed

Posted at 7:31 pm on Jan 23rd, 2006 by challahc

Lol, he certainly does… I bet he’s a real nut for PDA console emulation.

Posted at 1:01 pm on Jan 24th, 2006 by Jakeh

uhm.. yay? its cool an all but not really that impressive. just a casemod. plus it doesnt help the people that cant afford that stupid controller to begin with (70$ wtf) if he had built a bluetooth controller from scratch i would be more impressed. but i will admit it looks A HELL OF A LOT bet than the original. good job

Posted at 2:45 am on Jan 29th, 2006 by triton

Its only 38 bucks here:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BT-GAMEPAD-WHT&cat=NET

The original pad is good, not great. I use it a lot and its definatly better than my phones keypad for most games. Unfortunately the placement of the shoulder buttons makes them worthless and the D-pad is a little loose/flimsy for me. It fits my Nokia 6630 very well but I might have to try this mod for the other issues.

Posted at 9:22 am on Apr 7th, 2006 by fyatwyrio