Comments on: DIY ‘PS3 Sixaxis’ controller

By: im_an_alien

im_an_alien — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:52:31 +0000

Woah, this is pretty cool! I’ll have to make something with this some time… sixaxis mouse?

By: Ginsu

Ginsu — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:28:17 +0000

@garrett,

The wii controller has high enough sample rates, and extreemely low latency. It has already been featured as a remote controller for an RC car on engadget. Personally I believe it to be alot easier to use the wii controller because it is wireless and has a better response time than this project's. Everything else can be handled in software.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2581645410431075627

By: max

max — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 03:03:22 +0000

great job garrett!
hehe, thanks will for the post!

merry christmas and happy new year! :)

By: garrett

garrett — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:50:14 +0000

#6: because with a wii, you can’t tweak and hack the controller code to your heart’s content, adjust the response curves and sampling rate, add buttons, etc. basically the exact reason you’d make anything rather than buy a premade version.

By: wolf

wolf — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:30:34 +0000

somewhat lame application, but still an interesting concept. (Idk why they didn’t just use a wii controler, it has all the same capabilities, plus its a bluetooth device)

By: weirdguy

weirdguy — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:33:56 +0000

Just don’t throw it into the TV!

By: garrett

garrett — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:58:51 +0000

from what i hear, the real corsair was a lot more dangerous to fly. anyway, the motor inside was very small, from a tape drive or something. i did stick my fingers in the propeller and they are still attached.

the main thing is not really the airplane, or the accelerometer…it’s the usb device. you can whip up code in minutes using basic, then funnel to the hid portal and out pops joystick input, or mouse movement, keypresses, volume control, whatever. you can do this with just one microcontroller but it’s not as simple.

By: ex-parrot

ex-parrot — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:41:19 +0000

I don’t know about the realistic spinning finger-removers… err… propellor :^)

By: Pocketbrain

Pocketbrain — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:02:47 +0000

I’d probably mount handles on that airplane model to make it easier to hold. Nice application example!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:58:12 +0000

Looks pretty awesome