Comments on: Xbox 360 Joystick retrofit

By: duh

duh — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:30:29 +0000

i built a board from scratch with no relays and everything works fine. wired right up. looks like someone over thought the whole thing.

By: Blaine

Blaine — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:25:55 +0000

my question is, since that was a regular xbox controller to begin with why couldnt he just cut the cable and splice in a usb male end. you wouldnt have the guide button but do you really need it?

By: Wolf

Wolf — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:42:37 +0000

first off, unless im missing something, the relays are jsut your standard rat shack types, second off, he should’ve been able to tap the 360 buttons directly, as I can’t belive they’d be anything other than active high or low, in the worst case scinario, in which the joystick is polarized (ie, cannot be rigged to switch the ground), and the 360 buttons are active low, he’s still be able to do it with transistors, which would be cheaper, small, tougher, and would last longer.

Don’t get me wrong though, the setup as a whole looks really solid, (the only other thing I would add is some steel weights to keep it steady)

By: matthijs

matthijs — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:26:21 +0000

it’s nifty, but i just can’t believe this is actually usuable for more than 1 hour. c’mon, who wants to play with some WOODEN console..
the idea is nice, but it’s not easier/better/ligther/stronger than the original pad.
it’s certainly nicer and i have to admit that building a relay from a reed switch is a nice hack. it’s just not.. ergonomic..

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:44:55 +0000

Pretty nifty.