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  • Tiny N64 controller comes with hand-cramp guarantee

                      
    		   
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    wraggster
    Published on April 27th, 2012 22:29
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    Just looking at this little thing makes our hands ache. But [Kirren] did do a great job ofbuilding an N64 controller inside a tiny project box. It’s not a mod, but a ground-up build based on a PIC 16F628 microcontroller.
    It has most of the buttons found on a standard controller, and he assures us that you can play most games without missing the ones that didn’t make it into the design. You can just make out the analog stick to the left, but that silver ring on the right is actually a 4-direction tactile switch which stands in for the C buttons. He’s also included Start, A, B, R, and Z.
    The link above goes to his Wiki, and there are more than enough details if you’re interested in doing this yourself or just understanding how everything works. Check out his writeup on the protocol, and you can even get a copy of his code. There’s also a video demo after the break which shows [Kirren] playing some Bond with the controller.

    http://hackaday.com/2012/04/27/tiny-...amp-guarantee/
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Tiny N64 controller comes with hand-cramp guarantee started by wraggster View original post
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