Modder hacks PSP for DualShock 2 control, proves kids aren't worthless

[wraggster]

Okay, so there's at least a sliver of a chance French modder Flasheur got his inspiration from an eerily similar mod last year that involved Sony's PlayStation Portable and an original DualShock controller, but hey, progress is progress. This time around, we're looking at a rather dashing blue PSP and a DualShock 2, and while the actual modding process looks to have taken a different route (three connections on the rear versus one on the side), the end result is the same. Bliss. Pure bliss. Hop on past the break for an entirely-too-lengthy video demonstrating the hack in action, and hang tight for a DualShock 3 iteration to surface in 5, 4, 3...

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/m...ids-arent-wor/

[apex05]

Only really usefull to obsessive hardware modders... the day someone hacks the firmware to get a controller connected to the usb port is when i'll get excited.

[Art]

I'm guessing he gutted the PS2 controller as well,
bypassing it's serial hardware and soldering straight to button connections.
Some heatshrink tubing wouldn't go astray if you had to do this.

[osgeld]

yea thats all it is