Wireless Controllers?

[curt_grymala]

curt, have you spoken to your dad?

Haven't really had a chance, unfortunately. They're moving in about two weeks, so things have been hectic with them, and a lot of crap has been going on in my own life at the moment. Hopefully I'll find time in a month or so.

[ptr.exe]

a lot of crap has been going on in my own life at the moment

Hope whatever it is you sort it out

I'm gonna build the circuit tommorow and test with a DC controller, i'll post how i get along.

[Meshuggah27]

This has been done. They sell them at www.consolesandgadgets.com for 30 bucks american. Its the fighterpad though (No joystick). But who cares! its wireless! I have ordered one myself and it works great! A real sega saturn feel to it.

Here is the link:
https://www.consolesandgadgets.com/c...f3ed3ccf362786

[curt_grymala]

This has been done... Its the fighterpad though (No joystick).

Then it hasn't been done.

Thanks for the info, but I would really like to see this done with an official, standard, Sega DC controller.

I should have time to work on it in a few weeks. I am interested to see how Ptr is getting along with the radio transmitter idea, as I had only thought of I/R transmission previously.

[Meshuggah27]

Ohh, I thought you were just lookin for a wireless controller. Man, If someone figures this out im trying it. I already got all the supplies

[ptr.exe]

Curt, it is IR. And it doesnt work, i really should of looked more at the circuit before i built it as most of it is for audio amplifying so is pointless for this.

I got a phototransistor and an IR LED and can send the signal but only a few inchs I need to figure out a circuit that could provide more range, im fairly sure the LED sending the signal is fine but the reciever needs to be more sensitive, perhaps a converging lens would do it, i'll give it a try.

Also this method has loads of interference, i don't know much about IR so dont know anything about sending signals with it so im probably doing loads wrong, but at least im getting somewhere.

[curt_grymala]

Curt, it is IR.

Ah, I didn't realize that.

I got a phototransistor and an IR LED and can send the signal but only a few inchs I need to figure out a circuit that could provide more range, im fairly sure the LED sending the signal is fine but the reciever needs to be more sensitive, perhaps a converging lens would do it, i'll give it a try.

I'd be careful, though, as your comments about that made me realize IR may not be the best way to go. I fear, if we use IR on more than one controller at a time, we may end up with too much interference, and the two controllers would end up cancelling each other out. It's kind of like having two remote controls for the same television. If you point either one at the TV, it will change the channel. We would have to figure out a way to adjust the frequency of the IR (I haven't played with IR in a very long time, so I don't even remember if you can easily get adjustable IR transceivers, or if you have to get two separate ones set to different frequencies).

Also this method has loads of interference, i don't know much about IR so dont know anything about sending signals with it so im probably doing loads wrong, but at least im getting somewhere.

That's kind of what I commented on above.

Maybe I should try to see if I can get one of the existing wireless controllers and see what they've done with it.

It may also be worth it to look into a radio transmitter of some sort. It's much easier, IIRC, to adjust the frequency of radio transmissions than it is to adjust the frequency of IR transmissions.

I think I'll shoot an email off to my dad right now, to see what he has to say on the subject, and to see if he can find any good links on the web (since he'll actually know what he's looking for, and will probably get a lot more reliable hits than you or I would).

[ptr.exe]

Yeah, like i said before radio signals work much better and there is much less chance of interference. The GameCube wavebird is a good example, with 16 selectable channels via a small wheel on the controller and reciever.

However i have even less experience of radio signals and would have no idea of how to go about transmitting using them.

[RedKing14CA]

wow, i hope i am that intelligent when i get finished with the college classes im taking....

and the radio soundss like a better idea, you just need to get some friends that know alot about it, or maybe take some classes...

good luck with it...

(and ptr.lynch, i think the next step would be the millenium falcon xbox360 (1.5)... considering the last one was an xbox....)

edit- sorry for posting without a reason or whatever, i hope none of you get upset or annoyed, i havent been posting nearly as much as i was..

[ptr.exe]

no need to apologize for posting

I don't think i'll ever make another Millenium Falcon mod, there would be no point as it would just be the same, but thanks for bringing it up as i need to do an update of stuff added to it.