Wireless Controllers?

[dc.hack]

Way way way sorry to bump this thread...

Has this gone anywhere? As to answer power issues, I think you might be able to fit in a couple AA Re-Chargable batteries in the "wings" of the controller. Maybe add a small DC adaptor to recharge them?

Sorry again for bumping...

[ptr.exe]

meh, I gave up on this ages ago.

I was gonna stop using IR anyway, RF would be far better.

Sadly, I just don't know enough about this kinda stuff and so without help don't know where to start.

Hopefully someone else has an idea of how to do this

[Tomlo]

You would have to use some sort of RF, Infared simply isnt good enough for something like that although it is simplier (Thinks of his Wireless NES adapter which uses Infared). It has to be RF...

[sixtyten]

I really wish I knew more about this stuff, it'd be great to make a totally custom Dreamcast casing without controller ports that would just be completely wireless like an Xbox 360.

[matthewmcg]

why bother with wireless controllers anyway whats the point . i mean cables are faster and make more sense

[sixtyten]

why bother with wireless controllers anyway whats the point . i mean cables are faster and make more sense

Convenience. Wireless controllers are nice, you aren't always tripping over stuff. I bought a wireless for my Xbox not too long ago because it was fairly cheap and I needed a second controller, and I use it quite often. It's rubbish for fighting games, but great for any other type.

[phisejr]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast_light_guns

would this work out ? info with the light gun?

[sixtyten]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast_light_guns

would this work out ? info with the light gun?

If you could pull the wireless transmitter from it then I don't see why not. If it's similar enough to a controller you could probably wire it up to work. There would probably be a lot of excess stuff hanging off the controller though. There's a lot more space to put stuff in a light gun. That thing looks like it'd be hard to find too. Looks like one of those cheap Japanese third party things. But don't go by what I say because I don't know what I'm talking about really.

[phisejr]

Now that so many things have been discovered about the Fishing rod, we can mod the fishing rod into a wireless one and call it the "Dreamote" That is if this project comes to a success

[opticledilusi0n]

this might be helpful

http://www.nordicsemi.com/index.cfm?...display&pro=64

i was thinking of using this i/c for creating saturn rf pads/receivers

dreamcast would also be great as i have both .

just trying to figure out how exactly to implement it (i'm not an electrical engineer, so i probably won't)