Arduino Game Controller

[JoeSixPack]

Thought I would try my hand at a tutorial, or install guide if you will.

 

Background, This TUT should get you up and running with vjoySerialFeeder for arduino and windows.

 

Step 1.)  Arduino setup

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If you don't already have the arduino programing environment (or something of the like). your going to need it.

if you follow this link, it should walk you though how to install the arduino IDE under windows.

Step 2.) Download and install 'vjoy'

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vjoy can be found here, download, and install. The extra 'companion applications' are not needed (probably).

 

Step 3.) Download the vJoySerialFeeder release and unzip

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vJoySerialFeeder can be found here.

 

 

Once downloaded, unzip the release.

 

Step 4.) Download the arduino files and place them all in the same directory, named "Joystick".

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cleric-K/vJoySerialFeeder/master/Arduino/Joystick/Joystick.ino
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cleric-K/vJoySerialFeeder/master/Arduino/Joystick/ibus.cpp
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cleric-K/vJoySerialFeeder/master/Arduino/Joystick/ibus.h

 

Now, this is what gets uploaded to the arduino, the .ino file can be modified, more on that later.

 

Step 5.) modifying the .ino file for your hardware.

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This entails changing some pin declarations to match your hardware. More information can be found here.

 

Step 5B?) Running a test sketch instead.

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Or run this test sketch, its a modified version of the above. This sketch generates random 'test data' for configuring things.

Joystick.zip

Step 6.) Starting and configuring the SerialFeeder application.

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Upload the test sketch to the arduino and open the SerialFeeder application we unziped earlier (step 3).

 

 

Once the sketch is uploaded, connect to the arduino on the proper COM port using the Serialfeeder application (from step 3).

Step 7.) Adding buttons and configuring thresholds

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This again might change with your sketch, but this configuration should work with the test sketch.

Theses dialogs are accessed under 'Setup' after 'adding' a button or axis.

Step 8.) Profit

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This should be it, you can further check actions with joy2key or other program.

I hope this has been informative.