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A project log for BT PS2 Controller for 3D Modelling

Turning a wired PS2 controller into a tool for 3D modelling through bluetooth and a Raspberry Pi Zero.

malomalo 06/17/2022 at 01:260 Comments

This is my first log entry for my first fully documented project. I'll do my best to be as clear as possible in the building instructions and hopefully the logs will document my journey building this. I don't expect anyone to read this but it's nice to leave a trail for posterity.

I started by taking apart the controller, since one of the joysticks was stuck in a weird position. I also looked around and managed to get an idea of how things worked, or so I thought, since when I put it back together the triggers and the buttons on top of them wont press right. I dont think it's that big of a deal, but I'll take it apart again if I need to. I also cleaned it up a bit.

I made a little prototype circuit with a generic pro mini and an hc-05 BT module I had lying around. Struggled a bit to get everything working since the Uno I was using to program the pro mini was having some issues related to drivers, but I managed to upload some basic programs.

I started my first GitHub repository as well! It seems complicated but it'll help me organize my coding a little bit. It's here.

Hopefully keeping logs motivates me to actually finish a project for once.

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