Converting an xbox controller into transmitter?

[higgeh]

ok so with a bit of looking these are the sticks you get on the flysky i6 (one im going to buy) and that's just two potentiometers and some wire.

http://www.banggood.com/Flysky-FS-i6...p-1058191.html

[higgeh]

http://www.banggood.com/STC-DIY-2_4G...p-1061270.html

[joey_picus]

I'd still want to have the trims on the actual controller somehow - I've found speed controller centre points to drift a little just in normal use so having a separate interface for them would get frustrating quickly. Depending on your precise electronics setup it might not be an issue but it's worth bearing in mind.

On my analogue transmitters at least one of them has the trim levers work just by rotating the main stick pot base to change the centre point!

[higgeh]

Well if you have a 6ch controller. You are going to have 1ch right trig 1ch left trig and 2ch on each joystick. You could set the trims using the spare buttons you have and plumb the whole thing through an arduino or fpga. Your project is growing legs but it's interesting.

[higgeh]

Oops

[Graw]

I think its going to take someone with far more competent knowledge than me to put this into action, however I do have an old 40mhz transmitter and plenty of xbox controllers laying around. Theres only one way to learn right?

[higgeh]

Send the controller to me and I will do it for you ;-)

[Graw]

I'll pm you

[higgeh]

Ok so I can get this working using an xbox wireless controller to control a robot directly. WIth all the buttons its quite fun like a 16 channel transmitter.

Question though.....will I be able to use this at events? Would anyone be interested in a kit to allow them to do this?