Rev Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Could something like this be done with intv controllers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 After I complete my Atari Paddle project, I am shooting for a Bluetooth Intv Controller for my next project. It won't be for real consoles, but will work for emulators on PCs and Linux (RetroPie). It will be a project that I will be starting research on this spring and so I can't speculate on a completion date. What these guys did in that video is interesting. It should be doable, too, but the controller port on the Inty console does not have a power pin so there needs to be a separate power supply to be added for the receiver on the console's controller ports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denicio Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 FUNNY you should ask this question. After spending the weekend gluing a chess piece to a Inty Controller i asked myself this exact same question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Could something like this be done with intv controllers? It certainly could, but "air wiring" things together (as shown inside those controllers you see in the video) isn't really the best approach for longevity and reliability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Funny, I started buying parts for a teach-myself-stuff-I-should-know project whose long-term goal was almost exactly like this (though Intellivision-only). That was a long, long time ago (10+ years?)... This kind of thing would be a great project to explore. The first hurdle for me was learning about and then deciding the data communication mechanism... IR, RF, BT, TCP/UDP. Looks like they chose RF. Wonder how long the batteries last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy Some potential candidates: https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=ble I think the hardest part would be cramming a battery in there. Now what would be REALLY cool would be if you 3D-printed a special back case that allowed for a removable cell phone battery and inductive charging (like I have on my Pam Pre). Edited February 9, 2017 by JohnPCAE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 As a Bluetooth guy, though my Bluetooth LE knowledge is limited, I would have concerns whether Bluetooth LE would work for joysticks because of the latency. Classic Bluetooth can be low-latency for a joystick (and has proven to work fine), but my initial research on Bluetooth LE makes it look like it would be on the edge of being acceptable for gamers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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