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On Windows, install ST's Flash Loader Demonstrator. I used logic probe tips to make the connections on the STM32 side, but you could also just solder in some wires that you can later cut off (or de-solder if you want to be neat)ĭownload the bootloader binary.

PA10 to UART bridge TX ("RX" if you're using the Arduino trick).

PA9 to UART bridge RX ("TX" if you're using the Arduino trick).

On the headers you soldered, put a jumper from B0+ to center and from B1- to center. The Arduino runs at 5v and the Black Pill at 3.3v, but the PA9 and PA10 pins on the stm32f103 are 5V tolerant according, so that shouldn't be a problem. The only trick is that the RX and TX labeling becomes reversed: the Arduino's "RX" pin transmits and its "TX" pin receives. If on an Arduino you short the reset pin to ground with a short wire, then it becomes a UART to USB bridge-no sketch needed. You can order a ch340 from Aliexpress for $0.66, but I had an Arduino Mega knockoff sitting around, and there was a cool trick I found online. You need a UART to USB bridge that is compatible with 3.3v devices.

Solder the two three-pin headers in the middle of the Black Pill development system (B0-/center/B0+ B1-/center/B1+).

Arduino or other UART-to-USB bridge device.

Something to put it in (a small cardboard box a food container I made a 3D printed case).

A small piece of protoboard (I cut it from a larger chunk).

Two momentary switches (one will do in a pinch).

Currently $1.90 on Aliexpress ( here I had ordered for $2.05 here) Don't get the slightly cheaper red or blue ones, as they have deficiencies.

"Black pill" STM32F103C8T6 minimum development system.

For instance, mode 1 is a joystick emulation that merges the two shoulder buttons into a single sliders, mode 2 is a joystick emulation that keeps the shoulder buttons as separate sliders and mode 4 emulates keyboard arrow keys. One can switch operation modes with two push buttons. The design allows for up to 15 different operation modes, indicated by four LEDs.

Gamecube usb adapter dance pad how to#

This Instructable will also tell you how to get started making USB HID devices with the STM32F1 and the Arduino IDE.

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It's more powerful than an Arduino (32-bit ARM processor at 72MHz), has a USB peripheral, runs at the 3.3v needed for the Gamecube controller, and already has software (after a patch or two) that supports USB Keyboard/Joystick/Mouse all at once. The solution is a $2 "black pill" STM32F1 development board.

Gamecube usb adapter dance pad Pc#

One can buy a GameCube Controller adapter for $16, but I am cheap, and I wanted to be able to have different settings for different games, without any software fiddling on the PC side (GlovePIE, FreePIE, vJoystick, etc.) For instance, for some games I want the pad (and the sticks on the Gamecube controller) to generate arrow keys forfor other games, I want it to generate WASD controls for some I want to use the Gamecube controller as a joystick with different button mappings for different games. As a bonus, I also wanted to be able to use our (knock-off) Gamecube controller to for games on the PC, as I don't have any PC gamepad. You should be able to plug in a joystick and press buttons, and see the numbers on screen change as you do it (note: you'll have to "hold" the buttons down, not just tap them, because the joystick is being read very slow in this demo)ĭeclare Function joyGetPos Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "joyGetPos" (ByVal uJoyID As Integer, ByRef pji As JoyInfo) As IntegerĬonsole.WriteLine("Reading data from joystick ", ji.xPos, ji.yPos, ji.zPos, ji.We have Dance Dance Revolution pads with Gamecube plugs for the Wii, and I wanted to be able to play games on the PC using a dance pad-I thought (rightly!) that Tetris would be particularly fun.

I'll post it for you anyway and test it myself later. Unfortunately, I don't have a joystick with me at the moment, so I can't test this demo. In this case, you could use the Declare keyword to gain access to joyGetPos in the winmm DLL. PInvoke basically means calling external DLL's. So the question is, how can we make the program stub recognize the pad's button presses? We have the Gamecube dance pad and we are planning on getting a USB - Gamecube controller adapter/converter/whatchamacallit. when they press the "up" arrow the program will register this and react accordingly (this would be for bonus marks). Moving on, we would like to attach a Gamecube dance pad to the computer and see if we can get Visual Basic 2005 Express to register it like a controller and react when the player presses buttons, e.g. You have a dance mat set up similar to the arrow keys on your keyboard when the moving arrow overlaps an outline at the top of the screen, the user presses the arrow to earn points. For those who do not know, basically, arrows like the arrow keys move up the screen.

As a school project, my group has elected to do a version of the popular game Dance Dance Revolution in Visual Basic, since that is the language we are most familiar with.