Hello all:
I am fairly new to the arduino and the robotics club at our school has a FRC robot (FIRST | For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology programs/frc) from many years ago but unfortunately we are unable to find all of the compilers and software required to make it work. We went out and purchased a Bluetooth Bee module and the shield attachment. We are wondering if there is already a program out there on the computer that maybe can read a joystick or something similar to a xbox360 controller (USB) and then send out the values from the computers Bluetooth to the paired Bluetooth Bee on the arduino. If this is somewhat impossible please recommend an alternate route. We appreciate any responses and or help!
Thanks
We are wondering if there is already a program out there on the computer that maybe can read a joystick or something similar to a xbox360 controller (USB) and then send out the values from the computers Bluetooth to the paired Bluetooth Bee on the arduino.
Why not just cut out the middle man and just go straight to the arduino? There are libraries that allow you to control the arduino directly from a Wii/ Xbox/ or Playstation controller. Go to the Arduino Playground => navigation => Joysticks / Gamepads, and take a look at your options. Keep in mind that these are NOT your only options, but just a handfull. There are many others out there, you just need to do some research.
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Added: Additional hardware will be required for bluetooth communications with console controllers.