Send values from Gamepad to Arduino Uno

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Hi everyone,

I'm sorry if my questions are dumb, I tried to search here and on google but couldn't find answers that I fully understand.

I just bought my first Arduino for a project where I try to get values from a gamepad connected to a PC and then send these values to my Arduino by USB. After some research I figured that i could do it by using Python and the Pygame module to get the values and send it to the Arduino.

Is it the simplest way ? As I said, I'm a newbie (in python too) and I'm already struggling to make pygame do what I want. So if you think of something simpler, it would be a big help...

Thank you,

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And what exactly is the purpose of the Arduino in all of this?

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The Arduino will use the data frome the PC to command leds/motors accordingly

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read this tutorial Serial Input Basics - updated - Introductory Tutorials - Arduino Forum

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Thank you, will do...