koo controller....i have a custom remote as well..i have PS2 joysticks instead of bottuns on my bit controller

Definatly nice!!! :) Im going to have to dig the atari out of the closet and give this mod a shot! :D

Very nice, but on my BitChar-G I did it my way. I used two screw pins from a serial cable. Works also!

I was pondering using a joystick to see if I could try and control 2 cars at once ;) one in each hand hehe, should be quite a challenge...

any way, some joysticks are big enough, that you could probly get away with puting the bit TX circut inside the joystic casing.. and just stick the antenna out of the joystick... would need tomove the buttons around and stuff though...

Is there A way to use a usb port instead?

RE: USB
No, not without some crazy hardware to go between the car and controller... Even then I think it would require more power...

great mod...question for thinkers
 

This is a great mod...thanks.

Just a question...there was mention of analog/digital before...anyone think of taking an analog joystick, placing a 555 IC between it and the controller contact, to see if you could pulse the current to control speed/steering?

Also...would I be able to cannabalize let's say, a Nintendo or Playstation game controller, and use those joysticks, since they are smaller?

:D whered u get that blue body it niiccee

that is probably the sweetest controller mod i think i have ever seen!!!:eek: :eek:

pretty cool. I would probably do it, but i dont like the look of the cord hanging out of the top of the remote, it kind of make it look taky, and it'll also be hard to hide it from the teacher! :D

Other Video Game Controllers ?
 

Hey wht about tear'n out the joystick from an N64 or sumthing ? or anyother controllers ? would the n64 work ?

closer pics ?
 

Could ya takes sum pics a lil closer so i kow where to solder ? Thanx

Hiya!

@MadMicroDoc:
You can find a link to a closeup of the soldering points in my starting post.

Doctor Drift

cool mod. it inspored me to try it with an original nintendo controler. im having trouble with this mod though. as soon as i plug in the nes controler the bit starts to move and turn even when i push teh buttons it wont stop it.. just wondering if anyone else has tried this and had the same trouble im having ??

This is a very cool mod. I had pondered the idea when I first opened up my controller. But, I don't have any spare controllers to use so I will hold off till I find one.

PS2 and Nintendo64 controllers use potentiometers in the sticks. You could use them with a littel circuit building, but the cars would not be proportional. There is another thread that gives a schematic on how to Emulate proportional steering.

USB would be hard to do because it needs around 5 volts i think, so there you need a separate power source. Then, the signal is all digital and would probably need some microcontroller or BASIC chip to decode the signal and send the on/off inputs to the remote.

~Mike