Sony’s DualShock 3 controller can be seen in a number of jobs right here on Hackaday. There’s a reason for this: it’s simple to sniff the Bluetooth signals coming out of this controller as well as make any type of electronics job do your remote manage bidding. Bluetooth has a relatively restricted range, though, so what occurs if you’d like to utilize this extremely comfortable as well as extremely practical controller over a mile or so? just replace the mainboard of the controller with a new style utilizing an Xbee radio. It’s a fantastic job from the workbench of [Marcel] as well as looks to be just the solution for an incredible Xbee remote control.
The Sony DualShock 3 controller is designed around a single primary board for the bulk of the electronics as well as analog sticks with three daughterboards utilized for each other button on the controller. [Marcel] took the primary board out of his controller as well as specified to reverse engineer the thing, keeping the USB charging, PC communication, force comments as well as LED indicators. instead of Bluetooth as in the original circuit, [Marcel] utilized a 60mW XBee radio, enabling him to manage just anything linked to one more XBee radio with a variety of as much as a mile.
[Marcel]’s new primary board is a direct decrease in replacement for the original DualShock 3 mainboard, as well as the only adjustment to the controller is drilling a little hole for the new antenna. It’s a fantastic piece of set for RC vehicles of any type of kind, as well as it’s completely programmable for whatever robotics job you may have in mind.
Thanks {Roel] for sending this in.