snesduino

Code used to interface between a SNES controller and an Arduino Uno, and the Arduino Uno and the PC. Arduino gets SNES serial input, and a Java program translates that to keystrokes.

SNES Controller Pins

The following is a representation of the SNES pad's pin configuration and their functionality.

  1 2 3 4   5 6 7
< o o o o | o o o >
    
1) +5V
2) Clock
3) Latch
4) Data
4) n/a
5) n/a
6) n/a
7) GND

Reference at pinoutguide.

Pin Configuration Function

pin_config(latch, clock, data);

Serial output

This program prints a capital verison of the button to serial when the button is pressed (UP) and a lowercase version of the button when it is released (up).

Quick start

This project makes use of Arduino-Makefile to flash the program onto the arduino. To use this you'll need to install the arduino-mk package:

brew tap sudar/arduino-mk
brew install arduino-mk

You'll also need to install pyserial. The makefile delegates resetting the board to a small python script:

pip install pyserial

You can then compile the arduino code, flash it onto the arduino, compile the java code, and run the java code with one make command:

make

Play games.

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