USB to Playstation joypad adapter
From ArmadeusWiki
How-to use USB to Playstation[1] joypad adapters on your APF boards.
Page under construction... Informations on this page are not guaranteed !!
This type of adapter allows you to control your applications/games with massively available joypads, through the USB Host interface (only available on DevFull & APF27)
Tested materials
Adapter Model | Chip | Status APF9328 / APF27 |
Driver | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
APM TwinUSB adapter | ??? | Digital pads & vibrators not tested | |||
TBDL |
Installation
$ make linux26-menuconfig
Device Drivers ---> Input device support ---> <*> Joystick interface * HID Devices ---> Special HID drivers ---> <*> Pantherlord devices support * Pantherlord force feedback support
$ make linux26 && make
copy following drivers on your target or reflash your rootfs (for more infos, see this page)
drivers/usb/...
Usage
- be sure that your USB Host is running on your board: explanations are here
- plug your USB adapter (here a Prolific one)
TBDL
- Load the module:
# modprobe xxxx
- a new joystick interface will be created and recognized by applications supporting it.
Software examples
- If you want to know how to drive such beast from your applications, take a look at:
- target/demos/input_test/ (SDL example)
Links
- TBDL
Notes:
- ↑ Playstation and the Playstation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.