Friday, December 14, 2007

NES Controller -> Arduino

So I'm finally done with this semester and having trouble filling the hours. Went for a run, read a book, did some climbing...

... and then found an NES controller buried in a box.

Thanks to pinouts.ru, I rigged up an NES controller adapter using the Arduino. Don't really have anything to use with it, but I suppose it's nice to have around.


The eight leds light up according to the buttons. NES controller plugged in according to this pinout:

      o  4
1  o  o  5
2  o  o  6
3  o  o  7

1. 5V
2. Unknown
3. Unknown
4. GND
5. CLK
6. Latch
7. Data Out