Android using NES controller from Android and Bluesmirf (Bluetooth)
Davide Gomba — September 13th, 2010
In this video [sketchsk3tch] youtube user plays Super Mario on a HTC EVO, using a NES controller.
This is a project I did using an Arduino and a Bluesmirf bluetooth module so I could control my NES emulator on my EVO with an NES controller.
more info after the break
I’m using a Sparkfun prototype shield which has a Bluesmirf socket. I’ve wired up based on this page . Another strange thing is the Arduino code works with the controller I picked up at Defcon, but won’t work with the original NES controllers I have lying around.
I had to install Amarino on my phone. That page also has helpful information on paring your Android and Bluesmirf. You may notice in the video of the project I get a bluetooth error. This is because there’s code in the Keyboard project here that tries to connect to the Bluesmirf. I’ve had trouble with that so I just do it using the Amarino app before I launch the keyboard. This seems to work pretty reliably.
You can see & download the code from http://github.com/sk3tch
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