Switch Dual Shock adapter part 3: A fake USB HID controller
In this series of posts, I’m attempting to make a Dual Shock to Switch controller adapter. It will plug into the Switch Dock’s USB port.
Last time, I ended with a real USB device that would communicate with a host computer - but all it would do is blink a light on and off.
Switch Dual Shock adapter part 2: Connecting to USB
In this series of posts, I’m attempting to make a Dual Shock to Switch controller adapter. It will plug into the Switch Dock’s USB port.
In the first post of this series, I got a development environment set up, a programmed ATmega8A onto a breadboard, and code I wrote controlling a blinking LED. In this post, I plan to get V-USB set up, and an LED blinking on a breadboard - OVER USB!
Making a Dual Shock to Nintendo Switch controller adapter
In this series of posts, I’m going to (attempt to?…) make a Dual Shock to Switch controller adapter. It will plug into the Switch Dock’s USB port.
In doing this, I hope I’ll learn about how USB works - something I’ve vaguely wondered about for at least twenty years - and have some fun doing low-level microcontroller programming.
I’m also looking forward to stretching my writing muscles documenting the project here. Maybe you can learn along with me?
How does Git-Linearize alter commits to make them linear?
I find Extremely Linear Git History (GitHub) unreasonably amusing.
It’s also unreasonably easy to install with HomeBrew (brew install zegl/tap/git-linearize) - so I just had to give it a try out when initializing a new project.
This led me into a huge detour. Just what was it doing to my Git repo to get the linear hashes?
Come on a journey with me!
Using the Ultra-Wide High-DPI Prestige PS341WU with a Mac
For over a year now, I’ve been using an MSI Prestige PS341WU as my main display. It plugs into my MacBook (now, an M2 MacBook Air of my own, previously mostly a 16" M1 MacBook Pro from work).
At the time I bought it, it was about the only reasonably priced ultrawide that also stood a chance of being considered ‘retina’ - and a casual browse around now seems to indicate that is still the case.