Just as amazing is the capability of Raspberry Pi to serve several applications, so is the need to properly interface this computer. Right from power to output, Raspberry Pi has a few recommendations and users are not advised to go flexible in the connections too!! Not a lot of online and offline stores have the inventory for Raspberry Pi which obviously creates a lot of problems in creating prototypes and doing experiments with it. But can the geek calm down here and adjust? No, he will get up and make the accessories which the Pi needs! An electronics fanatic from Europe has DIY’ed one such interesting breakout cable for Raspberry cable. For those who are already into Raspberry Pi prototyping must be knowing that how basic is this cable’s requirement. From connecting the computer to a breadboard or to a test a prototype, Breakout Cable is much needed.
The Language of a Game Controller
Keeping aside the XBOX Kinect, there isn’t any other option to connect to a gaming console than a joystick or a game controller. It can also be said now that the game controllers are quite interesting translators of the user’s finger movement which ultimately result in speeding up the car or thrashing down the enemy etc etc. Wouldn’t it quite interesting to know what signals does a controller send to the console? Decoding up the language of a game controller is what has been shown in this blog post by Pieter-Jan. He has tried this observational experiment on the epic Nintendo N64 controller and has taken the help of a PIC micro controller to understand the signals transmitted by the controller. Pieter has plugged out the controller from its connector and has plugged the wires into a PIC 18 microcontroller board, which, further is connected to the oscilloscope.