USB to Playstation joypad adapter

How-to use USB to Playstation joypad adapters on your APF boards.

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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
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Installation

 $ make linux-menuconfig

 Device Drivers  --->
    Input device support --->
        <*> Joystick interface
    * HID Devices --->
        Special HID drivers --->
            <*> Pantherlord devices support
               *        Pantherlord force feedback support
 

 $ make linux && 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)

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• 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: