Turning a toy into a fully functional USB game controller #Upcycling @Wario64
Robert Dale Smith on Twitter posts about turning a $5.24 Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Game & Learn Controller into a fully functioning USB game controller.
It is now compatible with PC, MiSTer, Android, Raspberry Pi, Nintendo Switch, PS3 and PS4 (legacy controller support).
Fisher-Price made it easy to do with the PCB having easy to solder to test points for all the buttons. I just crammed a KB2040 dev board in there from Adafruit. Soldered all the test points to GPIO pins of the KB2040. Then made a custom build of GP2040 for the firmware.
A full guide is promised by Robert at a later date. More in the Twitter thread here.
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