Using a Game Controller with Arduino and Processing

Today we will be exploring a creative way to control a servo using Processing, and an Xbox360 controller. If you are already pretty game development savvy, you might be interested in our Custom Game Controller tutorial, which uses Unity.

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[dopeboi]

Great tutorial. It took me 3 days to get everything right. One I wasn't paying attention and two I had to do some tweaking. Instead I used this motor shield I just bought and a computer game controller. Very amazing and I'm still a novice at all this but my overall computer skills still above average.

[sbpcls]

i followed your steps as you went and it all worked well. now next phase i explained below.

[markiesheli]

I was able to use a cheap stk 7007f bluetooth controller with processing. I was able to map al de buttons from the controller over the bluetooth dongle via the GCP configurator. Awesome! Thank you for the great video!

[GaryParkin]

OMG, Thank you sooo much for this video. I had not used Processing before. It's wonderful.

[teltowfamily]

thanks : ) I am trying to build a robot to be accepted in to a technology school and this will help me control it!

[name_it]

Absolutly fantastic <3 I so much hope you will make "pretty quickly" secound tutorial for controling full robot arm with the controller ; )))) Thank you so much!

[VortexMotiveVision]

This is great - Works really well.

Is there no way to get this to work with the arduino as a standalone unit (without the computer)?

[ciprianpasca]

Thank you for this. This helped me a lot for my university project.

[ARandomHumanBein]

What if i need to use a ps4 controller with and Arduino wich is not attached to a PC.

[asifmuktadir]

If I intend to connect the Arduino to the laptop using a Bluetooth module HC-05, what changes do I have to make in the Processing code?

[zimbow]

I followed exactly how you do but why i go this "NullPointerException" on line thumb = map(cont.getSlider("servoPos").getValue(), -1, 1, 0, 180);. can you help me with this

[asgorreidaa]

Congrats for your excellent presentation. 🖒

[joxl]

Great video, really helpful. How would you go about looping the servos so when the user presses and holds forward on the joystick, the servos continuously move back and forth?

[echo_smart]

Nice video! How can i use a gamepad that connects remotely to the arduino robot without having to plug it into the pc? Maybe with a usb female module? Will it work?

[rafeneathery]

Is there a way to record the input from the controller, save it, and use it to repeat the same motions? For example, I control the servo with the controller, and then later I can make it replicate those same movements.

[nithishlogaraj]

Is possible to control the servo directly with the gamepad by connecting the reciever with arduino

[Nimer]

Really nice tutorial, simple and fast.

[sbpcls]

now how to run this code natively using usbshield on top essentially bypassing the computer and controlling servos with assigned joystick attached?

[ciprianpasca]

Question: Ca i do this if i use a wireless controller and a bluetooth module on the board?

[pranavdhawan]

How can we perform the same thing but with an ESP32 instead of Arduino?