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They do work for the 4000 and 5000 (and Magellan SpaceMouse). The only catch is you have to reprogram it since it comes programmed for the 360 and doesn't send the right init string for the 4000. That's not (well, it shouldn't be) a big deal; you just install the Arduino programming environment and ...

Sure, Rich-- I originally planned on just selling a kit, for two reasons: one, I didn't think the added labor of assembling devices would be worth it, and two, kits are cool; there's just something nice about making something that you later use, and so much of the technology we use on a daily basis ...

Yep, much like I thought. So actually a useful solution would be to use something like an 8u2 instead of the FTDI, like the Uno does; you could program the 8u2 to be a USB hid device (and I think a COM port at the same time), thus enabling USB HID and programming, bluetooth, and ARM for a fairly low...

Yeah, that's the reason I get conflicted; even if the cost is low, I feel funny using something so monumentally overpowered for the simple tasks I have. But I want things to be *easily* reprogrammable by the end user (for remapping keys, changing the way things "feel", etc). The Broadcomm chip looks...

Yeah, it may not be what I go with... I'd just as soon stick with the 32u4 and a bluetooth serial module, but BT serial modules are annoyingly expensive in comparison (the RN42 by itself is 13GBP) and I haven't found a good solution. It's like 120-240 AC -> 5vDC power supplies. I can buy a wall wart...

Doesn't surprise me. I got my samples of the chip and started staring dumbly at the datasheet; I suppose it doesn't seem to do USB directly (I was hoping it would do BT and USB), so I'm actually curious how they're going to program it from the Arduino environment (heck, it's not clear to me how to p...

[quote]Doubt you can make multiple BT devices show up as a single controller. They'll probably be multiple controllers that you can remap[/quote] That's what I'm thinking too. But then there's the problem of how to remap them reliably so that a game could use them. I guess the first round of this ca...

Kenyee: GOOD WORK! I may need that as I'm about to start playing with an ARM-based bluetooth SOC (the heart of the rfduino) to see if I can learn how to make it work with the Arduino environment (don't hold your breath for a bluetooth orb; this is for a different project and I don't know if there's ...

Haha, yay! You didn't waste our time, and you are NOT stupid; this sort of thing happens all the time! I've lost count of the ridiculous mistakes I've made developing the Orbotron or any other thing. Great job figuring it out! And posting to a board even if we weren't directly helpful is sometimes s...

I'm not completely positive on the "right" way; for whatever reason, I provide power on both pins 4 and 7 (5 is ground). I think there was some reason I thought 7 (RTS) was a good idea, but I can no longer remember it; 4 (DTR) is probably fine. Nevermind, found a reference on Wikipedia: "No method i...

Ben: Yep, as I'm sure you've been told the "buttons but no axes" is generally a lack of init string. Unfortunately the code for initializing a 4000FLX in the Orbotron is indeed [code] Serial1.print("\rCB\rNT\rFT?\rFR?\rP@r@r\rMSSV\rZ\rBcCcCcC\r"); [/code] ...just like you've tried, so I'm a little c...

I'd just like to say, in apology to you Mac owners out there, that Macs are evil and must be destroyed. Even though Windows and Linux see this thing transparently without any drivers, OS X only sees it as a COM port and even though it shows up in the device list under USB (I can clearly see it!) no ...

Haha... :) But I'm glad the instructions seem sound! I did manage to borrow a "Hackintosh" for the weekend to test whether it works under OSX, but unfortunately I neglected to get the password, and the guy I borrowed it from isn't answering his phone. I did make a bootable Ubuntu drive and it seems ...

That's why I wasn't mucking about with bleeding-edge builds :) This sort of thing is one of the reasons I was shy about using the Arduino environment (it bit me a few times with the shield), but when it does work it's very seamless and easy to deal with, and the worst-case scenario is "oh, just make...

Kenyee-- Actually the way this should work is just the way it says on the github readme: [code] 1. Install the Arduino 1.0.3 environment 2. Copy the "hardware/orbotron" directory into your arduino/hardware/ directory (so it should be arduino/hardware/orbotron). 3. Copy the "libraries/orbotron" direc...