USB to N64 gamepad adapter
This adapter allows you to use USB gamepads with Nintendo N64 console.
Features:
- Support for XBOX 360 Wired, XBOX ONE, HID gamepads
- Support for USB mouses
- Support for USB keyboards
- Controller (memory) pak support (saving to Raspberry Pi Pico flash on console power off)
- Rumble pak support for XBOX 360 Wired and XBOX ONE gamepads
Build
You will need:
- one Raspberry Pi Pico board
- a micro usb host OTG cable with power (OTG Y cable)
- a cable from old N64 controller or an extension cable cord for N64 controller
- one of supported gamepads
- a power supply for Raspberry Pi Pico
Cut the cable from the old gamepad or extension cable, strip the white (data) and black (ground) wires. Red (power) cut off - it is not needed. Solder the cable to the Raspberry Pi Pico board - black wire (ground) to the GND pad, white wire (N64 controller data) to the GP14 pad. Flash the adapter firmware to the board.
Usage
Build or download firmware from release, upload to the Raspberry Pi Pico.
Connect the board cable to the N64 and connect the OTG Y cable to the board. Connect the gamepad to the USB host port of the OTG Y cable. Connect the OTG Y cable to a power supply.
Turn on your game console.
On xbox gamepads, the xbox button turns on the rumble pak (fast blinking of the on-board LED). The controller pak is saved automatically when the console is turned off.
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