Xbox Controller with Standard USB Plug
Recently I found an old Xbox in my attic and to my disappointment the controllers no longer worked. After tinkering around with the controller wire I found out that the inside of the cable was frayed. It is a well known fact the Xbox360′s controllers work via USB however it is a less known fact that the original Xbox’s controllers work on “roughly” the same protocol. By using an old USB cable and a female USB port lying around, I was able to use my controller once again.
The one disadvantage of using a standard USB cable is the controllers will no longer support vibration. This is because a standard USB cable has 4 wires(5V,D+.D-,GND) while the Xbox controller has an extra wire(yellow) with 12V across it for the vibration motors. In my controllers I just took the motors out since they were useless and the controller would then be lighter as the motors take up considerable weight.
Xbox PCB out of the plastic casing
Female USB to Female Xbox Port
admin | 
September 20, 2010 12:55 pm
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