DaemonBite-Arcade-Encoder VS DaemonBite-Arcade-Encoder

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Microcontroller: Arduino pro micro clone. Sells for peanuts on Ali Express. I have no coding experiennowledge. I tried to use this guide, but it only made the controller show up as a generic controller on windows/Linux. SF6 Didn't recognise the controller. So I programmed the Arduino as a keyboard and now it works fine on PC and Steam Deck.

I've had a great experience with Arduino Pro Micro's running the DaemonBite firmware, and the RPi Pico GP2040 firmware should be similarly great. Both have extremely low latency. The Brook Universal board is another good one. Other than that, I usually just use either a DualShock 3 pad over USB or a wired 360 pad. I also like the iBuffalo SNES pad and Logitech Precision pads.

The NEO2USB is just an Arduino running the DaemonBite firmware. If you (or someone you know) can do basic soldering and can follow a tutorial for loading code onto an Arduino you can DIY an identical adaptor for about a third of the price of the Neo2SD. If you can get access to a 3D printer there are also case designs available for free.

If you can solder (or know someone who can), you could swap out the usb encoder for a Daemonbite and that would give you less than 1ms of input latency.

I'm not sure, I only use it for console controllers, but I would assume so. This GitHub repo has the pinout for arcade sticks: https://github.com/MickGyver/DaemonBite-Arcade-Encoder

I had one of those pcbs, the input lag is bad and inconsistent, the build quality it's very cheap, and has no xinput support... Nowadays are better alternatives like Brook Zero-Pi, Tachyon PCB, or DIY stuff like GP2040-CE ( https://github.com/OpenStickFoundation/GP2040-CE ) or DaemonBite ( https://github.com/MickGyver/DaemonBite-Arcade-Encoder )

For the pro micro, use the DaemonBite firmware (lower input latency than a brooks UFB). There’s the normal repo, or if you want to have turbo functionality (I play shmups and it’s very appreciated there), you can clone from my fork. For turbo, just wire up pin 7 (normally inactive) to a button. To activate/deactivate for a given button, hold the turbo button, then tap what button you want to set/unset turbo for. For example, if you want turbo on button one, hold the turbo button and tap button one. Now when you press button one, it’s turbo. Same process to deactivate. Any combo of buttons can be turbo or not at any time.

If you ever play non-fighting games with your stick, I have a fork that adds turbo functionality to the daemonbite: https://github.com/mrebersv/DaemonBite-Arcade-Encoder

Well for PC, you can program your own microcontroller, as your controller board if it actually is dying. Here's the OG repository. Here's my fork that added "Turbo" functionality. Super low input lag. If you buy a normal Pro Micro, you'd need to do some soldering. Or I'm sure you can find a breakout board with terminal blocks where you insert the wire end and turn a screw to secure it. Here's one for an Arduino Micro (different micro controller than the Pro Micro pictured in the repos; it still has the 32u4 chip, you could use the Arduino Micro with that software, but would possibly had a different pin configuration).

I forked the OG repository, and added Turbo functionality. If you want it, you need to clone my fork of the repo, and use that to program your micro controller. Also, you need to wire up to pin 7 on the pro micro (or whatever pin is PE6 if you're using a different microcontroller) to another button.