flatbox VS ESP32-BLE-Gamepad

Agreed that keyboards are a good early project. To add to that, if you play video games, leverless arcade controllers can be a fun build also. Pretty similar overall as far as parts and shape, but the firmware they run (stuff like GP2040-CE or HayBox) make them act as controllers instead of keyboards, and they can even work on game consoles. Specifically I'd recommend the Flatbox rev 5[0] and the Open-Frame1[1].

[0] https://github.com/jfedor2/flatbox

[1] https://github.com/GregTurbo/Open-Frame1

Tried to print this case bottom https://github.com/jfedor2/flatbox/blob/master/hardware-rev5/3d-printed-case/Flatbox-rev5-Bottom-hotswap.stl on my a1 mini. It doesn’t fit horizontal or vertical so I rotated it diagonally and it was doing fine until just over 50%. It did ask me to change camera to smooth and wanted to add a tower that wouldn’t fit. But I went with the warning on traditional. Any ideas how to make this work or why it went bad.

I am in the middle of building this https://github.com/jfedor2/flatbox/tree/master/hardware-rev4 and had the following epiphany "wait a minute, is this even compatible with the Xbox Series X?"

If you have access to 3d printer and can do basic soldering you can make one yourself, so it'd be even cheaper, since it's based on jFedor's flatbox, which itself is a variation of many of his prototypes you can find on thingverse.

Looking into building a Flatbox, specifically Rev5 for John Oliver and it requires a 2 part case (Top and Bottom), and 12 buttons 3d Printed (11xSmall, 1xBig)

Does it exist someone who sells flatbox-like case/pcb where can I plug my own Brook UFB (I already have one)? https://github.com/jfedor2/flatbox, this Flatbox has a Brook Ps3/Ps4 version, but that board is squared, I don't think a UFB can fit. There are plenty of versions of this on Aliexpress. I don't know how to modify / make my own starting from that repository, no one else already did something compatible with UFB?

I think Junkfood Arcade is the only one to have the Brook Fusion integrated. The next best thing (that I know of) is the flatbox, which is open sourced so you can get one made yourself - https://github.com/jfedor2/flatbox

First of all, I was on my way trying to make a flatbox following jfedor2's guide (https://github.com/jfedor2/flatbox/tree/master/hardware-rev5), as I was searching around, I stumbled on a post of someone trying to get/make a fightstick for their cousin who has only one hand. This got me curious and with a little bit of research, it seems to me that there isn't any well-known solution for single-handed controllers.

Trying to find premade code to make an xbox style controller for Steam. I have looked into it before but what I found isn't exactly clear. https://github.com/lemmingDev/ESP32-BLE-Gamepad This was the code I found but I don't understand what they define as a "hat" and how you're supposed to get 128 buttons.

Conveniently, I had a spare ESP32 board sitting in a drawer (which is not an Arduino and technically makes the title of this post innacurate, I know), and a quick Google search showed that some legendary human being had already done the hard work of writting an Arduino library to create Bluetooth wireless gamepads on ESP32. The stage was set!

Absolutely! It's quite a bit more complicated, but someone else has already put their code on GitHub for one: https://github.com/lemmingDev/ESP32-BLE-Gamepad

I simply want the controller to be able to function as a single full-fledged controller (with all the buttons of a regular controller) but also have the functionality of being split into two smaller/simpler controllers. For a smaller handheld, I was able to create a simple bluetooth controller using an ESP32-WROOM-32 and the ESP32-BLE-Gamepad library by lemmingDev.

Googling ESP32 Bluetooth game pad shows that there are libraries so I assume it's possible.

I used the ESP32-BLE-Gamepad library and changed up the flight controller example code slightly. I’d appreciate any advice, thanks!

Yes, with an ESP32 and the Bluetooth LE Gamepad library.

This is the library I used.

Have you looked at this one? https://github.com/lemmingDev/ESP32-BLE-Gamepad