NUON controller to USB

[thenickaman]

I was wondering if it was possible to use a NUON controller to connect to a computer via USB.

I have a Logitech NUON controller with no particular use to me. I tried cutting the wires and matching them up to a usb cable, but nothing happened.

I don't know if it is an issue with hardware or if I simply need a driver, but I can't get it to work.

From what I have been able to gather, here are the pinouts of each:

NUON:
Vcc - Orange
Clock - Brown
Data - Red
Ground - Black

USB:
Vcc - Red
D(-) - White
D(+) - Green
Ground - Black

I have connected red/orange and black/black, and then tried the other two with each of the others, but any way its connected, nothing shows up in Windows or Mac OS X.

If it isn't possible, I won't be crushed--I just thought it would be a fun project, but I've hit a brick wall.

If anyone knows what I can do, or refer me somewhere that would be of more assistance, I would definitely appreciate it.

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Skah T]

Nah, it's not that simple unfortunately. You'd need some hardware dongle to convert the NUON packets to USB packets. Not impossible, but it's more than just a matter of rewiring the thing.

 

[thenickaman]

bummer

Ah, I see, thank you. I know the Xbox and (I think)PlayStation controllers are usb to begin with, so those are easy to convert, but I just had no idea what the architecture of the NUON was, so I wanted to give it a shot. Thanks again for the info!