This repository is attached to my Lego + Raspberry Pi + Xbox Controller project.

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• Watch it in action on YouTube.

Main script to execute the RC car controller.

Reads Event objects from the Xbox controller, and updates the GPIO/I2C outputs on the Raspberry Pi as appropriate.

Wrapper around xboxdrv driver. Reads from the controller and emits Event objects, which have a key (A, X1, or other controller button) and a value (0 or 1 for buttons. 0 to 256 for triggers. -32767 to 32768 for thumbsticks.

sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo easy_install -U distribute
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo pip install RPi.GPIO

sudo apt-get install python-smbus
sudo apt-get install i2c-tools
sudo modprobe i2c-bcm2708
sudo modprobe i2c-dev

sudo apt-get install xboxdrv

sudo xboxdrv --wid 0 -l 2 --dpad-as-button --deadzone 12000

sudo ./lego-controller.sh