hacking the Remote = infinite controller potential. (tech guy help pls)

[.Ix]

hey guys.

anyone got an idea how the H series remotes are wired?
i wanted to hack a H300 remote for mounting (on a Gameboy!), but everyone knows the H300 stock remote has no buttons for some functions. since i don't use it at all, i opened it anyway, just to see if there's some sort of IC that i can solder to to get the functions. i couldn't find any.

so i ended up thinking. how the heck is the thing wired, anyway? how does it control the H300 when there's no on-board IC for it?

i looked at the remote's connector, and i somehow found that the number of the contacts there actually correspond to the number of buttons on the remote itself. that may be a clue as to the pinout (and that may make opening the connector the key to hacking the thing) but i couldn't figure out how the LCDs were powered and operated.

anyone got more info? :B pinouts and schematics would be wonderful.

if we can manage to pull this off, there would finally be a way to build joysticks and controllers for the emulators and other games.

[mozetti]

Check over at the Rockbox site - they probably have some or all of what you're looking for.

[.Ix]

hmmm, this might sound dumb, but i didn't know they were also into hacking hardware. thanks! :B

[ManchesterUnited4Life]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/vie...Remote_Control

[KHRoN]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/vie...ts#The_Buttons

[edit] sorry... I've postedexactly the same...

[tpickers66]

how did you open the remote?

I've removed the screw on the back, between the cable and the socket; but it doesn't seem to want to come apart.

Have I missed something; how did you get into yours?