make your own Xbox 360 controller wireless receiver for PC

[pbanj]

i take no credit for this tut i am just posting it here.

Things you will need:

1: Soldering Iron
2: Soldering Flux
3: An Xbox 360 RF Module (Ring of light board at the front of the Xbox)
4: An old USB cable you don't care about
5: diode not needed, thanks for testing that bobbyblunt
6: Driver for the receiver
7: A brain
8: OPTIONAL: Play and charge kit to sync controller to board anytime you want to

Before we go on, I have to warn you that you MUST sync your controller to the RF Module via Xbox before you move on. You don't have to worry about this if you have a play and charge.


STEPS:


1: Cut the USB with scissors keeping the male part and at least 6 inches of wire.
2: Strip the wire down to the 4 basic wires inside (Red, White, Green, and Black)
3: Strip those wires down to what ever length you feel comfortable with (Cut the red wire the shortest because the diode goes on this one)
4: Solder on the diode to the red wire (Look below for diagram)
5: Now follow this image I made;



6: This should be your final product;



(The black wire is kinda hiding)

7: Lets go to the PC portion. First download the official Microsoft wireless receiver driver from the top and install it normally.

8: Now watch this video:


Source




this is the one i made

[steveo1978]

Looks good. Gonna have to make me one up.

[S4BRE]

awesome
+thnks
+rep

[pbanj]

bobbyblunt showed this to me the other day, i made one and it works great. i used a red led for the diode. im just waiting for the shoe goo to dry

[condorstrike]

awesome tut...definetly gotta do this.
ps: flux is for sissies.

[barnhilltrckn]

Ive had this for years now but here is the original mod. This one also gives you the option of flashing a pic12f629 with the included hex file which will let you sync the controller while in the pc by just pushing the button on the rf module. I made my own a few years back and its so much better being able to sync controllers at will and more than one if I want, just like its in the 360.

[juggahax0r]

I do mine with an Arduino ... A little more hardware than needed , but it works.

[pbanj]

i updated the tut you do not need the diode, thanks for that info bobbyblunt