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XBox Dongle Discontinued/Bluetooth Controller Upgrade

Open idgaron opened this issue 6 months ago • 2 comments

The Github mentions using an xbox controller with the xbox usb dongle to connect bluetooth over usb instead of the internal bluetooth; however, this dongle is discontinued by Microsoft. A better alternative would be to use a bluetooth module. This will allow users to use any bluetooth controller by switching the bluetooth interface of the pi from the UART lines to the USB lines. I have successfully used this on my rover build. Thoughts?

idgaron avatar May 29 '25 03:05 idgaron

Even if Microsoft discontinues their lineup, there's always a huge aftermarket. I believe they all use bluetooth anyways. 8bitdo makes good ones as well. PRs welcome!

Achllle avatar May 29 '25 16:05 Achllle

True - I was thinking for supply chain longevity's sake. I'll add the bluetooth module suggestion as another option but leave the xbox dongle in the instructions too.

idgaron avatar May 29 '25 19:05 idgaron