Computer windows 7 joystick or monitoring computer hardware

[Mitsuperboy]

Hi
Does anyone knows how to connect the Makerbuino to the computer as a joystick or to monitor the computer hardware on windows 7.

[albertgajsak]

Hey @Mitsuperboy, check this out:

[WIP] BuinoControl

Hey Folks! I just wanted to share my first MAKERbuino project I’m currently working on. It’s called BuinoControl. Maybe I’ll change the name, maybe not What is BuinoControl? BuinoControl isn’t a game - it’s an “App”. It consists of two Apps to be exact: At first there is a MAKERBuino App and then there is an Application for Windows-PCs written in C#. What does BuinoControl do? The Windows-Appication uses the OpenHardwareMonitor-library to read the sensors of the PC. It then conve…

[Jean-Charles_Lebeau]

I have not done but maybe this URLs can help you:

Arduino Leonardo/Micro As Game Controller/Joystick

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3899105/MMJoy/MMjoy2_-Build_your_own#Post3899105

Good luck and make us a eport if you success do it

[Mitsuperboy]

@Jean-Charles_Lebeau

Hi
Will the Makerbuino still work with the SD Card as well as a windows 7 joystick before I go a head and do it?
Mitsuperboy

[Bl4ckM4ch1n3]

Unfortunately this won’t work. The MAKERbuino uses an ATmega328 MCU. The Arduino Leonardo/Micro is based on a ATmega32U4 MCU. The 32U4 has build-in USB-Support but the 328 doesn’t