FUBARINO CONTEST: custom-made MECH WARRIOR on the internet CONTROLLER

Twenty-two keys, a push button, three flip-switches, as well as a touch screen all let [Dominic] take his Mech Warrior on the internet game to the next level. He discovered that there are so lots of crucial bindings in the game it ends up being a big pain to try to adapt his habits to a static keyboard layout. Not only does the controller provide him a specialized keypad, however he created the touch screen interface to act as on-the-fly remapping. It even appears like something that would be mounted in a battle Mech cockpit! What we can’t comprehend is why he didn’t tell us about this attractive peripheral hack much sooner?

What lastly prompted him to idea us off about his job was the Fubarino Contest. above you can see the easter egg he added to the controller. When the bottom five buttons on the touch screen are mapped to “31337” (aka “elite) the Teensy 3.0 board that drives the controller will immediately tons up Hackaday in his browser.

This is an entry in the Fubarino Contest for a possibility at one of the 20 Fubarino SD boards which Microchip has put up as prizes!