{"id":17683,"date":"2017-10-10T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17683"},"modified":"2017-10-10T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:37:18","slug":"wireless-games-controller-for-the-raspberry-pi-from-the-pi-hut-use-it-with-camjam-edukit-3-and-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17683","title":{"rendered":"Wireless games controller for the Raspberry Pi from The Pi Hut &#8211; use it with CamJam EduKit 3 and review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/github.com\/recantha\/EduKit3\/raw\/master\/res\/pihut%20controller.jpg?resize=560%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"391\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Jamie over at <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Pi Hut<\/a>\u00a0sent me one of his <a href=\"https:\/\/thepihut.com\/collections\/raspberry-pi-store\/products\/raspberry-pi-compatible-wireless-gamepad-controller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new PS3-style controllers<\/a>. I had a play, liked it and soon adapted Tom Oinn&#8217;s great <a href=\"https:\/\/approxeng.github.io\/approxeng.input\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python &#8216;input&#8217; library<\/a>\u00a0to accept commands from the controller. I also adapted one of Tom&#8217;s demo scripts to use GPIO Zero to control the <a href=\"https:\/\/camjam.me\/?page_id=1035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CamJam EduKit 3<\/a> motor controller board. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/CamJam-EduKit\/EduKit3\/blob\/master\/PiHutControllerInstructions.md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read how to use the controller with EduKit 3 here<\/a>. All credit to Tom for making his library accessible, and thanks for accepting my changes for the new controller.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Heywood has just written a review of the controller over on his blog, and you should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetin.io\/reviews\/raspberry-pi-controller-robot-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take a read of that to find out more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Jamie over at The Pi Hut\u00a0sent me one of his new PS3-style controllers. I had a play, liked it and soon adapted Tom Oinn&#8217;s great Python &#8216;input&#8217; library\u00a0to accept commands from the controller. 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