http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=131230

I posted on page 46 with quotes from the entire thread dealing with console controller input. The UPCB can format controller data into most different console specific formats and output to said console through custom made cables.

UPCB Supports 360 through piggybacking on a common ground 360 controller board.

If someone could program the UPCB to decode controller signals, or create a similar board to decode controller signals into a parallel high/low format and pass this to UPCB, it could be a near universal converter.

to answer your question though it has nothing to do with the style of controller you’re using.

The PIC Chip has 18 I/O ports, you need 6 of them to communicate with Saturn Controller which leaves 12 for the Xbox 360′s button… the saturn controller has 13 buttons which means 1 of them has to be left out in the cold. I figured start was the least necessary to have mapped.

The only way to do this would be to use a different chip with more I/O ports and re-write the code. there are other methods too but they all involve re-writing the code, and most of them would introduce lag.

Will this free up resources, so the PIC that you used can handle the start button as well? Will this enable an even cheaper PIC to be used?

Of course, I really like the idea of a converter for SNES & Saturn. I think I prefer Super Nintendo pad for Street Fighter (never played many fighting games on Saturn).

i’ll post an update if an when it happens.