🎮 Arduino-Based Joystick Controller

A custom game controller built using Arduino UNO and Python, capable of converting joystick and button inputs into keyboard commands for controlling PC games and applications.

The project also includes a Controller Hub GUI and a Phone Remote feature, allowing users to control their system wirelessly through a web interface.

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✨ Features

• 🎮 Dual joystick-based movement control
• 🔘 Four programmable action buttons
• ⚡ Real-time serial communication at 115200 baud
• ⌨️ Keyboard input emulation using PyDirectInput
• 🎯 Dead-zone implementation for smooth control
• 🖥 Controller Hub with live monitoring and settings
• 📱 Phone Remote using Flask and HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• 🔄 Multi-threaded architecture

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🛠 Technologies Used

• Arduino UNO
• Python
• PySerial
• PyDirectInput
• Tkinter
• Flask
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

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📂 Repository Structure

Arduino-Game-Controller/
│
├── Arduino_Code/
│   └── sketch_apr8a.ino
│
├── Python_Code/
│   ├── joystick_controller.py
│   └── joystick.py
│
├── Images/
│   ├── hardware_setup.jpg
│   ├── gameplay.jpg
│   ├── phone_remote.jpg
│   └── controller_hub.png
│
├── Demo_Video/
│   └── demo.mp4
│
├── requirements.txt
├── README.md
├── .gitignore
└── LICENSE

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/YourUsername/Arduino-Game-Controller.git

2. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Upload Arduino code

Upload sketch_apr8a.ino to the Arduino board.

4. Run the Python controller

python Python_Code/joystick.py

or

python Python_Code/joystick_controller.py

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📸 Project Images

Add hardware setup images, Controller Hub screenshots, and gameplay screenshots inside the Images/ folder.

These files will be accessible from anywhere after you push the repo to GitHub. GitHub will render them automatically in the README when the paths are correct.

• Images/hardware_setup.jpg
• Images/gameplay.jpg
• Images/phone_remote.jpg
• Images/controller_hub.png

Example image preview

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🎥 Demo Video

Add the project demonstration video inside the Demo_Video/ folder.

Once uploaded, the file will be available in the repo and can be linked using a relative path.

• Demo_Video/demo.mp4

Example video link

Watch demo video

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📚 Learning Outcomes

Through this project, we gained practical experience in:

• Hardware-software integration
• Serial communication
• GUI development with Tkinter
• Web development using Flask
• Multi-threading
• Embedded systems programming
• Problem-solving and teamwork

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👨‍💻 Team Members

• Arjun Darwade
• Siddhant Shinde
• Samadhan Kendhale

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.