my name isn't actually steve

[stevethebird]

I haven't signed up for a new forum in years, the muscle memory seems to still be there. But I signed up for these boards for the purpose of asking dtomcat a question about a BOM on one of the projects he has on github. Hopefully, this post will get his attention.

[dtomcat]

Ask away

[stevethebird]

I found your git for the ogx360i, and the Middle Man part caught my attention, since i've already built a 4-channel module with the arduinos. I'm pretty sure i've found the pin headers, and have them in my digikey cart, but i'm not sure what which parts on that list are for making the cables to connect from the ogx to the middleman and to the mobo.

I guess I'm asking for a BOM for just the middleman and the cables.

Thanks!

[dtomcat]

360i is completely different than ogx360.  So if you have the original ogx360.  It won’t work   The 360i board has more components on it

[dtomcat]

Bom is for complete solution 

[stevethebird]

so the middle man board wouldn't work with it? it seems like it should, since each side has an 8-pin header on it. couldn't i wire up the 4 leads from two of the usb cables to that, then the other headers on the board are a pass-thru from the controller port to the mobo, right?

[dtomcat]

So main board has components on it to allow pass through when not active and moves the inputs over to arduinos when it is active.  You could use middle man to make it active all the time and essentially permanently disabling controller ports.   But to make it use both (ports and 360) you’d have to create circuitry and logic since original ogx360 doesn’t have it 

[stevethebird]

With my current set-up, i've cut and spliced the usb into the original controller port lines, just matching colors. it works just fine that way, and i still retain wired and wireless functionality, just not simultaneously. I don't see a situation where i'd be switching back to the one wired s-type when I still have so many 360 controllers, so that's a non-issue. My primary goal is to have a cleaner installation, but easily be able to revert back to stock if/when i sell it, and give it another go with a set of controller ports from my donor xbox. So back to my original question, what parts from the BOM are for the middleman and the cables?

[dtomcat]

All BOM that say middle

 

and I believe mates:

[stevethebird]

Thanks! I will give you an update once i've gathered up all the parts and put it together.