NES Controller to Bluetooth adaptor

A device to use a NES gamepad, Zapper or Power Pad as a Bluetooth (BLE) controller with low latency.

Thomas Grech

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A device to use a NES Zapper, PowerPad or standard gamepad with any Bluetooth receiver, including BlueRetro. Zapper mode to be used with with custom patched ROMs from @neslcdmod.
Custom kit initially designed for Wangaratta District Specialist School.

Tested with ~8ms latency, more info here: https://github.com/GrechTech/NES-BLE-Gamepad/wiki/Latency

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CREDITS / LIBARIES
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Zapper Mode possible thanks to ROM patches from NESLCDMOD
Utilises: https://github.com/lemmingDev/ESP32-BLE-Gamepad
Which relies on -> https://github.com/h2zero/NimBLE-Arduino