Need help picking components to build a PC to PS3/360 USB adapter :)

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Hello,

I stumbled across this (link) tutorial on how to create a PC to PS3/360 adapter and thought it would be a fun little project to mess with :)

I know next to nothing about this stuff so before buying anything I wanted to see if anyone could tell me if I'm looking at the right stuff.

For the USB dev board I've been looking at the Arduino Micro (link). According some dudes (link) the Arduino Micro is a good alternative to the Teensy 2.0 (link) that the tutorial suggests. Only reason I was looking at this and not the Teensy is because it's almost the same price and I get the Amazon prime benefits.

For the USB to serial TTL converter I've been looking at this one (link), it seems to be near identical to the one in the tutorial so I'm guessing that it should work?

Sorry if these are silly questions, again I don't know anything about this stuff so I just wanted to check and make sure that these are parts that will work.

Thanks for any help on this likely obvious question :)

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Not sure about the PS3 to PC adapter, but you can buy a XBOX360 to PC adapter.  $23 or less:
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-Windows/dp/B000HZFCT2 

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Thanks for the answer but I guess I wasn't super clear on what I was talking about.

I want to use keyboard and mouse on an Xbox or PS3 which is what the tutorial is allowing you to build, not the other way around :)

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Jayztwocents does a video on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Jep24S600

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You could use a Arduino (and you should get one!), but if I was you I really wouldn't use it for this micro-controller project, as it would be making much more work for yourself, and maybe put you off! 

The Teensy++ comes pre-flashed with a different bootloader then the Arduino , so you would need to install the Teensyduino add-on for the Arduino IDE and re-write compile to a Arduino sketch.

You could maybe find this same project but with the ardunio code and instructions, sure its out there somewhere as Arduino is HUGE! 

But, that USB to serial TTL looks fine (its chipset CP2102, so should be good to go!) 

 

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Okay awesome! :D

Thanks for the advice! Huge help, the Arduino would probably have been a little too crazy for me at this point :P

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If you do decide you want to start tinkering with electronics and micro controllers I would really recommend getting yourself a Arduino board, you can grab the Asian clones of the Arduino Uno for $8 shipped and there are so many fun starter projects with them....and you get to learn programming too!