DIY Motion sensor for the PSP?

Posted May 23, 2006 at 1:58PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Accessories, Rumors Tags: motion sensor

Sony's Dual Shock 3 controller (or so it has been tentatively called) for the PS3 will feature motion sensor support - so why not have a motion sensor on the PSP? This video shows a motion sensor adapted to work with the PSP. From what I can tell it's running the PSP game Mercury, and works reasonably well., although it's not the most sensitive of motion sensor devices.

It could be a homemade motion adaptor for the PSP, or, most likely an early development version of the motion sensor accessory that was being developed for Mercury before it's release. What a great attachment this would make for the PS3 - Who needs Dual shock 3 when you've got a PSP to use?

36 Jumps Another PSP exploit found, works on firmware 6.20 and all PSP models

25 Jumps Spike TV casting call for God of War reality show

18 Jumps The Sims 3 coming to consoles and handhelds

17 Jumps Square Enix profits up almost 50 percent, FFXIII sells 1.8M units in Japan

16 Jumps PSP homebrew - PMPlayer Advance v3.0.8

13 Jumps PSP homebrew - PSPLife: a Game of Life simulator

13 Jumps Fieldrunners "Super Secret Cheats" are very badly-kept secrets

12 Jumps PSPlayerMT For PSP - Direct AVI Player Works On All the PSP

12 Jumps Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars announced for Autumn 2010

11 Jumps Alien Zombie Death on EU PS Store next week

Best prices available for:

Nyko Wireless Sensor Bar (87005) for Nintendo Wii

Price Range:
$6.00 - $28.00

at 14 Stores

Compare Prices

Sony PlayStation One Dualshock Analog Controller for PlayStation 2, PSone

Price Range:
$7.00 - $67.00

at 10 Stores

Compare Prices

Comments

# COOL but it could be fake — Guest 2006-05-23 08:35

remember that "halo for PSP" it could be the same thing but then again it does look really real

# omfg — Guest 2006-05-23 08:39

WTF!!!! This is awesome!!! DIY sensors rules!!! PSP RULES!!!

# some people have no life — Guest 2006-05-23 08:41

u know who u are.!!

# How did they get control commands through the usb? — Guest 2006-05-23 08:41

How did they get controling commands through the usb?

I tought that wasn't posible with the psp usb port,

# Uhh — Guest 2006-05-23 08:42

Looks fake to me.

# at #4 — Guest 2006-05-23 08:42

The cable is running into the analog stick hole

# wow — Guest 2006-05-23 08:44

wow that looks amazing that would be so cool to have

# totally fake!!! — Guest 2006-05-23 08:46

nocomment

# of course — Itaintrite 2006-05-23 08:53

who needs a ps3 controller when you have a psp that is less comfortable, has less buttons, much more expensive. i wonder who...

# cool — gamerX09 2006-05-23 08:57

If Sony made an official one of these, then maybe we could have decent FPS's on the PSP (motion sensor to look, analog to move)

# #4 is right — Guest 2006-05-23 09:03

It's impossible unless it's from a developer.

# ja ja v cool — Guest 2006-05-23 09:07

i give it a REAL'ness thumbs up; physically, technically it looks feasible; #4 like #6 said the wires are running through the analogue stick hole then on the switches im just *guessing* here but he's definitely made them electronic instead of mechanical ;)

# no point — Guest 2006-05-23 09:08

what they are doing is the motion sensor has nothing to do with the usb port... it is just powered by it... all it does is moves the analog stick... the motion sesor just reads which direction the psp in pointing, and then moves the analog stick in that direction... no point really, he probably just got bored and wanted to prove something...

# hmm — Guest 2006-05-23 09:09

Looks real but it could just be a video and some parts from radio shack.

# @ Ruben — Guest 2006-05-23 09:10

How is it impossible? he's created an external circuit then connected the up down left right connections to be electronically connected... makes perfect sense to me...

@13; he didnt, he did it ELECTRONICALLY I THINK YOU'LL FIND

# >>5, 8 — Guest 2006-05-23 09:13

Defininately homemade, and definately not fake. From the looks of things it is not actually using the usb, its just a nice solid place to attach the device. It is instead interfaced through the contacts for the analogue stick, which should be fairly easy to do. Hell if i had the parts i could do something similar myself.

# oh and also... — Guest 2006-05-23 09:14

and also there are definitely more than 4 wires used to go into the psp in that hole; if there were 8 - and there certainly looks like there could then it would mean the circuit @ his pcb end would be connecting the 2 wires to join the one connection on the psp analogue stick connection - 8 wires 2 for each up down left right

# im... — Guest 2006-05-23 09:15

im with cogboy...

# Destructo 2006-05-23 09:21

FAKE

# Cool ! — Guest 2006-05-23 09:24

This looks really cool, I'd like to see more of it, really.

@people saying its fake:

Wow, you guys really have nothing to do. I see "its fake" "definitly fake" "omgzorz its fake" ok, now, are you guys skilled with electronics ? Oh wait, it comes from people who thought it was into the USB port, right ? Ok, I'll believe it's fake whenever you guys can bring me prooves... not just "but look at the video" no no... I want to see facts like "It cannot be real because..." and then give me actual words, reasons why logically it cannot be done (like why on the actual circuit board it wouldnt work), and such reasons. Until then you will only speaking bull***** and only and simply prooving that you have no life because you think "wow, saying fake is cool".

Anyhow, this motion sensor is definitly something I would get, there is many possibilities for homebrew that it might bring as well as actual games if Sony would develop one, but it'd be even more interesting to see one cool homemade device like this.

# Nice! — TheMarioKarters 2006-05-23 09:25

That looks awesome, nice job.

# asdfasd — Guest 2006-05-23 09:30

Nothing special if you've played Kirby Tilt n Tumble for GameBoy.

# ghhhh — Guest 2006-05-23 09:31

Lawl this is SOOOOOOOOOOOO FREAKING OLD!!

Look @ gamespot, Mecury suppost to release with motion sensor, but the cancel it.

# annoying though — Guest 2006-05-23 10:04

It would be rather annoying on the bus or something, where I use my psp the most.. as itd tottally through you out ofplace

# ¡ ç µ — Guest 2006-05-23 10:24

Awesome too bad he aint gonna release it

# TOTALLY FAKE HERE IS WHY! PLEASE READ FOR FULL RPOOF AND TRUTH! — RaiderX 2006-05-23 10:31

Well if you think back, youll remember the PSP keyboard that Logitech was working on that they couldnt release because sony refused to give them the USB control code.

Also, Mercury was a launch title, and when we look at the firmware dumps, the USB function files werent in the firmware till 2.7

SO THATS IT! NEXT!

# NO NEVER MIND, THIS IS MOST LIKELY REAL!! — RaiderX 2006-05-23 10:33

Ok, after having a closer look, this is probably real, I see where the wireing goes to the analog, so the sensor just moves the nub, pretty cool idea, but it looks a bit slow.

sry for that other comment, I guess I reacted too soon, =P

# cool — Guest 2006-05-23 10:36

i dont think this is using the usb port i think its just atached it looks like the just hooked it up to the antilog stick

# Cool — Guest 2006-05-23 10:37

it's amazing.

# FAKE — Guest 2006-05-23 10:37

All they did was put a bunch of crap on their psp and played a video on it

# You idiot... — Guest 2006-05-23 10:38

@Raider X

It's not connected through the USB port, retard! Did you notice the cables going through the analog stick hole???

# This isn't anything special — The Unbiased One 2006-05-23 10:41

This is rather boring news considering they launched kirby tilt and tumble a nearly a decade ago. I would expect to see an official one in time as well as a GBA cartridge that plugged into the bottom of the DS for tilt functionality.

# way to go sony! — Guest 2006-05-23 10:53

as much as i loved Kirby's tilt and tumble on gameboy color and Wario ware Twisted...this "new" concept you created should work just as well...

i remember when nintendo was going to use the tilt'n'tumble game concept with the gamecube...

in a kirby game,and nintendo scrapped it.

so i'm sure sony will make it work.

# QUICKTIME VIDEO VIEWING... — Guest 2006-05-23 11:15

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME?? the video wont work for me and i need to know how to fix it! All i see is a quicktime logo with a question mark on it! can someone tell me how to fix this please? any help is appreciated,tha nks!

# Way to GO! — soopergooman 2006-05-23 11:33

"help me PLEASE Unregistered), at May 23, 2006 at 04:15PM" play it on ur psp. or in firefox.

I think this could be for REAL!!! Also, a fact I've been wondering about, is the analogue sticks interface with the rest of the PSP's circuit boards? Any of you that have bravely removed their faceplates would have clearly seen it. How do you wire to that? If you did follow the leads, I think you should really put a how-to out there for other aspiring HBrewers/tinkerers.

Cheers if it's totally real, 'cause I think it just might be. How about some PRON of the PSP, with the faceplate removed?

# Not 'Dualshock 3' — Guest 2006-05-23 11:36

There's no rumble in the PS3 controller any more, so it's not called DualShock any more. Remember that little lawsuit thing, that Sony lost? Yea, so now it's called DualShake. Shake.

# Definitly a Plus. — Vietone 2006-05-23 11:40

I would love to play mercury with tilt control instead of the nub control.

This would make mercury several times better.

# love thins thing — Guest 2006-05-23 11:48

WHOEVER MADE THIS IS THE COOLEST PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!

AND I TOTALLY WANT TO OWN THAT THING

MAYBE I WILL TELL SONY TO MAKE MOTION SENSING DILDOS FOR MY PSP!!!

THAT SHOULD BE FUN

# wow1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! — Guest 2006-05-23 11:58

this is beutiful i would buy this if sony made this or that guy sold it!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

# Guest 2006-05-23 12:13

It would perfectly fit with Loco Roco

# hmmm — Hazror 2006-05-23 12:15

You would physically alter you psp for the sake of one game?

# nice — Guest 2006-05-23 12:23

niiiiice

# THIS IS CUD HAPPEN — gamerz275 2006-05-23 12:35

PREVIOUS ARTICLES HAVE PROVEN THAT WE KNOW HOW TO REPLICATE PARTS OF THE CONTROLLER AND REMOTE THROUGH THE SERIAL PORT. THE GUY CUD HAV USED A SIMPLE MOTION SENSIN THINGY. IT IS POSSIBLE. BUT IT IS PROBABLY FAKE ANYWAY BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE SERIAL PORT. BUT IF THIS IS FAKE, THE GUY HAS DONE HIS RESEARCH. (cuz he showed it plugged into the serial port)

# oops — gamerz275 2006-05-23 12:38

wait never mind it doesnt use the serial port, it goes into the hole for the analog stick. the guy must have done some major modding if this isnt fake

# you dumbass... — RaiderX 2006-05-23 14:27

@ qwerty

CANT U READ?? I commented on my mistake and stated that dumbass! ur just an idiot noob who has nothing better to do but flame people

# Easily done — Guest 2006-05-23 15:03

have a weight on an analog stick to move it in the direction that it is tilted.... ez.

connect the wires from that analog stick to the pins of ur psp's analog stick so it uses the new analog stick...ez

its real without a doubt because any idiot that can connect a few wires (not saying the guy is an idiot) can do this...

# Attainable — Guest 2006-05-23 15:50

I think this is pretty possible, if you think about it all you would need is the ground wire to make contact with the direction you want, and it would respond. The usb looks to be used as just a holding position (maybe because of the 2 holes on the side) and the wires run into the anolog/nub spot, which could mean it is connected to the analog/nub, or could be connected to the d-pad which I think would be much easier. If this video it self is fake, I dont see why it can't be done.

# looks real cool — Guest 2006-05-23 16:11

If he can make it more sensitive and faster, I'd get one for the Ace Combat PSP game, and Mecury Meltdown.... long live kirby tilt and tumble!

# looks real cool — Guest 2006-05-23 16:21

If he can make it more sensitive and faster, I'd get one for the Ace Combat PSP game, and Mecury Meltdown.... long live kirby tilt and tumble!

# Real!? — ProManX 2006-05-23 17:38

I belive that this is real, because I always thought that it was posible to make a Homebrew app for the PSP to use somthing that would need the USB port.

And this is probably not done by Sony, because if Sony made somthing like this they would tell us about it, and it would be much smaller.

Then again that is what I think!?

# This is most likely real, by Awesome Studios — Guest 2006-05-23 18:08

Well I'm not certain if this the exact same thing but I read an interview with Archer Maclean about Mercury a few months before it came out in Edge and they had created a tilt sensor to play the game as demonstrated in the video. They wanted to sell the game with a tilt sensor but I don't think it was commercially viable.

It'd be great if they did finally do such an attachment, I know LocoRoco is screaming out for it :)

# blind display — Guest 2006-05-23 21:06

There's a difference between the ps3 tilt and psp tilt. That is, display.

There's a moment when you're tilting it where you wont be able to see the screen because of the reflection or you moved it too much. You're actually moving the display and thats tends to be awkward.

Maybe thats why Mercury didnt shipped with that funcionality.

# wow — Guest 2006-05-23 23:24

i think its a fake but then i thimk its real

i dunno?

# its real — Guest 2006-05-23 23:59

wiring a motion sensor to the analog pad has nothing to do with homebrew or anything just plain simple elctronics. Anyone with the sufficient knowledge can do that, and that is alot of people.

# Yeah... — Guest 2006-05-24 03:08

Look, all it is, is probably a usb connection soldered to a board, with some components on, and some lame guy has probably memorised the movement of the ball... and made it look 'realistic' if thats what you want to call it.... Point Proven

# devs... — Guest 2006-05-24 04:02

The developers did have a functioning tilt sensor for mercury and were planning on shipping it with the game but it must have been too expensive to implement.

# !! — Guest 2006-05-24 04:25

i need to know how this is done.

can whoever did this post the method on i-hacked.com, or psp-hacks.com or sommat like that

# To #26 — Guest 2006-05-24 05:58

While looking around the SOCOM ISO in the prx folder one of the prx's is called USBPSPCM.PRX. Could this not be a usb command program, if so then the required prx's are on 2.0 and as 2.0 was included with every UK psp and Mercury was available at launch so if this is the thing that is needed then it was probably cost that stopped then as others have said and not the lack of software

# whoa — Guest 2006-05-24 08:55

awesome hopefully its real

# #30 — Guest 2006-05-24 11:51

#30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right #30 is right

# This is 100% Posible. — ProManX 2006-05-24 12:30

Even if this is fake which it is not in my opineon.

I would use the parts from GBA game Yoshi Topsy-Turvy that has that tilt hardware.

If I can get it for cheap I will try it. :)

# i don't think its fake — lansingone 2006-05-25 03:09

all it is a sensor on a board mounted to the top using the bolts on the top, then transmit the data to the nub so the psp just thinks its somone pushing the nub that way. it has nothing to do with usb

# Why waste the time... — Guest 2006-05-25 08:26

Just tape something really small and heavy to your Analog Stick. It would work the same way.

# 62: Not yoshi — Guest 2006-05-28 17:54

62: Yoshi topsy-turvy uses rotational sensing, as in, turning the system like a steering wheel. Better to use Kirby's Tilt and Tumble if anything. besides, I heard that Yoshi had cruddy sensing at best anyway.

Anyway, as convincing as it looks, it has to be a video being played with a bunch of crap stuck onto the top.Why? Look how unresponsive it is to a couple of his motions in the 2nd half.

Refresh comments list

Add comment

JComments

The QJ.net Network
Site	Feed
QJ.NET	RSS
Nintendo DS	RSS
PlayStation 3	RSS
PSP Updates	RSS
Wii	RSS
Xbox 360	RSS
MMORPG	RSS
Personal Computer Games	RSS
iPhone - iPod Touch	RSS
QJ.NET Forums	RSS

Add QJ.NET

User Favorites - February

Most Commented
Another PSP exploit found,..	(141)
QuickJump QuickLines Tekke..	(80)
Sony quarterly financials:..	(27)
Nomura to make Kingdom Hea..	(25)
Nippon Ichi operating prof..	(25)
Dead or Alive: Paradise is..	(22)
Namco Bandai posts huge lo..	(20)
Kojima: Peace Walker will..	(19)
Casual games are no threat..	(18)
ESRB pulls down Dead or Al..	(18)
Square Enix profits up alm..	(15)
Brock Lesnar is the face o..	(14)
And the winning QuickLines..	(13)
Watch: Iron Man 2 War Mach..	(12)
Koller: iPad is a "net pos..	(12)
Video: Dante's Inferno - m..	(12)
The Tester coming to the P..	(11)
God Eater has extremely cu..	(11)
PSP homebrew - PMPlayer Ad..	(10)
gpSP v0.9 for the PSP	(10)
Spike TV casting call for..	(10)
Sega teases: Vanquish plat..	(9)
PSP Homebrew: Power Switch..	(9)
Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D3..	(8)
PSP homebrew - PSP Filer v..	(8)

User Favorites - February

Top Jumps
Another PSP exploit found,..	(365)
gpSP v0.9 for the PSP	(90)
Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D3..	(69)
Dead or Alive: Paradise is..	(68)
PSPlayerMT For PSP - Direc..	(56)
God Eater has extremely cu..	(41)
Brock Lesnar is the face o..	(38)
Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D3..	(35)
PSP homebrew - NesterJ 1.1..	(34)
Lego Star Wars III: The Cl..	(34)
PSP homebrew - PSP Filer v..	(33)
Square Enix profits up alm..	(32)
Sony quarterly financials:..	(31)
Nomura to make Kingdom Hea..	(30)
The Tester coming to the P..	(29)
ModNation Racers driving s..	(29)
PSP Homebrew Weekend Warri..	(29)
Watch: SOCOM Fireteam Brav..	(28)
NBA 2K10 has now scored tw..	(28)
Kojima: Peace Walker will..	(28)
PSP homebrew - PMPlayer Ad..	(27)
SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 dem..	(27)
Nippon Ichi operating prof..	(27)
Video: Dante's Inferno - m..	(27)
Namco Bandai posts huge lo..	(27)

Username:

Password:


Remember Me?

Forgot password
New user registration