The Santroller platform provides the ability to program micro controllers that emulate various rhythm game controllers for computers and various consoles. This is done using the Santroller Configurator, which can program various microcontrollers to emulate different controllers.

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Features

• Support for various consoles, including PS2/3/4/5, Wii, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One / Series

  Controller Type	Game	PC	PS2	PS3	PS4	PS5	Xbox 360	Xbox One / Series	Wii / Wii U	Switch
  Gamepad	Any	Works natively	Requires nightly build of OPL	Works natively	Requires authentication	Requires authentication	Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch	Requires authentication	Requires fakemote	Works (The switch will always use gamepad mode, no matter what controller mode is selected)
  Guitar Hero Guitar	Guitar Hero 2	Works natively	Requires nightly build of OPL				Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch
  Guitar Hero Guitar	Guitar Hero 3	Works natively	Requires nightly build of OPL	Works natively			Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch		Requires fakemote
  Guitar Hero Guitar / Guitar Hero Drums	Guitar Hero WT or newer	Works natively	Works natively	Works natively			Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch		Requires fakemote
  Rock Band Guitar / Rock Band Drums	Rock Band (All Games)	Works natively	Works natively	Works natively	Works via PS3 instrument backwards compatibility	Works via PS3 instrument backwards compatibility	Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch	Requires authentication	Works natively
  Guitar Hero Live Guitar	Guitar Hero Live	Works natively		Works natively	Requires authentication	Requires authentication	Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch	Requires authentication	Works natively
  DJ Hero Turntable	DJ Hero	Works natively	Works natively	Works natively			Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch		Requires fakemote
  Rock Band Stage Kit	Rock Band (All Games)	Works natively					Requires authentication or UsbdSecPatch
  Guitar / Drums	Fortnite Festival Standard Mode	Works natively			Works natively, though you need to set the NKRO type to 6KRO	Works natively, though you need to set the NKRO type to 6KRO		Works natively		Works natively
  Rock Band Guitar / Rock Band Drums	Fortnite Festival Instrument Mode	Requires setting up a Console Mode Binding for Festival			Requires authentication, set the PS4 Emulation Mode to PS4	Requires authentication, set the PS4 Emulation Mode to PS4		Works natively

• Ability to emulate the following devices

  • Guitar Hero Guitars
  • Rock Band Guitars
  • Guitar Hero Drums
  • Rock Band Drums
  • Rock Band Pro Drums
  • Guitar Hero Live Guitars
  • DJ Hero Turntables
  • Rock Band Stage Kit
  • Standard Gamepad
  • Guitar Praise Guitar
  • Keyboard
    • NKRO (N-key Rollover)
      • No ghosting, works on most devices
    • 6KRO (6-Key Rollover)
      • Only 6 keys can be used simultaneously, required for PS4 and PS5
  • Fortnite Festival
    • Uses Keyboard mode under the hood, but simplifies the binding process
    • Supports a emulated strum mode that requires both fret inputs and strum inputs to register an input
    • Works on console, use 6KRO mode for the PS4 and PS5

• Lower latency in comparison to the older Guitar Configurator firmware

• Inputs update live while configuring, to make calibration and testing as easy as possible.

• Controllers automatically detect what they are plugged into, and reconfigure themselves for that device.

  • This means you no longer need to set your controller up for a specific console.
  • For emulators, you can define button combinations that will force the device into a specific mode.
  • For RPCS3, starting a game will jump the controller to PS3 mode, and then you can restart the game to actually detect the controller, as RPCS3 does not have hotplug support. This will also automatically enable WinUSB on windows as well.

• Support for presets

  • Store several configuration presets and easily swap between them
  • Export and import configurations as files for easy sharing of configurations

• Support for all major operating systems

  • Setting a guitar to XInput mode will only use XInput mode on windows
  • Using HID mode by default means the controller should work on any device, as HID devices are supported by most operating systems and non console devices.

• Support for various microcontrollers

  • Pi Pico Recommended
    • Some features such as USB inputs and peripheral are Pi Pico only
    • The Pico also has a much more robust programming method, so there is less that can go wrong when programming
  • Arduino Pro Micro (3.3v)
  • Arduino Pro Micro (5v)
  • Arduino Leonardo
  • Arduino Micro
  • Arduino Uno R1/2/3
  • Arduino Mega

• Support for inputs from various input sources

  • Wii extensions (such as wii guitars, classic controllers or drum kits)
  • PS2 controllers
  • Instrument peripherals
    • WT Tap bar
    • GH5 Guitar neck
    • DJ Hero Turntable platter
    • Digital and analog tilt sensors
    • Crazy Guitar neck
  • Secondary Peripheral inputs (Pi Pico only)
    • This allows for receiving inputs from a secondary Pi Pico, to make wiring things like GH5 guitar necks or DJ hero turntables easier
    • LEDs can also be controlled over this interface
  • USB devices (Pi Pico only)
    • This is also how authentication works, it gets passed through to an offical USB controller
  • Direct wiring to digital or analog sources
  • MPR121
    • This is a capacative touch chip that can handle both the slider bar and frets over I2C, much like how the GH5 guitar neck works
    • However, it has the same latency as direct wiring
  • ADXL345
    • Can be used as a tilt sensor and mapped to any axis

• Support for bluetooth (Pi Pico W required)

  • Supports both conecting to a bluetooth receiver directly, or building a bluetooth receiver from a second Pico W
  • Using a second Pico W allows for using the receiver on a device that doesn't support bluetooth gamepads directly, such as a console

• Custom input mappings

  • You can map inputs from any controller to any output. This means you can do things like mapping a button press on a Wii guitar to tilt.
  • This also lets you do things like mapping a button press to a tap bar fret or the pickup selector on a Rock Band guitar

• Shortcuts

  • Replaces the previous hardcoded start + select to home feature, and allows for defining any combination of inputs and mapping that to an output.
  • The inputs do need to be of the same type however, so this means you can do things like requiring multiple digital inputs, but not an analog + a digital input
  • You can even use this feature for tap bar frets or the pickup selector. This can be useful if your are using an actual selector switch for your pickup selector, instead of a potentiometer.

• Constant inputs

  • This can be used to force an output to always be set to a specific value, such as forcing a specific pickup selector value if you don't have a pickup selector attached

• Peripheral Mode (Pi Pico only)

  • Use a second Pi Pico for inputs or LEDs, and then connect only a few wires between the two microcontrollers.
  • This can be used to put LEDs in a DJ Hero turntable, or to bypass the GH5 neck's microcontroller but keep it removable.

• Overhauled LED support

  • Player LED support
    • PS3/4/5 and Xbox 360
  • LED indicator for console authentication
  • Rumble (in gamepad mode)
  • PS4 LED support
  • Stage Kit LED and Fog machine support
  • LEDs that react to game events
    • Currently, the only supported game for this is the latest YARG nightly.
    • CH support isn't planned, as there is not an easy way to hook into it. Older tools used hacks to inject themselves into the game, but this method was not stable and wouldn't work for ScoreSpy.

How to build an adaptor or controller

Pick a guide from the left to learn how to build a controller or adaptor.

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Download link

Click here to download the configuration tool.

Using this tool commercially

If you would like to sell devices running the Santroller firmware, click the following link to learn more about the commercial version of this platform. The standard version of this tool can NOT be used commercially, and the commercial version of this platform has extra features that are designed specifically for users who are selling products running on this platform.

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