A look inside the SNES, PS5, and Xbox controllers with CT scans

Re:A look inside the SNES, PS5, and Xbox controllers with CT... by c-hendricks on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:54PM (#36542908)

A fun thing about the Dual sense rumble is that it's just sound data. One time u changed my PC to output to the controller, thinking it would use the speaker, but it just played the audio via vibrations.

(I'm not sure if that's just how all "linear resonant actuators" work, just found it neat)

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Re:A look inside the SNES, PS5, and Xbox controllers with CT... by MBCook on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:13PM (#36543166)

That’s how the one in the iPhone works as well. I remember people’s surprise (myself included) when it was discovered. Teardowns revealed a second audio amp that wasn’t attached to the speaker and that’s how it was discovered to work.

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Re:A look inside the SNES, PS5, and Xbox controllers with CT... by SSLy on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:12PM (#36543165)

It is, you can find the rumble WAV's (well, AIFF's) if you dig enough through iPhone OS dump

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