I'm making a diy guitar controller for guitar hero on xbox 360. As far as i could see on the web, it's not possible to build anything from stratch and just plug in the console due to MS security protocols, so DIY controllers usually have a real controller board in the middle (like this arcade controller ). But some GH editions aren't playable with regular controllers, they require specificaly a guitar controller, so if I just make my custom guitar interface with a regular controller, it won't work.

Is there actually a way to interface the console without using a real controller? Or maybe sit between the actual controller and console and modify the communication to make the console think there's a guitar plugged in? In this case, would an Arduino be capable of do the job?

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As you stated yourself, its not possible to build anything from scratch due to MS security protocols. This is the same reason that you wont be able to interface the console without a controller, the controller is used because it knows how to communicate with the security protocols. Using an arduino would not help, and i highly doubt it has the processing power that you would need even without the security protocols. Your best bet is to rip apart an actually guitar hero controller, and stuff the electronics inside of your homemade one.

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