castlecrazy
New Member
I just received my Picaxe 14M as well as a whole other bag of goodies and am very excited to join the family here. For my first project, I am trying to write a code to allow my Picaxe to control the new Xbox 360 Common Ground Controller that Microsoft has started producing. I have already wired and tested the controller and can simulate all of the functions that I want to by basically touching the appropriate wire to a ground connection. My question is this: When writing the code should I default all of the wires to a high state (+5V in this case) and then toggle them to low when I wish to "push" the button? I am unexperienced in how a common ground setup actually works so I am not sure if leaving it in a high state would be okay. Thanks for the help in advance!