The concept is simple enough, there’s a daughter-board in the Xbox 360 which hosts the RF module for wireless controller connectivity. Once you extract it from the carcass of the beast ...

talks to a MAX3421 USB host controller, which interfaces with an Xbox 360 wireless receiver, either genuine or third-party. The Arduino reads the data from the wireless receiver and then emulates ...

If you're using a wireless Xbox controller ... Xbox fans can also use their Xbox 360 controller if preferred, but you have to purchase the correct adapter. At this point, however, it's easier ...