Hacking the Xbox CONTROLLER

Step 11 FYI

FYI, this is the brain of the controller. All of the button inputs eventually end up here. So why don't we just solder directly to this chip? Well, when you see how small this chip is, you will know. The average hobbyist doesn't have the ability to solder to things this small. You can see that the pins are labelled at pin 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 36, and 48. But I digress.