[Feature] W3C Gamepad API and controller tester

[westurner]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

• drive a LEGO machine with a Gameoad
  • drive a wheeled LEGO vehicle with a gamepad

Describe the solution you'd like
Users can send input from the W3C Gamepad API (and/or directly attached devices) to an event-handling process in order to control a circuit with a gamepad.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gamepad+api%22+%22nextjs%22
• https://github.com/topics/gamepad-api?l=typescript&o=asc&s=stars
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad_API
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad_API/Using_the_Gamepad_API
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Games/Techniques/Controls_Gamepad_API#implementation

Additional context

• https://github.com/pybricks/pybricks-projects/blob/master/tutorials/wireless/remote-control/button-basics/index.md
  • https://github.com/pybricks/pybricks-projects/blob/master/tutorials/wireless/remote-control/button-basics/RC_Tutorial.py
• [Bug] Code font on mobile too large #994

[dlech]

I think most people would rather connect the gamepad directly to the hub as in #191.

[westurner]

Where do they pair the controller with the hub? It may or may not make sense to provide a UI in pybricks-code to get the BLE information and remap buttons then transfer that config to the hub?

[laurensvalk]

👀 More notes here: #262 (comment)

Originally posted by @westurner in #995 (comment)

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