MFI Gamepad Feeder

Many mobile games are best played with a controller, and manufacturers have come up with devices specifically designed for iOS devices, such as the SteelSeries Nimbus. Using these gamepads on Windows is not normally possible unless you turn to a third-party utility.

MFI Gamepad Feeder is an open-source program that creates a virtual Xbox 360 controller on your system, converting input from your MFI gamepad in order to allow you to use it for Windows gaming.

MFI controllers are identified as standard HID gamepads on Windows, but they are not recognized by games. In order to use them, the software needs to redirect their raw input directly to ScpVBus devices.

The application is capable of emulating up to 4 controllers at a time, each using a different mapping file. At present, only the SteelSeries Nimbus device is supported, and it needs to be connected via Bluetooth.

You can map each button and analog control on the gamepad to an action on the virtual Xbox 360 controller, and the program also allows you to create virtual keys for buttons on the Xbox controller that cannot be emulated.

If used on Windows 7, the application requires that the latest Xbox 360 drivers are installed. Later versions of the OS already include these drivers.