Add a rapid-fire button to your mouse using a 555 timer

Step 2 Constructing the Circuit

Following the circuit below, solder the parts to the 8-pin IC socket. How they're positioned is not cruicial as long as the connections are correct, since the goal is to have all parts connected in the most compact way possible.

This technique of building circuits is called "discrete wiring", or more frequently, the "dead bug technique". For simple circuits like this one, it can be used without worry, but anything much larger, and you should definitely use a circuit board.

Comments

[Ninjanator]

i made this but when i use it it only clicks once

[smartbuilderperson]

fun project i have done this it works great. i tried it on roblox....but did had to change some settings

[ausetisis]

could you vary the speed with a potentiometer and were could you put it?

[bdeschamps]

take out the 1 k if i remember right and put it there, I mite be wrong I have done it before I just can`t remember.

[hevitikku]

yes you could. put it instead of 10K resistor

[KhajagB.]

but can you give me the specifications of the pot.

[hevitikku]

I used a small 0-50K linear trimmer pot. You can try diffrent values depending on how precicely/widely you want to be able to adjust the frequecy of clicking.

[Max_Veteran]

IS this possible to use this for games such a cs 1.6 ?

[Marche]

Just a heads up; you probably shouldn't leave the reset and control pins floating. With the 555 I used I just tied the reset pin to VCC.
The control pin should be connected to ground with a 10nF capacitor.
After that it should work fine.

[uger iceman]

what resistor should I use if i needed it to run off 2 AA batteries

[Marche]

IIRC, the resistors are there for timing purposes, if you're still wondering.
Make sure your timer IC can run off of 3V though!

[Staffboat]

Just to point out if you wish to say that Pin6 is connected to Pin2 you must use the small dot which indicates that the intersecting wires connect or attach

[rujoesmith]

will this work on a gamecube controller also? Like say i wanted to make a rapid fire a button, what would i need to do

[Joanassie]

You'd probably need to get a pre-made third-party turbo controller. Less of a chance of screwing up the controller if you make no modifications to it. There are plenty of turbo controllers on the market still, which is good for the gamer who hates button-mashing.

[ubr.bzkr]

I did it to a couple of 360 controllers and they work fine. it's really not all that hard to do. just connect the negitive and positive wires to the battrie and the signal output to a switch and then to the center pin on the circut board for the trigger switch. puch the button and it emulates really fast trigger pulls. also i added a potertiomerer to my circut in place of R1 so when updates and patches are releaced that limit trigger pulling speed (already done with COD 4 and other games) you can adjust the speed to the maximum allowable one.

[DWG21R]

Your 555 timer chip is either numbered incorrectly, or the location of your numbers are off..

It should go from 1 to 8 counterclockwise from the bottom right corner. Where yours the numbers seem to be almost all over the place..

[Joanassie]

A common occurrence in schematics is having the pins numbered in no particular order, connecting the chip using the most direct path possible and numbering it accordingly. It looks like that in better schematics than this, so expect it in the majority of schematics that use chips like this.

[comodore]

What is the correct side of the left mouse button? The beginning or the end, so to say ? Before the original mouses switch or after? Great project , I want to build this, that's why I'm asking.. Thanks!