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Step 17Building the controller
Whoo! Finally, second to last step of the entire project- building Beemo's wired controller!
Even though Beemo has front facing controls, aside from the Start and Select buttons we already soldered on in the previous step, Finn and Jake rarely use him as a hand held device as opposed to a miniature Television- Wired Remote video game system. It's sort of funny since a lot of people for Video Game Month have been taking wired systems and making them hand held, I'm doing the exact opposite.
So for Beemo's controller body, I used the second Acrylic Plastic Container to house everything inside. Next, take your four small push buttons as well as the two long push button switches and arrange them on the electronic circuit board. The 4 small push buttons should be arranged in the shape of a Nintendo D Pad, and the two longer buttons will be used for A and B. To recreate Beemo's joystick controller, I ended up taking the D Pad joystic from an old Game Boy Advance Face Mask, which uses 4 different pegs which are used to press against the control pad. Cut out only the joystick and then measure it against the two plastic red push button caps on the circuit board, making sure you have enough room but it's still small enough to fit within the plastic container housing.
For wiring, connect four wires coming from one of the D Pad's push button leads, while leaving the others separately soldered to each of the 8 insulated wiring. This will serve as the Ground Wire and Signal Wire, respectively. Then, do the same for the A and B push buttons, connecting their ground wires together and connecting them back to the D Pad's.
Finally once you are full completed and it fits nicely inside the Acrylic Container, you can begin painting the controller. I based mine loosely off a NES', so it has gray sides and bottom, as well as a black top section. Then, Hot Glue the red push button caps to the A and B buttons.
Even though Beemo has front facing controls, aside from the Start and Select buttons we already soldered on in the previous step, Finn and Jake rarely use him as a hand held device as opposed to a miniature Television- Wired Remote video game system. It's sort of funny since a lot of people for Video Game Month have been taking wired systems and making them hand held, I'm doing the exact opposite.
So for Beemo's controller body, I used the second Acrylic Plastic Container to house everything inside. Next, take your four small push buttons as well as the two long push button switches and arrange them on the electronic circuit board. The 4 small push buttons should be arranged in the shape of a Nintendo D Pad, and the two longer buttons will be used for A and B. To recreate Beemo's joystick controller, I ended up taking the D Pad joystic from an old Game Boy Advance Face Mask, which uses 4 different pegs which are used to press against the control pad. Cut out only the joystick and then measure it against the two plastic red push button caps on the circuit board, making sure you have enough room but it's still small enough to fit within the plastic container housing.
For wiring, connect four wires coming from one of the D Pad's push button leads, while leaving the others separately soldered to each of the 8 insulated wiring. This will serve as the Ground Wire and Signal Wire, respectively. Then, do the same for the A and B push buttons, connecting their ground wires together and connecting them back to the D Pad's.
Finally once you are full completed and it fits nicely inside the Acrylic Container, you can begin painting the controller. I based mine loosely off a NES', so it has gray sides and bottom, as well as a black top section. Then, Hot Glue the red push button caps to the A and B buttons.
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However, if you are interested in building one I'd be more than happy to help you! Just ask if you have any specific construction questions.
First off, I'm very flattered you like my build enough to actually want to pay for it! But I wasn't really looking for a profit or anything, I just built BMO for fun and as a tribute to all Adventure Time fans out there. Also, I find it a little hard to put a sale market price on my builds since I spend a lot of time and effort on them.
However, if you really are interested in buying one, you should probably PM and we might be able to discuss something.