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Step 4Et voilà!
The final step of this project, as far as the hardware is concerned, is to place the front panel and the button covers, and to secure the construction.
Different methods for closing the casing can be used:
- A few drops of hot glue on the corners of the buttons to hold them close to the front panel, and one the borders of the casing to close it: robust method but makes it difficult to reach for the electronic components if there is any problem
- Sewing: all beads have a hole in the middle, and so does the circuit board, which makes it possible to sew them together and close the box in a non-permanent way. However, the thread might be too visible for one's taste.
- Double-sided tape: versatile but not very robust.
- A combination of all of them.
The button covers made on step 1 can now be glued on top of the push-buttons.
The game controller's hardware is now finished and ready to be control a softtware!
As mentioned in the intro, the controller is not compatible with Nintendo consoles (yet), but serial information coming from the controller can be used in many kinds of interactive applications (see example in step 5), including computer games.
So go ahead, geek on!
Different methods for closing the casing can be used:
- A few drops of hot glue on the corners of the buttons to hold them close to the front panel, and one the borders of the casing to close it: robust method but makes it difficult to reach for the electronic components if there is any problem
- Sewing: all beads have a hole in the middle, and so does the circuit board, which makes it possible to sew them together and close the box in a non-permanent way. However, the thread might be too visible for one's taste.
- Double-sided tape: versatile but not very robust.
- A combination of all of them.
The button covers made on step 1 can now be glued on top of the push-buttons.
The game controller's hardware is now finished and ready to be control a softtware!
As mentioned in the intro, the controller is not compatible with Nintendo consoles (yet), but serial information coming from the controller can be used in many kinds of interactive applications (see example in step 5), including computer games.
So go ahead, geek on!
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Jan 18, 2011. 10:26 AMSUPERBROMO
says:
you have forgotten the start and select buttons two very key buttons needed for gaming
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