Muiltple Wiimote mods all in One.

Step 3 Player Indicator mod

This mod is easy but very hard all at the same time. You'll see what I mean.
I have a shortage of pictures for this mod as i can't do a new one so i have to use the one i have already done as a reference. I will do my best to set you on your way.

list :
1 Wiimote
4 SMD LEDs (0603)
Tri-wing screwdriver
Soldering iron with solder
Magnifier glass (if you have trouble looking at small items)
Desoldering Braid
Tweezers

First take apart your wiimote. Then locate your player indicator leds at the bottom of the wiimote. If you have trouble finding them put some batterys in the wiimote and press home, you'll find them trust me.

Secondly take your desoldering braid and desolder leds 2-4. (if your worried you might not be able to do this mod remove player's 4 led and try to installed your smd led on it)

Once you get them desoldered take out your smd leds. To put the leds on put some solder on your iron (tiny bit!) and place your iron onto one side of the pad and use the tweezers to slide your new led into place. To find out what side is pos and neg of the leds is beyond me, so just do some testing and your get it. It might take some time to do this mod, just make sure not to get mad and don't burn your pads.

Ask for any help if needed.

Comments

[master_of_instructables]

OMF!!! i only fried my wiimote and nunchuk

[Wiimote Master]

Try to sent it back to wal-mart and say you bought it broke. If you bought it there. If not, go buy a wiimote and a nunchuck return next day saying its broke. (And you didnt hear this from me.)

[The nerdling]

nice idea

[maxthrottle]

Do you know how to remotely wire a switch to operate the B (trigger button?)

[MisterAlex]

Man, this is great. You don't happen to live in the Dallas area, do you? I'd pay to have someone mod my controllers for me (hardly any soldering experience). I may give it a shot anyway, though.

[Wiimote Master]

I live in Missouri. If you really want me to make you one i can but i can't pay for shipping and ill have to have alittle money for supply's and labor. It would come around 70 bucks total. So i would try to do it yourself first and if you can't seem to get it, let me know and we'll work something out.

[crazyhalofreak]

where in MO? around central?

[Wiimote Master]

More around St.Louis.

[crazyhalofreak]

dang

[master_of_instructables]

oo thanks i gonna try

[noobiefied]

nice... but $70 ? i think u need to think of a new marketing strategy O.O

[Wiimote Master]

Well the wiimote cost 50 and shipping alone would be between 8 to 25$. Thats $75 without labor and supplies. So $70 isn't as bad as you think. Also I'm not here to make money thats why I made the Instructable, to encourage people to do it on their own.

[darandriel]

thanks for the new icon, XD, it looks awsume :)

[D-RAL]

can I just buy a wii mote with the player indicators and the a button mod? cause I'm not allowed to do this and I think its super cool.

[erwan]

Hi, Thank you for these awesome mods! I can't wait to apply it to my 4 wii remotes. I'm now shopping for LEDs (for the player indicator mods) but I'm not sure what voltage to take. I see LEDs with 2.0V to 3.2V. I believe the brightness will change with a different voltage, and I just want something with a brightness similar to the original LEDs. What voltage should I use?

[Wiimote Master]

Go with 3.2 for all but green runs alittle bright so you might want to make that a 2v. But any will work, just play around with it. Maybe buy both!

[Noodle93]

Hi,

If you want to, you can add this to the Nintendo group. It's aimed at gathering all mods/hacks/builds that are related to Nintendo.

~N93.

Also, I want to do this but don't want to break it. :(