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Step 9Crafting the Battery Compartment
I decided to use some scrap plastic from a broken controller to make an awesome battery compartment.
First, cut a 90 degree corner from a spare controller backing or some other piece of plastic. Make it a bit shorter than the AAA.
Next, place the AAA battery in the upper right corner of the controller.
Drop 4 or 5 drops of super glue to the bottom of the 90 degree piece and place it up to the battery once you have the battery in the right place. Make sure the tab of your 90 degree piece faces away from the battery.
From the Blue Ray gift card, I pulled off the battery holders. You can use any similar metal that conducts electricity and is bendable.
I trimmed the edges off and made it into one long rectangular piece.
I used a 4 to 5 inch long piece of 22 gauge wire to solder to the fabricated battery connection
Make 2 - one red, one black.
I replaced the battery, fit my battery leads, and twisted a cardboard Q-Tip into the open space between the battery lead and the screw post.
Cut the Q-Tip long enough to touch the bottom of the space but flush with the top of the screw post.
Fill the Q-Tip with a handful of drops of super glue. It will harden quickly and rocks as a filler!
( I used chunk of plastic previously which I had to trim down and test fit repeatedly - It still did not fit as nice as the Q-Tip filler!
Trim and fit the battery sticker from the Coby MP3 player if desired.
First, cut a 90 degree corner from a spare controller backing or some other piece of plastic. Make it a bit shorter than the AAA.
Next, place the AAA battery in the upper right corner of the controller.
Drop 4 or 5 drops of super glue to the bottom of the 90 degree piece and place it up to the battery once you have the battery in the right place. Make sure the tab of your 90 degree piece faces away from the battery.
From the Blue Ray gift card, I pulled off the battery holders. You can use any similar metal that conducts electricity and is bendable.
I trimmed the edges off and made it into one long rectangular piece.
I used a 4 to 5 inch long piece of 22 gauge wire to solder to the fabricated battery connection
Make 2 - one red, one black.
I replaced the battery, fit my battery leads, and twisted a cardboard Q-Tip into the open space between the battery lead and the screw post.
Cut the Q-Tip long enough to touch the bottom of the space but flush with the top of the screw post.
Fill the Q-Tip with a handful of drops of super glue. It will harden quickly and rocks as a filler!
( I used chunk of plastic previously which I had to trim down and test fit repeatedly - It still did not fit as nice as the Q-Tip filler!
Trim and fit the battery sticker from the Coby MP3 player if desired.
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http://www.instructables.com/id/NES-Controller-Shuffle-Nintendo-Controller-MP3-v/
This guy used an IPod Shuffle which has a rechargeable battery. Also, there is no need to cut a hole for the USB connection. The nice thing is that the Shuffle gets all its info and charges through the headphone jack.
The only thing this guy did not work out was the LED light, perhaps you could do that and post a new instructable!!
Good luck.