Wiimote Modification for Persons with Disabilities

Step 10 Assemble the External Connection Box

To operate the modified Wiimote with external buttons you will need to create an External Connection Box. The external connection is box is simply a project box, available at any RadioShack, with and input 8P8C Female Connector and a number of output connectors for varies user devices. Only passive, normally open, pushbuttons can be used with the modified Wiimotes. However this type of button comes in a wide variety of forms featuring different connector types. You are going to have to customize your case based on pushbuttons available to you. For this Connection Box we use two individual pushbuttons with 3.5mm mono plugs, and a directional pad with a DE-9 Serial connector.

The insides of the Connection Box were wired so that the Blue and Yellow buttons, be the A and B buttons, the brown button, in Figure 20, be the Home button, and the directional pad be the Cross Buttons.