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Step 2Soldering it up:
The code for the microcontroller is programmed using Microchip's compiler C30. You can get the student or demo versions for free from here: http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en010065. You will also need an installation of MPLAB (which is the development and programming environment here). Get it here: http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en019469&part=SW007002.
Open your Easy Button(R) with 4 screws on the bottom. Remove the batteries, button, and sleeve. You will see a simple PCB held down by 2 screws. Remove these and de-solder the wires (2 pairs; one going to the speaker, one going to the battery).
Solder up your board (you don't need to program anything first unless you do not plan on installing R1, in which case you should leave off R1 until you've programmed the chip). As usual install the passive components (resistor, capacitor, switch) first, then the small active components (transistor) and finally the microcontroller last. Notice that the transistor and the capacitor have to be bent down to fit in the housing, leave enough of the lead to allow them to bend.
Solder the wires from the Easy Button to the corresponding points on the Lil Jon board. Notice the polarity for the battery (white -> +). The polarity for the speaker is unimportant in this case.
Insert your programmer (PICkit3 or ICD2/3) to the jumper marked ICSP. Load the project from here: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/zcheng1/www/liljon_project.zip . If everything works right, you should be able to hit program and go.
As soon as you are done programming, hit the button and you should be greeted with a "YEAH!!!!" or "WHAT!!!"...
You will probably want to reassemble the newly christened Lil Jon Button (R). You may have to file down the corners of the board to get it to fit inside the odd circular enclosure. Screw at least one of the original PCB screws into the hole on the side of the board (it is designed to be smaller than the screw, use a power screwdriver to open up the hole). Put the button back inside the sleeve and put the sleeve onto the base. Reinstall the 4 screws on the bottom and then pop some Cristal http://www.buy.com/prod/louis-roederer-cristal-brut-2004/q/sellerid/31400202/loc/68903/219440445.html ($194.00 as of writing) like Lil Jon would.
Open your Easy Button(R) with 4 screws on the bottom. Remove the batteries, button, and sleeve. You will see a simple PCB held down by 2 screws. Remove these and de-solder the wires (2 pairs; one going to the speaker, one going to the battery).
Solder up your board (you don't need to program anything first unless you do not plan on installing R1, in which case you should leave off R1 until you've programmed the chip). As usual install the passive components (resistor, capacitor, switch) first, then the small active components (transistor) and finally the microcontroller last. Notice that the transistor and the capacitor have to be bent down to fit in the housing, leave enough of the lead to allow them to bend.
Solder the wires from the Easy Button to the corresponding points on the Lil Jon board. Notice the polarity for the battery (white -> +). The polarity for the speaker is unimportant in this case.
Insert your programmer (PICkit3 or ICD2/3) to the jumper marked ICSP. Load the project from here: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/zcheng1/www/liljon_project.zip . If everything works right, you should be able to hit program and go.
As soon as you are done programming, hit the button and you should be greeted with a "YEAH!!!!" or "WHAT!!!"...
You will probably want to reassemble the newly christened Lil Jon Button (R). You may have to file down the corners of the board to get it to fit inside the odd circular enclosure. Screw at least one of the original PCB screws into the hole on the side of the board (it is designed to be smaller than the screw, use a power screwdriver to open up the hole). Put the button back inside the sleeve and put the sleeve onto the base. Reinstall the 4 screws on the bottom and then pop some Cristal http://www.buy.com/prod/louis-roederer-cristal-brut-2004/q/sellerid/31400202/loc/68903/219440445.html ($194.00 as of writing) like Lil Jon would.
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