Controller Prototype
November 7, 2005 08:07 PM
I built a prototype of my controller this weekend. It came out much better than I had anticipated. I think I can stick pretty close to this design for the final thing.
The main structure is made out of foam-core. I got some cool arcade-style buttons from Happ last week. They’re all wired to an iPac to send key-commands to the computer.
I accidentally bought red buttons instead of blue ones. I’ll have to swap those out when the blue ones come in (or maybe wait until I build the final controller).
Still to do:
Add pod recognition hardware. I think I’m going to try do this by placing different resistors in each pod. Then I will use a PIC to measure the voltage coming back from each pod bay. (Thanks Gavri for the idea).
Wire up the lights for the Ready and Battle buttons.
Build this thing out of wood or metal or plastic or something.
Project: Battle Pods | link
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