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Tue, 11 Jul 2017, 05:04
spinal
Right, current progress, I have the bluetooth working, all buttons presses present and working. I just need to come up with a cheap and SAFE battery solution that doesn't spoil the external look of the controller too much.

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Tue, 11 Jul 2017, 05:36
Jayenkai
Giant SNES-styled battery on the end of a long wire?!

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Tue, 11 Jul 2017, 05:54
GfK
Could you squeeze in a mobile phone battery, maybe?
Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 00:41
spinal
Probable, but it the charging that's the issue. That's why I chose one of the wii battery packs with the 'charger' built in. Turns out, it was nothing more that a resister and diode combination, which provided almost zero charge protection. Which I assume caused the leaking, that sort of pack is deigned to trickle charge only so providing any more than about 0.5a results in over charging. And I plugged it into my powered usb hub to charge!

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Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 09:20
spinal
Temporary solution...



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Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 09:50
Jayenkai
Four?!!!????
Surely one would be plenty? Could you add a single battery internally?

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Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 09:57
spinal
need the voltage up above 3.5 at least, I tested with two and got nothing. So, yeah, four it is. I'll keep looking for a cheap safe rechargable solution though. Most wireless controllers use internal battery charging these days, it can't be that expensive...

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Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 09:59
GfK
Didn't the X360 controllers run on 2 x 1.5v? Seems a bit odd that this would need more.
Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 10:13
Jayenkai
Hmmm..
Guess the Arduino isn't quite as energy efficient as a specifically designed board.

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Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 17:45
spinal
You can get doodads to up the voltage, but i I wanted to do this as cheap as possible.

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Sat, 15 Jul 2017, 04:24
GfK
See, if you'd thought ahead you coulda made this out of an old Jaguar controller. That way you'd be able to fit batteries in easily. Plus a beer fridge.
Sun, 08 Oct 2017, 09:11
spinal
Upgraded it, got a handful for lipo charger circuits from amazon and used a battery out of a bluetooth speaker that didn't really work properly. So the whole lot is internal now.

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