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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Spinal's SNES Controller |
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| Tue, 11 Jul 2017, 05:04 | |
spinal
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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
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Giant SNES-styled battery on the end of a long wire?!
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| Tue, 11 Jul 2017, 05:54 | |
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GfK |
Could you squeeze in a mobile phone battery, maybe?
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| Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 00:41 | |
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spinal
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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 | |
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spinal
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Temporary solution...
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| Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 09:50 | |
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Jayenkai
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Four?!!!???? Surely one would be plenty? Could you add a single battery internally? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 09:57 | |
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spinal
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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 | |
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GfK |
Didn't the X360 controllers run on 2 x 1.5v? Seems a bit odd that this would need more.
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| Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 10:13 | |
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Jayenkai
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Hmmm.. Guess the Arduino isn't quite as energy efficient as a specifically designed board. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Fri, 14 Jul 2017, 17:45 | |
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spinal
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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 | |
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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.
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| Sun, 08 Oct 2017, 09:11 | |
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spinal
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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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