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Homemade Bluetooth game controller.

I was bored and my x10's dual touch sux.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CILMy5j0OI
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A Few Pics Here

Nice!
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dexter93 said:
Nice!
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If i get enough requests.
I will put up a guide on how to make one

OmegaRED^ said:
If i get enough requests.
I will put up a guide on how to make one
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Please do, I am interested
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it might be a PS2/PS3 controller, but i have to say it looks kinda cool,

Simon_WM said:
it might be a PS2/PS3 controller, but i have to say it looks kinda cool,
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LOL.
thanx.
It was cheap to make.
Go look what a gamepad and a WiiController costs.
If you have a glue gun and a soldering iron.
you have 90% of what you need.
The one in the guide i am making will have dual analogue.

nice one, a guide would be very nice

Nice I have mini pro so my dual touch is pretty good but still on a phone that had hdmi output like the arc it would be good on something like leos rc simulator
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Good that's 5 requests in total so far.
If i get up to 10 i will go buy the parts and get working.

Go on then.....
I am geeky enough to want to do this
Show me how!!!

Ok once it's done i will PM you all.
I ended up with 47 requests for this from different sites.

OmegaRED^ said:
LOL.
thanx.
It was cheap to make.
Go look what a gamepad and a WiiController costs.
If you have a glue gun and a soldering iron.
you have 90% of what you need.
The one in the guide i am making will have dual analogue.
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Yeah, i now its cost what... like the earth =P But also like i said, its a cool idea

I picked up the Wii controller for Us$ 49
The usb game pad was Us$ 15
Look around 2nd hand shops and bargain bins.

I wolff like to see a guide as well
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It's not hard to do.
Basic guide for now.
1. Make sure you get a gamepad with a pc board inside that you can easily solder onto.
2. Then cut the tracks a few mm after the connection point for the buttons.
3. lightly scrape the track to reveal the copper so you can clean solder on it.
4. solder wires in place from each 2 button tracks "make sure the don't obstruct the buttons"
"use thin resin core solder wire and a fine tip low wattage soldering iron"
5. solder the wires on the button connection points on the Wii mote.
6. remove the PC board from the nun chuck "cut the wires and make it just long enough to reach the holes for the analog stick.
fit it properly into the hole. "use a fair amount of hot glue to secure it in place"
Reassemble and secure everything with hot glue.
Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672884
Use this app to get it connected and setup. =)
If your having issue's get version 0.3 instead.
Video guide will come when i get parts.

LG 4x HD Fits the Galaxy S II desk dock! Plus my customcar install

I ordered a cheap desk stand from eBay, for the galaxy SII and the 4x HD fits perfectly!
I also customised a dock for my car, got fed up with trying to squeeze the phone into a rubbish looking universal mount, then connecting a trailing cable. So I hid the cables hard-wired behind the dash, and dremel'd the dock to shape, bent it with a hot air-gun, clamping it in a vice. Getting the connector to stay in place took a hot glue gun. (leaving a cavity underneath means I can still reach my headlight switch, not that i use it, I leave it set to on 100% of the time on the Volvo, as it makes no difference - the daytime running lights are set up to be the main dipped headlights anyway!)
I think now I've got a working prototype I'll buy another and redo it a bit neater. (The dock is only about £4 from china!) as the plastic has reacted a bit to the heat!
The dock is simply squeezed into the gap in the dash trim, it holds fine.
The phone jiggles a bit and it isn't angled towards the driver quite right, but it's fine, and certainly easier than having to fiddle the phone and charger in every time I get in the car!
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look great !!! cool man ^^

I Should add, people have commented on two things - firstly in a crash it's going to fly out very easy and be dangerous (Though surely any cheap phone mount will also! Only something like a Brodit will hold it very securely)
Secondly (and quite worryingly!) Perhaps the charging socket will wear out from sitting wobbling around?

Nice but isn't mobile blocking your air-conditioning channel?
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Yeah, but sitting in the flow of air wasn't a big deal for me. Most universal mounts mount onto a vent!
I since removed this! Firstly, the phone wobbles quite a lot - I was worried that the charging socket could get worn out.
Also, in the event of a crash it would fly around quite easily!
I now use a Clingo, but I modified it by screwing the tip of the ball-joint onto a Brodit base, so it's held next to my stereo

Hi, can you please give the url for the dock you bought ?
Thanks.

elepreta found
Wow!! what a creative idea, charging and cooling at the same time. Good job.

@Ben-B can you post the ebay link? looks like a really good idea for us 4x drivers. I assume ANY S2 docks will do right?

Life'sGood said:
@Ben-B can you post the ebay link? looks like a really good idea for us 4x drivers. I assume ANY S2 docks will do right?
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I have one like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sync-Charge-Cradle-Dock-Station-Charger-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-S3-S4-i9300-i9500-/231021608377?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&var=&hash=item35c9f5fdb9
Though I've now added a shim of card (taped on the back part with black electrical tape) to hold it at just the right angle.
Just to clarify, I'm just talking about desk stands here, the car cradle idea was just me bodging a desk stand, but I don't use that any more.
I doubt a real G S2 car cradle will hold the 4x, the width would have to be the same and I'm sure it's not!

DIY Nexus 7 Portrait Dock

Currently in the planning phase, only a rough draft has been made for it to show what it may look like when finished, it is not scaled or optimized correctly yet. The end result might end up with 4x speakers instead of 2 but that also depends on what type of speakers I end up using "I am leaning on Logitech ones at the moment".
Specifications
LED Lighting in the Nexus sign
1x 3.5mm Headphone Jack Female (front)
2x USB (back)
1x Mini usb (back)
1x 3.5mm Headphone Jack Male (under where you put the tablet)
1x Micro USB (under where you put the tablet)
2x Speakers (Might end up making them Bluetooth speakers to kill off that extra audio jack)
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How im gonna build it is that I am going to submit the final design once completed to a rabid prototyping company and have them 3d print the shell out for me, I then will add the electronics that I will salvage from cheap devices and solider them together inside the shell.
If anyone knows how I can get that soft rubberized feeling from the back of the tablet please let me know, id rather go with that type of finish.
"My friend just gave me an idea on how that I might also be able to add landscape mode without modifying the design". Ill have to do a little bit of extra planning later on how I am going to achieve this.

Troopermanaic said:
If anyone knows how I can get that soft rubberized feeling from the back of the tablet please let me know, id rather go with that type of finish.
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Aren't there products like spray paint that can give you something like that?

Jaxidian said:
Aren't there products like spray paint that can give you something like that?
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Forgot about Plastidip, thanks.

Troopermanaic said:
Forgot about Plastidip, thanks.
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If you use something like that, might be wise to *not* spray it on the inside of the dock where your tablet goes in. It might cause some unwanted friction against the Nexus 7.

Along with the drip stuff there are quite a few spray paint type texture paints you could try. The local big box store should have a few different options
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bsoplinger said:
Along with the drip stuff there are quite a few spray paint type texture paints you could try. The local big box store should have a few different options
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Very cool design. I will certainly be following this. Have you picked out the company that would be prototyping this for you? I have an idea that I wanted to do myself but I couldn't find a company to do it.

I like this idea a lot. What I was thinking would be perfect for a shop/garage setup. Hope this comes together for you.

http://www.zoomrp.com/
They make some impressive things.

Talked to a friend today about some design plans and he brought up the possibility of adding a few features such as making it wall mountable putting a rechargeable battery in it and a few other things not worth mentioning so I decided I am going to release the plans once completed so everyone else can build their own.
I'm doing this because of the amount of good feedback I have gotten from the 3d community I'm part of at deviantart.
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home made dock

Hello just got myself a nexus 7 and knocked myself a dock up.
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Nice craftsmanship! What material is it made of, I can't really tell from the pics.

This uses the pogo pins? If so, awesome,
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Hello,
It is made out of MDF and it does make use of the pogo pins, just charging not audio.
I have done a little more work on it to improve the shape.
After a couple of days use I have noted that if I were to do it again I would put some sort of socket for the power lead. Having it permanently attached is not so great when not charging.
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joesnose said:
Hello,
After a couple of days use I have noted that if I were to do it again I would put some sort of socket for the power lead. Having it permanently attached is not so great when not charging.
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also maybe some felt to line the inside of the slot ? so you get a nice slide in and out and know your safe from and pressures from the mdf on certain areas?

Wow, very impressive. I will never be able to make a dock myself.
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That's nice work! Would you mind posting a view of the pins + purchase info / pinout ? I think I'd try to do something similar but out of teflon (easier to work with where I'm at with a dremel)
great job!

teshgnex said:
That's nice work! Would you mind posting a view of the pins + purchase info / pinout ? I think I'd try to do something similar but out of teflon (easier to work with where I'm at with a dremel)
great job!
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Its actually a bit of a hack job, I just used two pieces of stiff copper wire and glued them while it was in a charging state!. However it works perfectly. The pin closest to the bottom is + and the one nearest the top is ground and the two in the middle are audio. Worth checking on google for pinout though.
Also I built this for purposes of charging while using otg adapter only to find it doesn't work, now that is a real pain! I have read up about timurs USB kernel, which allows this although not through the pogo pins. What a design flaw on google/asus part.
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cool beans. I'm looking for a dock. Not sure if I have the patience to do what you did but, it looks great regardless.

joesnose said:
Its actually a bit of a hack job, I just used two pieces of stiff copper wire and glued them while it was in a charging state!. However it works perfectly. The pin closest to the bottom is + and the one nearest the top is ground and the two in the middle are audio. Worth checking on google for pinout though.
Also I built this for purposes of charging while using otg adapter only to find it doesn't work, now that is a real pain! I have read up about timurs USB kernel, which allows this although not through the pogo pins. What a design flaw on google/asus part.
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I too was searching for charging through doc port and otg through the usb. Were you able to achieve this.

As far as i am aware its not possible
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Lego is great to construct with as well.
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rexman99 said:
Lego is great to construct with as well.
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I made a Lego dock a few weeks ago too... I got given a Nexus 7 that had a broken USB connector. Lego stand, BluTack to hold some wires, and I could charge reliably for the 3 weeks it took for a replacement USB "board" to arrive.

Magnetic Charge/Sync cable

So it has already started, people are loosing and damaging their cradles already. This is going to create a need for a new cradle or another way to charge and sync the unit.
Ever since I first opened the box to my gear I wondered WTF Samsung was thinking with this cradle. There has to be a better way, and hopefully I have found one.
On the back of the watch are 2 small screws. My goal is to use 2 tiny magnets to hold a cable to the back side of the watch via these screws. This will make the cable MUCH smaller and no longer require a massive case to be carried around.
Current status:
Contacted a few companies and have a few different connectors coming in to see what will connect best.
PCB design will all depend on the connector we go with
V1 case design is already started for the housing. I will be printing a few samples out with a makerbot in a week or so and will post up
I hope to have an entire v1 test unit done within the next week or 2. I would have this done earlier but I have a massive fluid mechanics midterm tomorrow then will be heading out of town for the rest of the week for work. I should be back in town on Saturday and will be sitting in front of the makerbot and a soldering iron all day. Please stay tuned for updates.
Also all criticism is welcome, tell me what you think, the only thing I ask is to make it constructive. If you think this is a stupid idea because it will not work for some reason, let me know and why. I am a mechanical engineer with a concentration in structural analysis. I know only what I have taught myself about electronics so I admit I dont know as much as many others.

***UPDATES***​
10/31/2013
Currently working on getting sync capabilities working. I have a feeling Samsug did 1 of 2 things
1. Chip requirement like apples cables to allow sync
2. Power on data line
Either way this weekend I should be able to get the sync feature working or at least have parts on order to do so. First run on the spring loaded contact pins were pretty good, but I am going to need something longer. Once the case goes over the PCB board they will no longer be able to connect with the back of the watch. Here is what I am working with at the moment.
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How'd ya like that for a ghetto macguyver job. LOLZ
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Genshard said:
How'd ya like that for a ghetto macguyver job. LOLZ
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Points for effort !

Got the 1st set of spring pins connectors in. They work but will not be long enough once a case is designed for the unit. Back to ordering more $0.08 1/16" pins!

Try to check the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2493181&page=5
Pins which You found seems to be very nice and will work well, but regarding the magnetic mounting - check if the screws are magnetic - if they are stainless steel (which they almost for sure are) they will not be magnetic... so this will not hold... the other issue is if the watch has sensors inside they may not like the strong magnetic field...

Can't wait to be able to buy one lol
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ktetreault14 said:
Can't wait to be able to buy one lol
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I think my charger just also died... Darn!!..
Better go to samsung tomorrow...
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lukasz said:
if they are stainless steel (which they almost for sure are) they will not be magnetic
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Depends, not all stainless steel is the same. Depends on the blend. Some are quite magnetic.