Post by Frisbone on Aug 23, 2013 16:36:25 GMT -5
This pic shows the bar I constructed with the buttons all installed over the A/B buttons. The bar was cut from the orange muzzle pieces across the grain at the top. The buttons were first super-glued to the flat part of the plastic before being put in place and then secured with silicon.
This pic shows the original gun two-wire buttons being put back in place (obviously old wires removed first).
I figured the best way to make it so the gun can be easily separated was to create a ground plane that runs the length of the gun on both sides and are connected at some common point (making the gun not fully functional when taken apart).
I chose to use wire because it can be easily moved around and has a low risk of causing shorts. I created exposed areas as shown at varying intervals by using wire strippers and pushing the plastic sheathing aside.
Shows installed harness on he right half of the gun in the area of RB, A, and B buttons.
Shows the ground plane/harness in the area of the new config button, mode button, and LED. Note that the two buttons are essentially super glued in place as is the LED. The LED is grounded on one side and the other is tied to a 470ohm resistor before it heads to the output connector for the RPi.
This pic shows the reload and trigger buttons tied to the ground harness.
This pic shows the grounding harness connected to the RSTK button and the Y on the grip.
Shows ground harness on the left side of gun tied to LB.
Shows ground harness on left side in the center - no connections here.
This pick shows the left side ground harness connected to the power on switch (tip of screw exposed). This is a convenient way of ensuring that the left side has a solid ground when everything is assembled.
This pic shows the original gun two-wire buttons being put back in place (obviously old wires removed first).
I figured the best way to make it so the gun can be easily separated was to create a ground plane that runs the length of the gun on both sides and are connected at some common point (making the gun not fully functional when taken apart).
I chose to use wire because it can be easily moved around and has a low risk of causing shorts. I created exposed areas as shown at varying intervals by using wire strippers and pushing the plastic sheathing aside.
Shows installed harness on he right half of the gun in the area of RB, A, and B buttons.
Shows the ground plane/harness in the area of the new config button, mode button, and LED. Note that the two buttons are essentially super glued in place as is the LED. The LED is grounded on one side and the other is tied to a 470ohm resistor before it heads to the output connector for the RPi.
This pic shows the reload and trigger buttons tied to the ground harness.
This pic shows the grounding harness connected to the RSTK button and the Y on the grip.
Shows ground harness on the left side of gun tied to LB.
Shows ground harness on left side in the center - no connections here.
This pick shows the left side ground harness connected to the power on switch (tip of screw exposed). This is a convenient way of ensuring that the left side has a solid ground when everything is assembled.