Comments for Ben's Blog http://blog.benbergman.ca A window into the mind of a computer engineer Wed, 01 May 2013 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on The Bluetooth Kinesis by fess http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/06/26/the-bluetooth-kinesis/#comment-34765 fess Wed, 01 May 2013 00:24:20 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1688#comment-34765 This is a cool project. I hope you complete it.

]]> Comment on The Bluetooth Kinesis by Ben http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/06/26/the-bluetooth-kinesis/#comment-30688 Ben Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:32:00 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1688#comment-30688 I’ve got all the various parts of my mod working, I just need to find the time to put them all together. Too many interesting projects, not enough time to work on them all.

]]> Comment on The Bluetooth Kinesis by chet http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/06/26/the-bluetooth-kinesis/#comment-30554 chet Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:03:08 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1688#comment-30554 Did you get it to work? I can’t believe kinesis themselves haven’t made a bluetooth version yet.

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Dayne http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-24765 Dayne Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:53:33 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-24765 wOW! are you interested in selling one of your little boards? I would love to build one of these up! but I dont really wanna order 10 boards :P

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by The World’s Smallest NES Controller « adafruit industries blog http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22428 The World’s Smallest NES Controller « adafruit industries blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:37:14 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22428 [...] Ben read an article about the world’s largest NES controller, and decided to make the world&#8… Introducing the μJoypad, the worlds smallest NES controller! Measuring in at 25.4×12.8×3.2mm (1.0×0.5×0.1in) this is, by my best research, the worlds smallest, fully functional NES compatible controller. A couple months ago I saw an article or video of the world’s largest game controller and thought to myself “I bet I could make the smallest” and so I did. [...]

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Wade http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22215 Wade Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:28:33 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22215 Oh I think I found the button on Mouser as well, at least in the US store: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Omron-Electronics/B3U-1000P/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMsgGjVA3toVBD%252bqDoRYvPtZBt73XVLWoZs%3d 22 cents cheaper too!

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Wade http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22214 Wade Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:24:30 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22214 @Ben Thanks very much for the BOM, that’s perfect. A while back I made what I call Demiduino as my first tiny SMD board (not sure if you want us linking on your comments, but it was on Dangerous Prototypes in February) and I like those buttons. I might be with Ibraham, I’m wondering if I try rerouting some traces and switching up placement if I could get it any smaller. Probably wouldn’t do any more for ergonomics though huh?

Great work again!

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Ben http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22110 Ben Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:40:36 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22110 @UnaClocker: I thought about doing some of those improvements, but this is my first SMD project and didn’t want to make things too crazy. I’m also pretty convinced that this size is about the smallest it can be and still have it be playable like a normal controller.

My uJoypad is at Comic-Con right now and has already experienced one broken wire, so I can’t imagine an SMD pad for the wires lasting any longer. I am actually thinking that if I make more, I will have to add some extra form of strain relief.

Another improvement I might add to shrink the board is use a 4 layer PCB. This would have jumped the cost on my fun little project, so I didn’t bother.

The design files are in my GitHub account and it was all designed using gEDA.

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Ben http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22109 Ben Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:34:43 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22109 @Wade: I just uploaded a BOM.csv with links to the button part I am using: https://github.com/BenBergman/uJoypad/blob/master/BOM.csv

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Ben http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22108 Ben Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:34:16 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22108 @Ibrahim: I have added a simple BOM.csv to my GitHub repository: https://github.com/BenBergman/uJoypad/blob/master/BOM.csv

The resistors are simple generics, the NES cables were from NES extensions cables I found on Amazon that are no longer offered.

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Ben http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22107 Ben Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:32:22 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22107 @Gregg Eshelman: I think a hole punch hole might actually be too big, but I was thinking of using an old hotel card and laser cutting out an appropriate case. The D-pad I figured I could leave attached and allow it to flex, but the buttons were more tricky. Cutting them out and gluing them could work quite well.

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by UnaClocker http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22106 UnaClocker Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:56:26 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22106 If you put the shift register and the resistor network on the back of the board, as well as make the wire connections simple solder pads rather than through-hole, you could make this board quite a bit smaller.
Where are the shematic/board files? I see the open hardware logo on the silkscreen. I’d like to have a wack at shrinking it some more. :)
Cool board though, not knocking it at all. :)

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Ibrahim http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22078 Ibrahim Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:35:07 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22078 Please can you release BOM file for this project or at least Digi-Key part numbers

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by MrTrick http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-22003 MrTrick Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:26:40 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-22003 And still a better experience than playing games on a touch-screen mobile phone.

Fantastic work!

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Gregg Eshelman http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-21999 Gregg Eshelman Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:22:02 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-21999 Make button caps from a plastic card using a hole punch. Carefully super glue to the switches.

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Wade http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-21995 Wade Sun, 04 Nov 2012 02:50:21 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-21995 Very nice work! Do you recall the dimensions of your push buttons? I wasn’t sure about viewing the footprints but I’m guessing something around 6mm by 4.5mm? Also is the shift register an SOIC-16 package or something smaller? Thanks!

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Ben http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-21993 Ben Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:42:52 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-21993 I do love supporting fellow Canadians. I got these boards made by OSHPark. How do your prices compare?

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Andrew http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-21986 Andrew Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:03:22 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-21986 A fellow Canadian! I have a good relationship with a small PCB prototyping factory here in Toronto who loves to do small batches of stuff. If you are interested in getting these made professionally hit me up!

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by μJoypad, el mando de NES más pequeño del mundo « Blog Personal de Ariel Infante http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-21985 μJoypad, el mando de NES más pequeño del mundo « Blog Personal de Ariel Infante Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:42:55 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-21985 [...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...]

]]> Comment on μJoypad [+ ..] by Sebi http://blog.benbergman.ca/2012/11/01/%ce%bcjoypad/#comment-21978 Sebi Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:42:56 +0000 http://blog.benbergman.ca/?p=1804#comment-21978 Do want!

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