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PCB for bluetooth gamepad.

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I recently started working on a bluetooth gamepad. I will be using a arduino pro micro + HC-05 controllers. The Gamepad will have 2 trigger buttons, 4 direction keys, A,B,X,Y, start, select, and two analog PSP joysticks. I have a 100mmX120mmX25mm metal box that I plan on using as the casing for the gamepad for now. While waiting for my parts I decided to make a PCB layout for the gamepad.  I have little to no experience in PCB design (or in-depth understanding of electronics involved), hence I came here to share the design for feedback. This is my first electronics project and I am very excited to work on it. The device will be detected as a HID device on various systems thanks to, https://mitxela.com/projects/bluetooth_hid_gamepad  . To be honest, I still don't know how I will go about coding the pro micro but I am sure I'll figure it out over time.

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  • UPDATE: I am done with the PCB design. It's much more compact now. I received the PCBs recently and immediately started working on them. Some components are still on the way but for now I have a working wired gamepad. The analog stick inputs are currently very noisy. I didn't solder them because I only have two analog sticks and will save them for when everything is finalized. Getting components has become increasing difficult recently because of the ban on Chinese products in India.

    I was able to modify my HC-05 such that it was being recognized as a gamepad on my system. Unfortunately I somehow managed to brick it and I am no longer able to modify it using AT commands.

     

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  • UPDATE: I am done with the PCB design. It's much more compact now. I received the PCBs recently and immediately started working on them. Some components are still on the way but for now I have a working wired gamepad. The analog stick inputs are currently very noisy. I didn't solder them because I only have two analog sticks and will save them for when everything is finalized. Getting components has become increasing difficult recently because of the ban on Chinese products in India.

    I was able to modify my HC-05 such that it was being recognized as a gamepad on my system. Unfortunately I somehow managed to brick it and I am no longer able to modify it using AT commands.

     

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