From 6695c838ee00c7e64af0499684c73e50f3083eb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bridgette Queale Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:44:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add Bug-zapper Guitar Hero Controller --- Bug-zapper Guitar Hero Controller.-.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Bug-zapper Guitar Hero Controller.-.md diff --git a/Bug-zapper Guitar Hero Controller.-.md b/Bug-zapper Guitar Hero Controller.-.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..608b014 --- /dev/null +++ b/Bug-zapper Guitar Hero Controller.-.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +
Just earlier than Christmas (the night time earlier than?) 2006 my sister in-law asked me what I'd like for a present. I requested a DualShock-like controller and Guitar Hero II for [chemical-free bug control](http://dwise.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=537103) the Playstation 2 in order that I might construct my own Guitar Hero controller. After Christmas day I spent a while wanting around for a toy guitar that I might hack however didn't see something suitable. I then remembered that during my childhood I would sometimes leap about the lounge room with the stereo turned up whereas pretending to play guitar with a tennis racket. Now in Thailand they not only have tennis rackets however they even have excessive-voltage bug-zappers that look like tennis rackets. They're nice for chasing down potentially life threatening mosquitos (utilizing one is clearly a case of self denfence) which disappear in a vivid blue flash accompanied by a satisfyingly loud bang. Now you can find a huge variety of DIY Guitar Hero controllers on the net made from LEGO, real guitars, and erector sets and even Guitar Hero playing robots.
+ +
Given my fond childhood memories, the tennis-racket-esque (and due to this fact guitar-like) form of the [chemical-free bug control](https://snaptool.site/luigiwhitmore6)-zappers, their prepared availability and [Zap Zone Defender](https://khongdaidong.click/stefanmaresca) low value I determine to make use of a bug-zapper for the body of my Guitar Hero controller. I bought a racket with a groovy lightning-bolt motif and began by gutting the handle and eradicating the present electronics. Despite being powered by only two 'AA' batteries it delivers a surprisingly giant kick - though at a really low present. I additionally eliminated the circuit board from the DualShock controller and de-soldered the rumble motors and Right analogue joystick. The printed circuit board (PCB) has what seem like small check-pads positioned near each of the buttons and i soldered wires for my guitar instantly onto these pads using the mapping within the table under. Some time after my guitar was completed I found out that shorting the Left D-pad button makes the game assume that you are utilizing a Guitar controller. I used two small tact switches for "select" and "again" and these were mounted using sizzling-melt glue at the base of the guitar's neck.
+ +
Using some aspect-cutters I rigorously cut by the mosquito-frying mesh to make a hole simply large enough for the left joystick and sizzling-melt glued the board in place. Then by trimming the mushroom off the highest of the thumb stick and carefully cutting a vertical slot I used to be capable of mount a plectrum in the highest of the joystick. A small screw by way of the shaft held the plectrum in place. It was a novel touch however somewhat complicated because the joystick acts because the whammy bar once you play Guitar Hero with a DualShock controller! The rest of the DualShock PCB was housed in one-half of a venture box which was also glued to the again of the mesh. Within the 1987 film Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson's character realises that they're dealing with professionals because they used mercury switches. Martin Riggs is analyzing a twisted hunk of metal as Murtaugh walks up beside him. MURTAUGH: What'cha bought? RIGGS: [chemical-free bug control](https://s-en-r.nl/neemcontactop2) A part of the device.
+ +
Holy cow. MURTAUGH: What? RIGGS: Artwork. This is @! MURTAUGH: Swell. I'm glad you favored it. RIGGS: You do not perceive. That is real professional stuff. MURTAUGH: Come again? RIGGS: C.I.A. That's right folks - mercury switches. I needed to be an expert and i additionally needed some sort of tilt switch in the guitar to activite star energy so I went searching for a mercury change. Having solely been in the nation for about six months at that stage my Thai wasn't excellent. On the native electronics store I spent a while attempting to explain what I used to be looking for and after many drawings of thermometers and attempts to look like Mel Gibson they advised me that they didn't have any mercury switches. It's a small device that you just fit over your ear whereas driving. Should your head fall ahead it then emits an ear piercing beep that causes you to wake up whereas simultaneously deafening you. I think is a very catchy name.
+ +
There was obviously some kind of tilt-sensing mechanism inside and certain sufficient after i opened the case what I noticed was artwork - there was a mercury change inside. Now we have been ready to rock. At first my son was a bit reluctant to attempt the guitar as a result of he was afraid of being zapped. I should have left the high-voltage electronics intact and the guitar may very well be used for operant conditioning. If B.B. King's guitar known as "Lucille" then an applicable nickname for this guitar is perhaps "Frank", "Dweezil" or maybe even "Moon Unit". While making the guitar I used to be stunned at how difficult it was to search out appropriate buttons - the truth is the guitar has now been by means of three completely different generations of buttons. I discovered these stunning trying buttons at the identical electronics retailer that sold the succinctly named "Cure Sleepiness Immediately" and thought they can be perfect for this hack.
\ No newline at end of file