Wii Controller Mod

[wraggster]

Sir crx has posted a great little Wii Controller mod which features an ipod battery and a USB Lead:

Rechargeable battery, via ipod battery.
Added Power Button Light
Charge via USB through stock Wii Dongle.

There is more i am leaving out. Right towards me putting it all back together, I can name about 5 things that went terribly wrong. So this is now dubbed my "Version.0". I don't like how it turned out internally and some scuffs/burns externally.

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[Shrygue]

That modified Wiimote looks good. Using a rechargable iPod battery is also brilliant, no need to change standard batteries when they go flat.

[Demolition49]

Interesting but a little impractical, i would be good if you could interface with wiimote using the usb.

[Anger]

while i do agree that its a cool mod i have reason to doubt it. please hear me out. the power button is red in two pictures yet in the other picture you can see its not see-through. next notice a pin coming out the bottom in only one pic. yes he could have 2 motes but it strikes me as strange anyway. at least its a good idea.

[Xiro]

Anger, its definately see through with the LED's on in the last two pictures, there is just too much light for it to stand out very much.

[S34MU5]

really dont like the look of those LED's

[SSaxdude]

Yo quiero

[Anger]

ya know - im gonna try something.
im gonna strip down my wiimote and shine my laser through it - i think it will be visible but i think it wont be anything like that picture. the actual wiimote does not have a see through power button, however it can be made of thin plastic so itll be an interesting test.
i dont mean to put down his work as it could be easily explained but unless he has replaced that power button then i cant see it shining the light through the plastic. and i still wanna know what that pin is all about - real strange. anyway ill post again when i get time for the laser test :P

*EDIT* well ill be damned - the button is actually see through after all. even regular light can be seen if you look through it.