NES MP3 Player
Inspired by someone on the
internet who did this,
I dicided to try and integrate a mp3 player into an old NES (original
Nintendo console) controller. I bought a cheap mp3 player off ebay and
a NES controller off QXL, and started the refitting.
The mp3-player I'm using.
Inside of the NES controller, after I sanded down some plastic and
glued the not-to-be-used A and B buttons to the casing.
The Mp3 player taken apart.
The piece of the NES controller's PCB that I'm using, the rest I cut
away. I also scraped off some paint so that I could solder the wires to
the buttons.
The Mp3 player with the wires soldered on. I then used a LOT of glue to
make sure they stayed there ^^
The first few wires soldered on.
"Some assembly required" :P The memory card reader was the first thing
I glued to the controller casing.
More parts added to the casing.
All parts added, but some additional glue is requeired before I can put
the back plate on.
Pictures of the
finished player!
Well, the player's finished! It's pretty smooth, but there are some
glue residue ++ around the connectors (jack, usb, memory card and the
on/off switch). It doesn't bother me, but it could use some model
paint. The USB connector is soldered so tightly to the mp3 player's PCB
so it was impossible to re-wire it anywhere else. The matching USB plug
is unecessary big, so to make it fit I had to make the USB connector
hole that big. Not that pretty, but at least I can see the power LEDs
in the hole, and that's useful ^^.
I made this video and uploaded it to youtube. Pretty self-explainatory^^
The top, with a audio cable and the USB plug connected.
The 1/8" (3.5mm) output. As mentioned before, there's some glue residue
that could use some model paint, but hey, the player works so I don't
really care ^^
USB connector. When the player is on you can see the power light in there.
Memory Card slot
Power switch. The original player had one, so I re-wired it here. Would
have been better to use the A button or something, put a
push-switch in there, but then I wouldn't have room for the player
itself.
Last, the front and back. The front is unchanged, and so is the back -
mostly. I had to sand down those taps that hold the screws on the
inside, so you can see the inside through some of the screw
holes, but mostly only when there's a blitz lighting it up ^^
