📱+ 🎮 Gamepad Build Guide

📱+ 🎮 Gamepad Build Guide

Written By: Boardsource

Category: build guides - easy

Tags: kit

Overview

This build guide walks you through how to build the 📱+ 🎮.

all the parts

Kit Contents

  • PCB
  • rp2040 zero controller
  • Rubber dome switches
  • Rubber Feet
  • Special USB cable

Prep

parts broken apart

Break apart the PCB to do so use some clippers to clip the mouse bites.

Soldering

Controller

Place your controller on the top side of the pcb (opposite of the hotswaps) and line up the holes in the pcb.

tip: it can be helpful to use some of the pins included with the controller to line up the contrler but we DO NOT solder the pins into the pcb.

placing the controller

once you have lined up the controller solder in one conner to lock it in place

soldering one pin on controller

soldering second pin on controller

After that you can continue around the controller and solder the rest of the pins.

contoller finished

Buttons

Solder one pad.

installing puttons pt1

Reflow that ond pad and Push one of the switches into the liquid solder.

installing puttons pt2

After one side is done solder the other side of the switch

installing puttons pt3

Done

soldering the case together pt2

Finish the build

Place the PCB labeled as level 0 onto the back of your PCB

soldering the case together pt1

And solder through one of the holes on the level 0 plate. Once you are happy with the alignment, do the other 2 holes.

soldering the case together pt6

Next lay level 2 onto the PCB over the installed switches and controller, and solder the holes together again.

Follow the same for Level 3

soldering the case together pt3 soldering the case together pt4 soldering the case together pt5

Build Done

controller finished

Flashing.

Downloads

This kit uses the awesome gp2040-ce gamepad firmware

Download the file below.

Once you have the file downloaded we need to flash the firmware. To do so you need to hold down the boot button on the blue controller in the center, while you plug in the controller to your computer.

After you do that it will show up as a drive and you can transfer the .uf2 file you downloaded from the first link.

how to flash uf2

Really done this time go play some games.