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Tutorial Bluetooth wheel buttons with BlueHID

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by bruce stephen, Dec 13, 2016.

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  1. Nick Moxley

    Nick Moxley Well-Known Member

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    So just to be clear, the BT board does support Charging.... but its just about the LED's for charge status or do they indicate the Charge level as well ?

    if the battery last as long as it does, Why the need for the indicator...just evey other week plug in the wheel for a few hrs and it should be good to go...no ?

    This appears to be the same as the Adafruit unit but with no batter connector, Only hard wire.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/5V-USB-1A-T...ging-Board-Power-Charger-Module-/311735876784


    lol turns out i actually have one of these already....i must have forethought the idea.....:grin
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  2. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    I'll use it for the LEDs I have to use the switch anyway. Using the board gives me: charge status LEDs, remote usb connectivity, converts the BlueHID board to usb C connector. The LEDs only light when USB is plugged in.
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    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    i tore down my wheel to make an upgrade to the button. when i did the sticker came off the 1000mah battery I got with my bluehid only to find it is a 750mah with a 1000mah sticker on it. hmmmmm..........

    Anyway on to the pics of the WIP bluetooth plate/wheel.
    20170123_015016.jpg 20170123_022240.jpg 20170123_104646.jpg 20170123_120947.jpg 20170123_121825.jpg 20170123_121952.jpg
    charge indicator;)
    still waiting on switches for new paddles and encoder.
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    Diggin the Clear plexi LED status light.
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    Any chance you can do that bluehid holder in a printable file *.stl ??
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  6. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    I can try to draw something up. These are 2d files I'm using. Just a black outline for the laser.
    20170123_142925.jpg
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    2d image........ Extrrrrrract..... and done. well maybe add some filleting or something to make it pretty lookin.
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    great work bruce......it's possible to have a little scheme\explanation how to connect the button ,because i did not understand anything : ths(
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    Plugin the jumper wires set it in the utility and that's it
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    Hello,
    Maybe someone can help me. I have this board and have it running as a button box for IRacing. The problem I'm having is it works great for Discord PTT BUT when I try to assign a button for IRacing PTT or TeamSpeak PTT it does not recognize the button being pressed. IRacing just doesn't see I'm pressing a button and TS seem me pressing a button but seems to wait for a second thing to happen. Any help would be appriciated.

    Thank You.
    BFBCAcid, May 29, 2020
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