Hello, my name is Cooper Chavigny, and I am 17 years old, and a senior in high school. I've kept a special place in my heart for all facets of design ever since taking the Visual Thinking and Fabrication class at my school during my freshman year. I hope that what I create, whether it's an engineering project, or an architectural masterpiece, as I seek to major architecture in college, will be of benifit to the people of this world!

Contact Information:cchav123@icloud.com 

Wood Plank+Box

• The first think you want to do is grab some sort of wood plank, or somthing that will stabilize the box. 

• Next, grab a box and glue velcro to plank and the bottom of the box. 

• Plus, put copper tape on two opposite sides of the inside like it's shown in the photo.

Wiring: 

• cut two square holes in the back of the box, and grab any wire and strip it, then fray it. I used alligator clips for this since they're more substantial.

• Then, take out a little bit of the copper tape, and put the wires under the tape, then connect the tape together.

• then, put a frayed alligator clip under a slap of tape at the front of the box, and strip both sides of the wire. 

Soldering: 

• next your going to want to grab a 3 wire adapter.

• Then, solder the ground to middle, and the sides to their respective places.

• Then, heat shrink! I recommend putting the heat shrinks on the wires first, soldering, then actually shrinking it. 

Check it: 

• Does it look like this?

• If so, all you have to do is plug in!

Plug in: 

If you need help with hub set-up, scroll down to the other add on, as all the wires are placed perfectly there. 

other than that however, you're good to go!

Foam Core & Cad Print: 

• cut out a 6"x12" foam core piece

• Get your button print from here,  and print two buttons out(the print is only 1 so you will have to do it twice)

Solder your buttons:

• after your prints finish, you're going to want to grab a button, specifically a square one that fits perfectly in the button holder on the bottom. 

• Next, you're going to solder two male to male wires to the same side of the button, with the prongs on the button angled slightly downwards to give it it's height for when it's pressed.

• then, put some hot glue on the bottom of the button holder and let it dry to make sure the button reaches a surface so it can be pressed. 

• then, glue the bottom of the button down in the holder. 

Attaching the buttons:

• After you have your electronic buttons attached to the CAD buttons, you wil need to attach them to the foam core. I used double sided tape, but hot glue will work fine. you put them spaced apart to your liking on the board.

• Put the double sided tape on the bottom part of button, or hot glue.

• Then, put your small sliver of wood, or a ruler on the bottom where you can see your electronic button touching the foam core. Tape or glue this down, and you get more reliable and more satisfying clicks from your buttons. You can see this feature in the video for the hand switch.

Soldering and heat shrink: 

• Next, you're going to want to grab the 3 wire adapter. 

• Next, you're going to strip all the wires on both your controller, and your adapter.

• Then, your going to combine two wires to make your ground, and solder them to middle. Make sure to put the heat shrink on the middle wire of the adapter before you solder, then do the heat shrink over the solder.

• then, take the outer wires and solder them to their respective adapter wires, doing the same heat shrink strategy as before. 

Plugging in: 

• For the last step, you're going to want to plug into your arduino.

• first, your going to get a bread board.

• After, your going to want to plug in the wires exactly like I have them. I recommend pull up resistors, but they aren't necessary. 

• Once all the wires are set, plug in to adapter with it's middle wire attached to the arduino(the one that has a ground)

• You're done!