Adaptive Gaming Controler for Cerebral Palsy

I made an adaptive gaming controller with a feature for quadriplegia and diplegia. I created this because i want everyone to enjoy their favorite games, even if they have physical limitations.

Tutorial Video Here.

• Thin Foam core
• Thick Foam core
• Hot glue kit
• Conductive tape
• Copper wire
• Wooden Dowel
• Duck Tape
• Aluminum Foil
• tenis ball

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This tutorial will be very helpful to aid you in this step (you are essentially making a foam core cube without a lid)

Step 1. Using a metal ruler and a sharp pencil draw out an 18 by 18 inch rectangle on a piece of thick foam core.

Step 2. Make small marks every 6 inches on the edges of all 4 side of your square.

Step 3. Once that is done connect your marks so that you have a 3 by 3 grid on your foam core square.

Step 4. Cut away the squares on each corner that way your foam core looks like an addition symbol. ( + )

-be very care while doing the next step-

Step 5. Using a sharp exacto blade cut through the first layer of foam making sure to leave the bottom layer fully intact. (see tutorial)

Step 6. Then with your ruler measure the height of your foam core, whatever than length is, use it to sketch a border all four sides of the middle square and on the left side of each outer square.

Step 7. Cut the top layers of foam core out of the boarder areas leaving the bottom paper like layer intact.

Step 8. Lastly using those borders hot glue the sides together so that you have a box with one open side.

Step 1. Cut out four 3x3 squares of tinfoil and two 3x2 rectangles out of tinfoil.

Step 2. Make tiny marks in the middle of each of the box's four sides, then fine a very tin drill bit and drill two holes right next to each other in the middle of each square. (these will be used to connect the aligator clips). On the bottom do the same thing both drill two sets of wholes about an inch apart one above the other.

Step 3. Lastly using conductive copper tape tape the 3x3 inch tin foil squares to the center of each of the sides, and tape the 3x2 rectangles one on top of the other leaving a small gap in between on the bottom of the box.

Step 1. Cut pieces of copper tape and place of end on the the tin foil button and run the other end out to the opening of the box, around the opening and up the outside of the box to the bottom of it.

Step 2. Do this for the four buttons on the sides of the box, but leave the two on the bottom alone.

Step 1. 3D print this CAD or use a ring you already have that is a little big.

Step 1. Cover your ring in tinfoil, or any other material that is conductive.

Step 1. Make sure the ring fits snugly on your finger, and the tinfoil is not going to fall off

Refer to the Youtube video posted about for instructions.

Step 1. Print this and this on a 3D printer. If you do not have access to one make both parts out of foam core.

Step 2. To make it out of foam core sketch out a circle with the radius of 3 inches on a piece of thick foam core and then cut it out. Sand down the edges and cut underneath inwards at about a 45 degree angle.

Step 3. To make the base cut out 19x3 inch rectangle on thick foam core. On one of the long side cut inward at a 45 degree again. Then cut shallow incisions close together horizontally all the way down the rectangle. make sure the incisions don’t go through the last layer of foam core. Bend this rectangle into a circle and glue the ends together.

Step 4. Now that the frame is done cut a tennis ball in half. Then using a drill or anything else that has a slightly smaller radius then that of your wooden dowels, cut a hole in the top of the tennis ball.

Step 5. Cut 3.25 inches off a wooden dowel and stick it through the whole in the tennis ball, mark where the top of the ball hits the dowel and hot glue it in place.

Step 6. Lastly hot glue the center of your foam core disc with the flat side up onto the top of the down that is sticking out of your tennis ball.

Step 1. Start off by splitting your frame into four sections and marking where each quarter starts.

Step 2. Using conductive copper tape, tape the inside of your frame leaving a little bit of space between each quarter. Make sur the top and bottom of the frame are also cover in tape.

Step 3. Then using the same copper tape cover the entire disk part of the frame and the curved in sides of the disk as well.

Step 1. Cut two 2x2 inch squares out of tin foil.

Step 2. Cut a 12x12 square out of foam core.

Step 3. Along one side of the foam core square tape (use conductive copper tape) both squares down, one above the other.

Step 4. Lastly from each tinfoil square run a line of copper tape out to the edge of the foam core.

Step 1. Tape the bottom of your frame onto tin foil and mark where the quarters separate, then cut the four sections out.

Step 2. Lay them in a circle with room in between each one on your buttons board, and use hot glue to keep them in place. After that line up the space between each piece of tinfoil with the space between the copper take on your frame. Glue the frame on top of the tin foil.

Step 3. Insert the tenis ball with the disk attached into the middle of your frame (it should fit perfectly, but if it doesn’t a little hot glue should keep it in place).

Step 4. Lastly, using a bit more copper tape start at each of the four peaces of tin foil and tape from there to the edge of your buttons board. If it's possible have them all end in a similar place because it will make wiring easier.

Refer to the Youtube video posted about for instructions.