Where to Buy Parts For My Project

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nuky nuclear
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Where to Buy Parts For My Project

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I started a portable SNES last summer and abandoned it once school started up but now school is done and i got the craving to finish the thing. i am almost done just need to complete the controller and a new battery pack.
I wanted to know where i could get push-button triggers to use for the controller. i failed at cutting up the controller and wiring it together so i decided to go and make it custom. i got 2 buttons from a dell but i am unable to find more.i need ones that can fit into PC board.
Also i was wondering where i can get some good rechargable batteries for the system. i heard about using the camera batteries and considered that and i had gotten 2 thin batteries to go inside but those got fried.
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batteries : http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=4592" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (2)
Protection circuit : http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=3954" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Get your own charger.
buttons : these should do http://mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail. ... Ynuw%3d%3d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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those are just what i was looking for. and those are the same batteries i had gotten before but while trying to solder the wires to the connects i fried them. any suggestions on how to avoid that in the future?
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how do you fry them like that?
Anyways be more careful and try to do it fast so they dont overheat from the soldering iron.
nuky nuclear
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i got the buttons you suggested but there is a problem. they dont fit in pc board. the pins are not long enough. what can i do?
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sand down the pc board?
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would have to be almost paper thin. the problem is the pins are not even bent to fit down into holes. i went looking back on the site and there are other buttons just like it but with longer pins. however i am unable to buy thoughs cause its not sold on the site anymore.
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Battery tabs are a female of the dog species to solder to. What I did that worked was I poked a hole in the tab, stripped two inches or so of wire, and looped it through the hole, then soldered the wire to itself. Then I took some aluminum foil, jammed it in between the two nice and tight, and taped it all shut.

It never gave me a single problem.
Hey, sup?
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Kurt_ wrote:Battery tabs are a female of the dog species to solder to. What I did that worked was I poked a hole in the tab, stripped two inches or so of wire, and looped it through the hole, then soldered the wire to itself. Then I took some aluminum foil, jammed it in between the two nice and tight, and taped it all shut.

It never gave me a single problem.
oh for fixing the broken peice on the batter. alright i will have to give it a try
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