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How to Build a Giant Floor Mat Nintendo Controller. Remember the good old days before “aerobic
gaming,” when you could just sit on your butt and wiggle your thumbs? Well those days
are gone; time to get up, stand up, and put your feet to work. You will need A Nintendo
game system and controller A 3-feet by 5-feet piece of cardboard About 40-feet of insulated
red wire 6-feet of insulated black wire A roll of aluminum foil A roll of clear packing
tape 32 sheets of construction paper Some gray, red, and black felt A soldering gun
A screwdriver and some scissors. Step 1. Take apart the controller, and remove the green
circuit panel. Each of the 8 controller button terminals has 2 leads - one that connects
to ground, and the other that goes to one of 8 poles. Make a mental note of which button
leads to which pole. Step 2. Flip the board over and solder a length of red wire to each
of these 8 poles. Solder a length of black wire to the ground terminal. Make sure you
attach at least 5 feet of wire to each pole; they’ll need to stretch a long way. Step
3. Cover the large piece of cardboard with aluminum foil, and tape the single ground
wire to this base layer. Step 4. Stack 4 pieces of construction paper together and cut several
holes in them. Tape the stack along its edges to the aluminum foil in the same location
as the button you’re creating. Step 5. Tape a smaller piece of foil over the construction
paper – but make sure it’s not touching the base layer of foil. Step 6. Tape the corresponding
button wire to the small piece of foil. Step 7. Repeat this process for the remaining seven
buttons. Step 8. Cut out felt in the shape of the actual controller buttons. Step 9.
Flip the cardboard over, attach the oversized buttons, and get ready to hop around like
Super Mario himself. Did you know The Nintendo company was founded in 1889 and originally
produced handmade Japanese playing cards.