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This is a simple control box built out of a hacked gamepad. I simply removed the logic board from the gamepad, cut off the parts I didn’t need, and soldered new buttons to the trigger pads. The big red button lights up and is used to start\/stop songs; the smaller red button loads the next song in the playlist; the black button is for Push-To-Talk voice communication control of my microphone; and the white button currently has no use. If you hold down the black and red buttons, the system will look for nearby wiimotes over Bluetooth.<\/p>\n