What you'll need:

A Nintendo Wiimote
A Triwing Screwdriver
a 3mm LED in your choice of colour
Needle Nose Pliers
Wire Strippers
Soldering Iron and Solder
Electrical Tape


This mod is very simple to perform, it should take less than an hour for even the most beginner modders. Along with the other two mods, I've also made available some parts kits to get you what you need all at once, visit the kits page to get yours! A note to mention before you proceed with the mod; normally a current limiting resistor would be used to prevent the LED from receiving too much power, however with the limited space one isn't used with this mod. This shouldn't be too much of a problem since most led flashlight keychains don't use one either, however because there isn't a limiting resistor, you may find yourself running out of batteries faster than normal.


Compatibility Check:
It has come to my attention from members on our forums that certain revisions of the wiimote are not compatible with this mod. From what it seems, early versions of the wiimote, mostly ones that were shipped with the Wii console itself are not compatible. Wiimotes bought separately or with WiiPlay are, to determine whether yours is compatible look at the image below. Look for the "TP01" marking visible on the wiimote PCB in the battery compartment.




Step 1:
The mod will center around two test points located on the bottom side of the wiimote. These two points provide power (3.2v) when the wiimote is powered up.





Step 2:
You'll need to use your pliers to bend and cut the leads of the LED as shown, test place the LED on the wiimote's PCB to determine where to make the bends.







Step 3:
Once the leads are bent, as shown above, all you need to do it solder it on to the test points. Make sure the leads of the LED don't accidentaly touch other copper areas of the PCB that may cause a short.





Step 4:
You'll also need to use the pliers to snap off a portion of the casing as shown, the easiest way is to grab firmly with your pliers and rock back and forth. Once done try position the LED so that it points toward the A button's rubber membrane.






Step 5:
As a final tweaking step add black electrical tape to the casing so you don't get bleeding of the light from the LED. 3mm LEDs are much brighter than surface mount ones so you'll see it bleed through the housing if you don't.






Step 6:
You can see from the picture even with electrical tape the light does still bleed through in the dark, however during daylight it isn't noticable at all.



Source- wiimotemods

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Very Nice Tut :D I Might consider using it :D

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Cool tut thanks, I might do this. Can you buy custom clear buttons yet tho?

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