GameCube Controller LED Mod

A simple led mod for the GameCube controller using an Arduino nano.

GameCube Motherboard

Solder two wires to the controllers board, one to 5v and the other to ground. Use these two wires to power the Arduino nano.

Code

I use the FastLED library to interact with the RGBs I have connected to the Arduino.

#include <FastLED.h>

// How many leds in your strip?
#define NUM_LEDS 10

// For led chips like Neopixels, which have a data line, ground, and power, you just
// need to define DATA_PIN.  For led chipsets that are SPI based (four wires - data, clock,
// ground, and power), like the LPD8806 define both DATA_PIN and CLOCK_PIN
#define DATA_PIN 3
#define CLOCK_PIN 13

// Define the array of leds
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
int funkytown[] = {9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0};

void setup() { 
  
      FastLED.addLeds<NEOPIXEL, DATA_PIN>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
      leds[0] = CRGB(255,0,255);
      FastLED.show();
      leds[1] = CRGB(255,0,255);
      FastLED.show();
      leds[2] = CRGB(255,0,255);
      FastLED.show();
      leds[3] = CRGB(255,0,255);
      FastLED.show();

      for(int i=4; i<=9; i++){
      leds[i] = CRGB(10,0,10);
      FastLED.show();
  }
}

void loop() { 

   for(int i=0; i<=9; i++){
      leds[i] = CRGB(255,0,255);
      FastLED.show();
      delay(120);
      leds[i] = CRGB(0,255,255);
      FastLED.show();
      delay(50);
   }
}

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