Cherry MX 10 Button Fight/Arcade Controller

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I never really liked the joystick, whether in an arcade or elsewhere (especially when playing fighting games), so I decided to remake the cover for this project since I had already created one. I got the idea to use keys (Cherry MX reds in my case) after starting to play fighting games on my keyboard and finding it much better than a joystick, at least for me. The HitBox is another concept that emerged when thinking about this project. The cover isn't extremely ergonomic due to its small size. I included two slightly different covers. One is the original size and the other has the ends cut off so that it fits my printer (220x220mm). I wanted to print it in one piece this time instead of cutting and epoxying it together. The keycaps are also printed. I obtained them from here: Cherry MX Keycap by Zinko55: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:281103 I previously had the Zero Delay Encoder, but found that was limiting. I decided to convert it to Bluetooth using an Arduino Nano and modified HC-05 Bluetooth module. Edit 11/07/19: I'm no longer using a Nano with Bluetooth. I switched over to a Brook PC/PS4/PS4 adapter for the sake of simplicity and convenience as it will, of course, work with PS4 and has XInput for PC usage. (https://www.focusattack.com/brook-ps3-ps4-fighting-board-ps4-ps3-pc/)