Thingiverse user srepmub shared his awesome 3D Printed SNES controller.

Spectacularly useless replica of the wonderful SNES controller/joypad. Electronics and connector not included. Rubbers quickly modeled and not printed/tested. Perhaps these could be made with flexible filament. Looking forward to also replicating the PCB once my printer can mill those.. 😉

Because retro gaming is best done on original hardware of course, it might be interesting to combine this with a SNES emulator.. Tested for now on a real SNES, and everything works well.

Additionally serves as a nice construction puzzle for kids.. 😉

Having had a little experience hacking the SNES controller, I’m pretty confident someone will make a sweet bluetooth mod. Using Ninjaflex to create the elastomers is a great idea (bare conductive paint for the contacts?). Etching your own PCB on your Desktop Mill is definitely already happening!

We carry SNES controllers in the shop, but we love the idea of 3D Printing your own!

Download Available on Thingivese.

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!