Disassembling Wii Balance Board

Written By: Pete Marchetto
  • Comments: 5
Disassembling Wii Balance Board

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

6

Time Required

15 - 30 minutes

Introduction

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    • Unscrew these #1 Philips screws, and leave them in the plastic foot holders.

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    • Remove the foot holders and place them on the side

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    • Remove the four feet and place them on the side

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    • Remove these #1 Philips screws, and leave them in their counterbores

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    • Lift grey shell off and place to the side to reveal:

    • ADC and Logic board

    • Bluetooth module

    • Strain gauges

    • Battery holder

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    • The ADC and Logic board contains:

    • Bluetooth module

    • Power button connector

    • Battery and sync button connector

    • Strain gauge wheatstone bridge connections

    • The topmost connection for each of the four bridge connections is the ground; relative to this, the two middle connections should be at 1.2 VDC, and the bottom should be at 2.7 VDC

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

Pete Marchetto

Member since: 25/01/11

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5 comments

Great stuff Pete, being able to fix the wifi board got me mucho street cred with " her indoors " and lots of other goodies that go along with that

HENRY -

Can I take out the battery box without removing the bottom?

Richard Merchant -

No, you can't. You will have to follow this procedure completely.

paulo lima -

Thank you! I was able to fix our 10 year old balance board.

the kids think I’m a roakstar, for now anyway.

lisadubya -

is there schematics for the power pcb

?

Josué Hernandez -