I will not make a PCB, instead i will use a pre-drilled proto board for this. If i will make a PCB, i will make a complete one with all the buttons and the joystick, having the shape of the controller. Until then, i will test it on a simple pre-drilled PCB...

I will use this old PS2 wire which was ripped from a cannibalized keyboard	And i wiil turn this breadboard circuit (the controller)...	...and this one (the timer)...	...into this.

Then, i made 3 LED pushbuttons, as i have described in my previous project...	I connected these buttons together	and then i interfaced them onto the PCB	Finally, i connected the buzzer for the timer. The PCB is ready

Beginning with the LED pushbuttons:

I cut a plastic piece, about 2x2cm in size.	And with the router, i routed a U inside	This is supposed to be the spacer for the LED buttons
Just a drop of general purpose glue is enough	I fixed it onto the backside of the housing, in the center of an LED pushbutton hole	I did this for all 3 LED pushbuttons

Then i took 4 5mm LED panel bases	With the cutter, i removed the fixing keys and i shortened them a little bit	After inserting the LED pushbuttons to the backside, i placed the LED covers in front...

Looking good, isn't it?

First, i had to fix the edges

With a very fine sand paper, i sanded the edges of the cover that are going to be visible	Using this mini-torch, i "burned" the edges so that they will become clear again	This is the result that i am looking for

Remember the reason why i use a transparent cover instead of an opaque? The reason is actually that i want to light the edges and maybe i will manage to have a nice effect...

I got myself some high brightness SMD blue LEDs for the lighting purposes	I soldered a resistor to the anode of three of them	And then i connected the cathodes together with a long wire
One wire is connected to the other side of the resistor	And using a heat-shrink tube i insulated the leads	I did this for all 3 LEDs, and here is my LED strip!

But how am i going to light the edges of the cover? Where should i place the LEDs? How deep? Well, trial and error is the answer...

I had another piece made, that had gone somehow wrong, which i used for my tests...	After several drillings in different positions with different depths...	I found the 3 best positions to place my LEDs, and i drilled the cover accordingly

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