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Big Red Bluetooth Game Show Buzzer

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September 3, 2025

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I made 3D printed, Bluetooth connected, game show buzzers for playing The Voice at home, powered by Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit boards and a laptop.  Find the full story including build instructions in my blog post.  Here it is in action:

Parts List

  • Code for the Bluefruit and the laptop are up on github.
    • See readme for setup details
  • 1 LiPo Battery Charger (the Circuit Playground Bluefruit will not charge the battery)
  • For each buzzer:
    • 1 Circuit Playground Bluefruit - Bluetooth Low Energy
    • 1 Lithium Ion Polymer Battery 3.7V, 500 mAh
    • 4 Cherry MX switches (I used these, but would recommend getting a version with more of a ka-chunk)
    • 5 Adhesive rubber feet
    • 3 M3 x 5mm screws and nuts
    • Hookup wire for the switch
    • Print one of each
      • button
      • Knopf-4x.stl from Big Emergency / Panic Button for MySensors / pimatic (not in this design)
      • top
      • bottom
      • window (clear filament, I used Overture Transparent Filament Clear PETG)
      • battery cover

Build Instructions / Notes

  • First off, this is not going to win any mechanical engineering awards, but that's what you get when let the code monkey do CAD on a time crunch. Everything is "smash fit" and as such will be somewhat sensitive to your print tolerances.
  • Friction fit from the nuts hold the Bluefruit board in place. Add as many as you think are necessary.
  • Wiring is real simple. Only one of the key switches is actually connected (polarity doesn't matter), the others are just for mechanical support. I opted to use screws and nuts for the connections instead of soldering in case I wanted to repurpose the Bluefruit boards at some point, but of course soldering would work too - you do you. The key switch gets wired to the TX pin and any of the GND pins:

 

License:

Creative Commons — Attribution

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