That button box has a large single pcb wired into a usb board. So no, not easy.
Ok, thanks for the info! Then Iāll just wait until they produce something. Do you think weāll be seeing manufacturers delivering wireless button boxes in the next month? Or more like summer/autumn 2019?
I canāt really speak for any button box / wheel manufacturers, and I donāt know their schedules.
What I can say: Please email your favorite manufacturer that you would like a Simucube Wireless compatible wheel from them! 
Iāll do so! Thanks for taking the time to answer
For anyone interested: Simracingcoach told me they donāt have any plans to make wireless button boxes.
That just means that more people should indicate that they want wireless button boxes from them.
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I think that the DIY option is a must, and hereās why.
Unless you manage to get every one of the SIM hardware guys to adjust their design to accomodate your module (or at least have a way to connect it), itās going to go the DIY āhack jobā route.
Iām glad you guys are going to offer a DIY option that essentially plugs into wherever the USB cable currently does like the Fanatec Unihub Teensy conversions. I recall doing one of these and the nightmare glue that Thomas puts on the screws that literally makes it a crap shoot if you can get the thing apart without having to drill out the screws and then you end up with broken screw posts because they are made of some cheap die-cast metal.
I canāt imagine the transmitter is too much different from the Adafruit approach (BLE), with the exception that itās not intended to be a complete replacement for the internals of a button plate/box.
But it could have that option Iād imagine.
You are rightā¦ If enough people ask, theyād be stupid if they didnāt seize this business opportunity.
Any other āaffordableā button box manufacturers that are known to be incorporating this wireless module?
I am pretty sure Brion Sohn ( penguin rc) is going to do some button plates.
I think he said he did not get any of the protypes, so he has to wait for production units until he can start designing.
Augury said they werenāt going to offer anything at this stage, I just ordered a wheel from speedmaxracing on Facebook, Ive tentatively asked for wireless, but he hasnāt confirmed whether itās possible. So if thats the case Fingers crossed I can get hold of a transmitter/RX unit and hack DIY the button box later.
What sort of timeframes will the pcbs be released for consumer purchaseā¦im hoping to twist speedmaxracings arm if itās in the not to distant future ā¦.
Yep I am probably going to do something (Penguin r/c), Really depends on the whole cost value proposition as we are going in a little blind as to the actual demandā¦ So as Mika said mention let the manufacturers that you would think of buying from know that you would would like itā¦
As far as development timeā¦ Well unfortunately for me I missed the window on the prototypes So I will be delayed a bit in developmentā¦ Because there are more options with this unit the wheels will have more functionality directly on the wheel than currently through the RJ45 interfaceā¦
There are some behind the scenes things that are being worked out between reseller/manufacturers and Granite as well with regard to cost and things of the units. Because of this some retailer/manufacturers might not know whether it makes business sense to them as it is going to be a whole dedicated line of product.
I can tell you that it will be an EASY upgrade for all current SimuCUBE units, Just a small circuit board to plug into the main board.
As for DIY, there is difficulty with this board and DIY in that it wasnāt really designed to be a DIY board. I have actually known about it since early on in development and helped design the shape of what might be considered the Easy connection board for it. This also means that for support on it going DIY becomes a bit more difficult or as Mika mentioned they would have to do a fixed input sort of situation which may not work for everyone or everyones wheel.
We are still of course early in the process so we will see how it all pans outā¦
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Me too:disappointed:
Any news on the progress? Iām willing to buy an OSW now, but would like to get a wireless button box to go with it (since DIY a Simracingcoach box later on wonāt work), but I canāt wait much longer because my old wheel is starting to disintegrateā¦ Also, if I have to wait even longer, I might as well get a Fannytec DD which has wireless anywayā¦ But Iād much rather give my money to an opensource community.
We will ship first units to resellers quite soon.
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Ordered an OSW from Simracingbay and a buttonbox+rim from Simracingcoach. Looking forward to a winter full of racing. And hopefully Iāll find a way to integrate the wireless module into the buttonboxā¦ I like soldering and tinkering, so if there is any chance at all, even the slightest chance it could work with the Simracingcoach buttonbox, Iāll have to at least give it a go.
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Having a blast with the OSW, it feels so much more like a real race car compared to T300, absolutely thrilling.
I forgot about the cable within an hour or so (driving in VR). Still interested to see what button boxes appear on the market
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Congrats GD !! Good initiative. Count me in 
^^ Good to see you here - we should catch up when I pass through Singapore again, it has been to long.
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Cheers,
Beano
Hey Beano been long time no speak. Lets meet up again in Singapore 
when you are here