The last day of the residency I got V1.0 to work as a native joystick on the computer.  I tested it with two different game demos in Unity, one for racing and the other as the Tank demo.  Both were different sockets for the Control-Or-Sense board and worked exactly as expected.  

The curious things to note are the fact that i had to deviate from the Teensy schematic and remove the resistors in line with the usb data +/- pins. to get it to connect and flash.  And on the phone it's not understood as a joystick.  making part of my build a bit difficult to test.  Could very easily be due to the usb pin deviation.    Also I now have a several things to change from V1 to V2 based on seeing this in action, and having gained some new experience since the residency.  Also some people said while testing that the connectors are a bit tough to take in and out.  I'll be using the other connectors on my next dock board while still looking into others as well.  

Not being entirely happy with the through hole components other than being quick to build on the board and source locally, I have devoted a month to practicing smd soldering and just this last week i had an amazon delivery of solder paste and an electric skillet...  some of you might know where i'm going with this, but for anyone not sure yet, follow this link. But the quick and dirty is i found a link on hackaday for re-flowing boards using a skillet.  It was really easy actually but definitely an observant task.  And even though I have not yet ordered any solder mask for this, with a pipette attached to the solder paste tube, and some tweezers i was able to prep, place, and bake functioning boards for another project.  4 fully functional boards for a client project actually.   

What this means for me is that i can now with confidence do a full overhaul of the board.  With the KiCad practice as well I'm quite excited to dive into v2.

The other big update is that I now have the lighting, microphones, and daily help filming for the education videos that have always been the background goal of this as well.  Currently 1 week of filming has yielded short videos of Resistors, Basic Leds, Mission Statement, and a couple others.  Next to record are Buttons,  Potentiometers,  and Addressable Leds.    I'm now being shown tips in Final Cut Pro as well as Premiere Pro while I record B-roll for the Resistor and Led Basics videos.  So expect those videos within the next week!