Gutting the fish
Prepping a Big Mouth Billy Bass is no more difficult than cleaning a real fish and a lot less messy.
You'll need:
- Wire cutters
- Little rubber feet (sold at hardware stores)
- Breadboard. I used the full-size breadboard from Sparkfun
- Raspberry Pi
This first image shows the result of gutting the box. It's really that easy - take the screws out of the back of the fish, find the circuit board and clip all the leads as close to the board as possible. Throw away the board.
Don't worry about which wires control what motors - that can be figured out later. All of the other wires are self-obvious.
I used a sharpie to mark the placement of the battery case. This is to prevent placement of parts in a way that would prevent replacing the back.