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    Worklog Wooden Wii Laptop

    Not much to say other than that this laptop is gonna be primarily made of 1/4" thick birch plywood, eventually to be stained. I have everything I need. To help with building I designed the whole thing in Fusion 360. Here is a simplistic render.
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    Pens!!!

    Guys in the forums know I like to make pens but I'm sure I'm not the only one. Fly fishing kit: Breaking Waves Celtic Fountain Pen: Earth's Core Classic Fountain Pen: Texas Ebony Antique Brass Vertex: Green Stabilized Maple Burl. Made this one for ttsgeb.
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    The Super Pi

    So over the last 2 weeks, I've been working on a project using the Raspberry Pi 3 as a portable gaming device. (Very original huh?) I made an attempt with it before using some really silly stuff inside of it: A USB SNES Controller, 18560s, RPI default audio... and so on. The final case thickness...
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    Worklog Crankshaft Android Auto Unit

    Not gonna lie but the case is definitely janky. It's from a cheap 7 inch screen but the screen actually used in the project is not the same. It just so happened that the screen fit perfectly upside-down. Version 2 is gonna have a completely different case, probably 3D Printed entirely. It's...
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    Worklog Crankshaft Android Auto Unit

    I've been working on an Android Auto head unit. I'm using an RPi 3 to drive a 7" touchscreen over HDMI. Im by no means attempting to make this the smallest unit, just something functional. As if right now it works 100%. What I got for features: Uses Crankshaft to connect to Android phone with...
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    The Next Wii

    Finally got some progress. I bought this display from amazon. Its 7 inches, not 10 but it was very easy to slim down and to identify which components I could remove/relocate. I got the total thickness down to 6 mm, testing it along the way to make sure it still turned on and functioned. It runs...
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    The Next Wii

    I don't have any pictures to show off anything as of yet but I do have a list of features I want to include in this portable. Fully 3D printed case Laptop design 10.1" IPS VGA screen. 3 Watt speakers with digital audio and control. Battery level indicator All 4 GameCube controller ports...
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    Guide Wii Working Currents

    So I was looking for information on how much current a Wii draws on each voltage line. I was on discord talking to Aurelio trying to figure it out when he shared a link to Cheese's notes on the difference current draws. Below are the maximum Amps drawn by each voltage line. | Volts | Amps ·|...
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    5 Inch 640x480 VGA Screen

    Found one on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8JNKT3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9BNRCbB9TRKK2
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    Worklog The Next Wii

    This project is on hold until I finish the second portable I'm working on is finished. I still have the case and all but I'm thinking I'll have to change the batteries and possibly completely rip out the old GC Controller from the front of the case.
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    Solved No video on Wii

    So it works now, after trimming the board. even bridging those MX pins didn't help. I don't know how reliable this info is but i found that the video signal outputs 0.7V when video is outputting. In the cases where the Wii wouldn't boot, it outputted 0V.
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    Solved No video on Wii

    What do those pins do?
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    Solved No video on Wii

    I'll try cleaning it up, and yes all voltages are outputting properly. I get a slight fluctuations of ± 0.05V max.
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    Solved No video on Wii

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