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So! Update time! First things first, I've pretty much completed designing a power board for the Wii U, which I'm naming "Bistro 2". This takes a voltage input, around that of a 1S Li-ion battery, and outputs all the voltage rails the Wii U uses. I still might instead opt to modify...

Hey! I didn't enter the comp last year, and I didn't want to miss out this time, so I'm formally entering into the 2025 "Summer" Contest. Not much has happened so far, I'm still in the process of even thinking about what I want to do, but I think I've got a fairly good idea. I want to make a...

Forgot to update, sorry! Since my last post, I've ordered my boards and components! Over A$110 for the boards alone, and then another A$110 for components, which doesn't include parts bought from AliExpress, nor any of the tools and resources I have on hand. I also still need to purchase a GC+...

So, some good news. I think I'm finally done with my power board design! It's horrible and I hate it, but I think I'm done. I've nicknamed it "Stormbreaker", trying to keep with Yveltal's Thor-inspired naming scheme. Cause I already had enough of a nightmare just making this thing in the...

Thanks! All this encouragement has been what's kept me going, otherwise I probably wouldn't have gotten it this far. That's been one of my big goals with this: as clean as possible. I've also been trying to prioritise repairability and repeatability, but the size constraints have unfortunately...

I've been posting about this on Discord for far too long, so I figured it was finally time for me to make a worklog. (Thanks @SimplyStevii) This console started out back in August last year, as a rough recreation of the UltraWii Sakura, since I was impatient and didn't want to wait for Yveltal...

This is a tough one...mainly because I don't have much I've actually completed lol Honestly, though, my best contribution to the portabilising scene so far is likely the mxHound.

@Shank I don't think they were talking about feedback resistors. @m0thm4n Do NOT do what you're suggesting. Resistor dividers are absolutely not a good way to reduce an output voltage. The RVL-PMS line of products all use resistors to configure the output voltage, HOWEVER, the actual voltage...

Hey, nice work! I'm excited to see more usage of the Wii Mini! The reduced power consumption and heat generation could allow for some pretty cool (pun intended) designs. The CAD for this looks pretty neat, although it is odd to see a PlayStation analog stick layout on a Nintendo portable lol...

I'm back, sorry about leaving everyone in the dark for so long! My PCBs came in, and I've been busy trying to get stuff happening. I kept going from one issue to another, and kept holding out on making an update until I got things working. The big issue has been that I have no real way to...

This looks absolutely epic! A compact, Omega-compatible (ish) power supply for portable Wiis that supports undervolting would be hugely helpful, at least for me. Can't wait to see this project reach completion! I'm especially excited for the the predicted low-price mass-manufacturing can...

@GingerOfOz I saw you undervolted the WiiX in your video, and that you mentioned the stable point of that Wii "changed over time". Is this what you had before the Wii began disliking it, or is this what you switched to afterwards? And if the former, what did you then change your values to?

Progress update: Parts have been ordered! I've got a couple PCBs coming in, including my newly-created MX relocation flex, codenamed mxHound. I've also got my custom PSP board incoming, which was way too expensive, but ah well. Then there's @loopj's Wii Power Strip and periphlex, @supertazon's...

I'm getting closer to having this thing ready to be manufactured. Some of the main changes since my initial design are: Using @loopj's periphlex design Including connector for BT module on the board Using @loopj's power strip board Using flex cables for lots of things Aside from that, not...

Here we go!

Yes, but I haven't really made a portable before. While I have trimmed a Wii, I never actually put it inside a shell and wired it up, mainly due to the high price of components and such. This is the first portable project I'm actually intending to complete, and while it is certainly a massively...

So my PSP-3000 kicked the bucket recently, much to my disappointment. (It may have been my fault, I am an idiot.) However, this prompted an idea: to put a Wii inside of the shell. At first I thought this would be an impossibly stupid idea, but then when I saw G-Man had done so a while ago, I...

Hey everyone! I'm VoxelTek, an electrical engineer diving deeper into the console modding and portabilising scene. I look forward to talking with you all!