fdraghi
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- Portables
- Ashida
Hello! Long time lurker... Finally decided to give it a shot and build a portable. For obvious reasons I decided to go with an Ashida. Even with all the hard work from the community making this build as streamline as it is, it's still a heck of a challenge, but I'm having a ton of fun with it.
I first started with the case. I have an Ender 3 (albeit heavily modified) and I wasn't sure it was up to the task... But decided to give it a shot and started with that because no case means no build. I'm not from the US so ordering from PCBWay was out of the question and the local resin printing services I was able to find were insanely expensive... So PLA it is!
To my surprise, it ended up looking way better than expected. I decided to print it in a vertical orientation so that the screw posts would be attached as strongly as possible to the case. They will of course split open when screwing on them but whatcha gonna do. I could probably reinforced them, but they're holding on just fine.
Sadly I didn't think about taking pictures because I SUCK at documenting lol. I did film a few videos but I can only share pictures here so I'll take screenshots from them I suppose? lol
I assembled the controller and screen to have a preview of what it would lool like. I didn't like the surface imperfections so I decided to sand and paint the thing. I never did that before so we'll see how that goes...
Anyway... on to the fun stuff... I trimmed the motherboard, sanded it and tried to boot it.
I sanded it and measured all the resistances through all the voltage lines making sure they're in the ballpark of all the other reported resistances and everything looked good...
After much, MUCH troubleshooting I managed to get it to boot. I don't know why it didn't want to boot at first... The voltages did look a bit low but I don't think it was the battery, which wasn't full but measured 3.9v... U10 seem like it was correctly attached and it was receiving voltage, the composite line wasn't screwed up as it measured 75 ohms which makes sense since it's terminated with a 75 ohm resistor... I checked the borders VERY carefully with a magnifying glass and there was no spots that looked like it needed more sanding/cleaning... I rewired it with thicker wires out of desperation (the ones in the picture are the cables it had when it DIDN'T work) and it FINALLY booted, so I dunno.
Anyway, I'll get some more proper pictures and update when the clear coat on the case dries and I can start wiring it up.
Cheers to all and hope you all have a wonderful 2025.
I first started with the case. I have an Ender 3 (albeit heavily modified) and I wasn't sure it was up to the task... But decided to give it a shot and started with that because no case means no build. I'm not from the US so ordering from PCBWay was out of the question and the local resin printing services I was able to find were insanely expensive... So PLA it is!
To my surprise, it ended up looking way better than expected. I decided to print it in a vertical orientation so that the screw posts would be attached as strongly as possible to the case. They will of course split open when screwing on them but whatcha gonna do. I could probably reinforced them, but they're holding on just fine.
Sadly I didn't think about taking pictures because I SUCK at documenting lol. I did film a few videos but I can only share pictures here so I'll take screenshots from them I suppose? lol
I assembled the controller and screen to have a preview of what it would lool like. I didn't like the surface imperfections so I decided to sand and paint the thing. I never did that before so we'll see how that goes...
Anyway... on to the fun stuff... I trimmed the motherboard, sanded it and tried to boot it.
I sanded it and measured all the resistances through all the voltage lines making sure they're in the ballpark of all the other reported resistances and everything looked good...
After much, MUCH troubleshooting I managed to get it to boot. I don't know why it didn't want to boot at first... The voltages did look a bit low but I don't think it was the battery, which wasn't full but measured 3.9v... U10 seem like it was correctly attached and it was receiving voltage, the composite line wasn't screwed up as it measured 75 ohms which makes sense since it's terminated with a 75 ohm resistor... I checked the borders VERY carefully with a magnifying glass and there was no spots that looked like it needed more sanding/cleaning... I rewired it with thicker wires out of desperation (the ones in the picture are the cables it had when it DIDN'T work) and it FINALLY booted, so I dunno.
Anyway, I'll get some more proper pictures and update when the clear coat on the case dries and I can start wiring it up.
Cheers to all and hope you all have a wonderful 2025.
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