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Once I saw Nicholas' design for the N64HHv2, I knew I had to have one. I wanted to go with a "fun" theme for this build to pay homage to the funtastic N64s of old. Introducing the Ice Blue Funtastic N64HHv2!
Some internal shots:
Originally I had planned to use an RVL-PMS revised by @atkfromabove and it worked great after I put it together. However, I wanted some additional control around battery management as well as the addressable LED functionality so I ended up swapping to a PMS lite. I did stick with using the 64amp though rather than a UAMP and also used GMan's open sourced N64 controller board. A quick note on the control board; it seems that if you run the calibration for the joystick but don't have it setup correctly to begin with, the joystick won't work correctly until your erase the PIC and reprogram it. Looking at the code I can't see anything glaringly obvious as to why this is, I just know that once I figured out I installed my joystick incorrectly, I could only get it to work once I flashed it again.
And yes, that is a bent N64 booster pack. I know the ram chips get very hot so I'm hoping by adding that copper plate with thermal tape will help dissipate the heat a little. I had to go with this approach due to using a revision 9 board, which doesn't include a second location for ram on the main board.
TODO:
As always, thanks @CrazyGadget for all the help with my many questions!
P.S. Please don't be too hard on me about my wiring, I had it pretty until I spent almost a whole day debugging the joystick problems I was having!
Some internal shots:
Originally I had planned to use an RVL-PMS revised by @atkfromabove and it worked great after I put it together. However, I wanted some additional control around battery management as well as the addressable LED functionality so I ended up swapping to a PMS lite. I did stick with using the 64amp though rather than a UAMP and also used GMan's open sourced N64 controller board. A quick note on the control board; it seems that if you run the calibration for the joystick but don't have it setup correctly to begin with, the joystick won't work correctly until your erase the PIC and reprogram it. Looking at the code I can't see anything glaringly obvious as to why this is, I just know that once I figured out I installed my joystick incorrectly, I could only get it to work once I flashed it again.
And yes, that is a bent N64 booster pack. I know the ram chips get very hot so I'm hoping by adding that copper plate with thermal tape will help dissipate the heat a little. I had to go with this approach due to using a revision 9 board, which doesn't include a second location for ram on the main board.
TODO:
- Volume control using @CrazyGadget's control board
- Wire up the PMS to a Wii so that I can set the values for the batteries and LED
- Enjoy it!
As always, thanks @CrazyGadget for all the help with my many questions!
P.S. Please don't be too hard on me about my wiring, I had it pretty until I spent almost a whole day debugging the joystick problems I was having!
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