Worklog Gman's Wii portable

[ShockSlayer]

I had figured that we'd find more answers looking at old homebrew.

 

[cheese]

Interesting.
So it isn't a specific IOS that handles disc drive communication: any IOS can make calls. Is this correct?
Are multiple IOSs running on starlet simultaneously? How many would we need to edit?

Correct me if I'm wrong Aurelio, but from what I'm finding, and what Aurelio is saying, it looks like there is one IOS loaded at a time, and each IOS handles everything in the system. Then the software running just chooses which IOS it wants to work with (like different software versions).

 

[Aurelio]

Correct me if I'm wrong Aurelio, but from what I'm finding, and what Aurelio is saying, it looks like there is one IOS loaded at a time, and each IOS handles everything in the system. Then the software running just chooses which IOS it wants to work with (like different software versions).

Exactly! The starlet can run only one IOS at a time and yes, each IOS can handle the disc drive (and everything else basically).
I will try to decrypt and disassemble few IOS to understand better how they work. I don't know if I will be able to do it or how much time it will take, but I will surely try

 

[Gman]

Everything is done but the motherboard work

 

[ShockSlayer]

I have a bottle of that glue somewhere as well. It's good stuff for certain applications.

 

[Noah]

Damn, that'll be one amazing portable.

 

[Gman]

I have a bottle of that glue somewhere as well. It's good stuff for certain applications.

Yeah it takes 24 hours to dry so I have some other super glue I also use. But this stuff has some good uses sometimes especially since the bottle is bigger so I can use a bunch.

 

[Gman]

Not my cleanest wiring but hey it's working. Really just want to get this thing closed up. Waiting for some epoxy to dry and then I will put it in the case and attach the controller and video and it should be good to go.

 

[watsug]

It's so compact Will this portable have full wii functionality?

 

[Gman]

It's so compact Will this portable have full wii functionality?

Absolutely. I'll be attaching the disc drive daughter board. I'm still not sure if 5v is needed for it to function but I've got a 5v regulator I can squeeze somewhere in the case.

 

[Noah]

Damn dude, that's some crazy shit right there. Looks amazing! Can't wait to see it all closed up.

 

[Shank]

Nice! Throw 2 IR LEDs on the front of the case you can use as a sensor bar to REALLY get full Wii remote functionality. Also lol at the components that are still sitting on chunks of cut up Wii circuit board like the SD slot and 1.8 LDO. Maybe we could do that with the wifi and Bluetooth module connectors as well, unless that would be even more difficuilt

 

[cheese]

Hey, that's pretty good
But for real, good job on that there portable, can't wait to see the finished product ^-^

 

[Gman]

. Also lol at the components that are still sitting on chunks of cut up Wii circuit board like the SD slot and 1.8 LDO. Maybe we could do that with the wifi and Bluetooth module connectors as well, unless that would be even more difficuilt

Haha yeah all those dead boards are coming in handy I've got a bunch of nice SD card slots and LDO regs now . You could do it with those daughter boards I guess, I dont have a problem soldering to the pads although they are pretty small for some people.

 

[Gman]

Still have a few things left to do like the audio amp, mem card, low-battery indicator, and disc drive daughter board. This closes up so easily so fitting the daughter board should be easy.

 

[Noah]

Ooh damn, this will be amazing. Glad to see you're going to be the first to make a decently small Wii portable.
I can envision the headline now for the front page...
"World's Smallest WiiNer, Made by Gman"



On a more serious note, I think it will be the smallest, no?

 

[Gman]

Ooh damn, this will be amazing. Glad to see you're going to be the first to make a decently small Wii portable.
I can envision the headline now for the front page...
"World's Smallest WiiNer, Made by Gman"



On a more serious note, I think it will be the smallest, no?

Is that read winner or wiener?
Hell yeah it's the smallest. First Wiip with custom regs and trimmed past the outer ground!

The fusion rev 3 case is actually the smallest GCp with internal batteries. The fusion rev 4 is a few mm thicker than that case however. Somebody can still make it smaller though

 

[Noah]

Read however you want

 

[LOCtroviser]

AWESOME!!! Looking good. So you got the wifi relocation working then? Stable?

 

[Gman]

AWESOME!!! Looking good. So you got the wifi relocation working then? Stable?

I havent tried connecting to the internet yet but the Wii boots every single time so that's all that really matters right.