The AtarWii Liinx

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IT IS FINISHED! Took phekkin long enough, but it's finally done. Huge thanks to Aurelio for saving my ass on several occasions.

The Liinx features:
  • A modified Atari Lynx 2 case
  • Official Gamecube buttons and sticks with bootleg PS1 controller dual tact triggers
  • A GC+ from the BitBuilt store running firmware 1.4
  • An Eyoyo 5 inch screen running on 5v and displaying native YPbPr
  • Some 1W speakers I pulled from an old laptop blasting sound from the Eyoyo's built in amp
  • 4 Panasonic 3400mAh18650s which give around 4 hours run time (no red board sadly because it doesn't let me use external battery packs)
  • 1 port charge OR play using two switches because I didn't have any sp3t switches
  • PortablizeMii because of course it does
  • Relocated bluetooth module and MX chip + battery for RTC
  • 2 940nm IR LEDs for a "sensor bar" above the screen for Wii pointer controls (without Aurelio's help I may never have gotten this to work)
  • NoWIFI IOS installed
  • Several imperfections in the paint from IPA dissolving parts of it, and my soldering iron getting too intimate with others
Sea of pics:
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And obligatory n00ds:

Old shit impossible to diagnose spaghetti nightmare wiring
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New shit slightly less spaghetti wiring
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Have some video memes as well

I have learned so much in the many months of research and building this thing. I'm so glad I did it. This community is great and I love you all with all of the homo. I plan to continue and use what I learned in the building process to better my next attempt. Namely port and wire organisation and planning. Seriously, look at that rats nest. And that's AFTER I cleaned it up twice. I need to step up my game, lest Gman reach through my monitor and slap me.
 

nobble

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That was a very entertaining showcase of your portable! I like the paint job. Looks almost pearlescent.
 

fibbef

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I love the paint! The whole thing looks beautiful! I haven’t watched the vid yet, but I heard good things through discord. Congrats but RIP Lynx because now everyone is going to want to tear one up.
 
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