Worklog Wii U Cube

[Bakuku]

I moved this post from the Modretro forums seeing as the majority of users has moved here.
Enjoy!


This will be the worklog for a commission I'll be doing.
It will be a GameCube inside an official Wii U Gamepad shell I bought of ebay.
Client wants original Gamecube face buttons so I'll have to frankencase this baby quite good I assume.

6.2" LCD
7.2v 6800mAH Panasonic NCR18650 Li-ion Batteries
A Wasp Fusion for SD game loading with SWISS
DOL CPU 01 for trimming purposes.
4 player external support
AV out
126mb memorycard
SD-Gecko on Slot B
Zenloc Custom regulator
Rumble support


I'll update the first post.

Enjoy!

First parts arrived today.

Update 11/12/2015

Update 21/10/2015

I made cuts where I wanted the GC controller parts to be and used BISON Kombi Plastic epoxy to keep it all in place. This stuff dries quik and turn solid hard after about an hour or so.
To get the best result I mounted the 4 pieces separately, meaning day one was analog stick, day two... and so on. That way I was sure all was good and well. Between mountings I would sand the previous mounted component.

Result:

Finishing work still needed.

Update 28/02/2016

Update 26/03/2016

Update 12/08/2016

 

[Matthew]

Awesome man! It looks great.

 

[Bakuku]

Ok so i ran into an issue

Audio doesnt work anymore :/
Only static cracking noise

Tried new filtercaps and 5v relocation but no go.
Worked fijn a couple of days ago...

Please help

 

[JacksonS]

It looks super comfortable and I really like that.

I'm assuming you are getting audio out of the pre-amp because you mentioned 5v relocation. Try wiring to these pins on the right of the AVE chip (the ones labelled Audio L and Audio R). If it works, your audio will be quieter. You might need to replace the pre-amp chip.

 

[Bakuku]

It looks super comfortable and I really like that.

I'm assuming you are getting audio out of the pre-amp because you mentioned 5v relocation. Try wiring to these pins on the right of the AVE chip (the ones labelled Audio L and Audio R). If it works, your audio will be quieter. You might need to replace the pre-amp chip.

I cut a new board. A transplant would have taken the same amount of time.

Thanks for the help though

 

[Bakuku]

Okay.

So I wanted to close the unit for some testing and I noticed that my controller stops working once I boot into SWISS?!

It works fine in the GC BIOS but after booting SWISS and getting the SD/wfk message with all my games being mounted the controller stops responding...?

Is it the controller or does my unit freeze?

Same issue on both wall and battery.

Please help

 

[JacksonS]

The 3.3v power line on your controller is probably not connected. The controller can be power through only the data line when you're in the BIOS menu, but not in-game. The dedicated 3.3v line needs to be connected.

 

[Bakuku]

The 3.3v power line on your controller is probably not connected. The controller can be power through only the data line when you're in the BIOS menu, but not in-game. The dedicated 3.3v line needs to be connected.

Okay i switched p2 with one thats why it didnt work... Lol feel stupid.

Unit is finished btw. Will add video and new post later!

Thanks jackson!

Ps: you still owm me some info haha.
Dvd drive and wasp at the same time info