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The main PCB is close to being finished. I’ve tried my best with the HDMI routing and length matching. It looks kinda weird but all of the lengths are within +/- 3mm within a given differential and approximately 30mm between each pair. A fair bit has happened in the last couple of weeks, so I...

Inside of your home Wii console. The name simply refers to the standard trim outline you need to perform on the 4-layer circuit board, which is the easiest and most standard trim that was established when the Wii hadn't been studied as extensively as it has now.

I don't want to come across as rude, but asking a member for their design files on the forums is genuinely seen as impolite. If Ginger wanted to open source his case assets and models for the WiiBoy color, he already would have done so. His Louii is open source, so it may be likely that he would...

After having put the WiiSPii together, I noted some difficulties in the build process that could be simplified further if people choose to make an SPii of their own. I've started to go ahead and make some small improvements to the case assets. One pain in the ass job I found was wiring 9 wires...

The Wii SPii A Nintendo GBA SP inspired clamshell portable by StonedEdge Worklog: https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-wii-spii.3347/ So here we are, my first post in The Cutting Edge, and my first ever portable on the forums designed by myself! After 10 months of PCB failure...

Very close to finishing this off, probably within the next couple of weeks. My Chinese switch sticks were broken so I’m still waiting on a spare in the mail, but everything is confirmed pretty much working at this point, which makes me very happy! I made a critical error with my hall sensor...

I've been working on the mainboard in the mean time whilst Dmcke5 finishes up the CAD model. The mainboard contains a lot of stuff, including: - HDMI-DVI encoder - USB-C, HDMI and SD ports, plus headphone jack port - Two FFC connectors for connecting the left and right controller PCBs to the...

I’d recommend soldering to the vias instead of the capacitors and terminating resistors. That way there’s no fear of losing them or breaking the solder joint. As Gman said, the filtering caps and termination resistors are extremely important. You’re likely to get washed out video without them.

I got my Secret Santa today right on cue (Christmas Day). It’s a really nice handmade pen with an Articuno on it from the Pokémon series. I’m sure this took a while for him to make and it feels absolutely top quality, definitely not a cheap Chinese pen. It’s actually quite heavy. Very cool...

Not a major update, but I've started testing a couple of things with the new PCB. The screen has been giving me a bit of a headache at the moment. I bought a new 3.5" panel as my other one had stopped working, and I'm currently getting a very unstable backlight that switches on and off sometimes...

Hi, and welcome to the forums! Do you mean in terms of commission or cost of parts? If you have no tools, expect to pay upwards of 300+USD for your first build. For a commission, look upwards of 1000 USD. Building a portable is a laborious process but rewarding. Don’t cheap out on crap tools is...

BitBuilt 2020 The Yearly Recap The year that now was. 2020 was full of surprises for everyone, with the global pandemic of COVID-19 impacting our lives in unprecedented ways. MGC 2020, originally scheduled for April this year was cancelled last minute and unfortunately, a lot of BitBuilt...

It’s finally that time of year again! Despite 2020 being a bit of a wild rollercoaster, it has overall been a great year for portablizing, with the community certainly growing in more ways than one. For that, all of the BitBuilt team and staff members thank everyone for making some awesome...

The SPii case arrived in one piece and the quality feels really fantastic. No, like, amazing. It's hard to describe but its very silky soft thanks to the sandblasting, maybe very close to an injection molded piece for a much cheaper price. I put all the parts inside to make sure they all fit...

I made another PCB that accommodates 3DS sliders instead of switch analog sticks. This required that I pretty much re-design 60% of the mobo from scratch, but I much prefer this layout. Now people can choose whatever they want when they build one (and also stop complaining that I didn't use them...

Yeah, no need for custom regulators. They are built into the PS2PMS so you can grab all the voltages you need from there. No, the PS2PMS only supports a 1SxP configuration, X can be however many number of cells you want to wire up in parallel. It has a 5V boost regulator onboard for USB.

Wow, amazing work and really nice internals for your first portable! Can't wait to try my hand at an N64 portable really soon as well. N64 Advanced looks great too.

SoonTM :D

I accidentally ruined my PCBs with a VSYS to GND short... I won't get into it but I'm onto Revision 1.4 (welp). It was a simple mistake and I got to use Gman's JLCPCB discount code anyway. There always a silver lining. Oopsies. Due to popular demand, I've made a 3DS slider version that is 2.5mm...

Congrats on finishing! It looks incredible. I know how hard you worked on this and the struggles you faced along the way through the constant DMs, board revisions and vented frustrations. Looks fantastic! And compared to your first... well... I’m just going to leave this here to show other...