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What is a little? Check the battery voltage when nothing is connected/on and make sure the battery is above 3.7V, preferably more like 4 - 4.2V. I ran into a similar issue when my battery was low and my wires were too thin, making the voltage drop worse. I used a relatively weak charger that I...

Yes, using a higher gauge wire, especially to the battery, worked. The wires from the battery caddy were even thinner than the ones I had used to connect to the wii. So with a battery that was not fully charged and voltage drops in the thin wires and the extra load from the wii compared to just...

Thanks, I'll get the correct size immediately. Hmm, when I ordered the cables I ordered 0.6mm which was supposed to be 22awg I thought, but apparently, that was the size of the whole cable with insulation and not the copper itself, I forgot to confirm the size of the copper until the post...

Soooo, I went a bit zealous when sanding down my wii, to get it to fit within the footprint of the display driver board. I had looked at the LMAO and OMEGA trims and the compendium to see if it felt safe, but I fully accept if I went too far without realizing it. So connecting the PMS and PD...

Well, it's been a short while since the last update. Have been slowly modifying the case, spending a lot of time very slowly sanding down the pieces to fit each other with high grit sandpaper. though the fits aren't perfect, I ended up giving up on the precision needed for perfect fits. Have...

Thanks, that is really reassuring to know. I'll just continue using my 18650 battery as a test battery until I'm ready to install all the LiPos as a single battery pack and be careful of the wiring.

I see, thanks, I'll keep it in mind. Though as I want to maintain the translucent purple of the case, I don't think I can use it much for this project.. I'm more likely to order more shells and cut out what I need from them. Though I think I'll be able to stay within the double GBA shells and...

I have been using a really good plastic-specific super glue so far, that I have used for repairs, other projects and stuff before, though I was a bit worried that it won't be strong enough with so little surface area, especially on the joint front panels. So I'll definitely look into ABS and...

So I discovered in my work log/contest entry that I won't be able to fit the regular 18650 batteries I had planned, and started looking at LiPo batteries. While looking at eBay for batteries in all different sizes I started wondering whether it would be better to stack multiple smaller batteries...

So spend a good amount of time cutting and sanding down one side of the case. The front panel is cut rather thoroughly to fit the LCD, and sanded down a bit, though I will have to go over it more to get rid of some of the white cut marks, and straightening up the lines. The backside is just a...

Sure, though I don't have a 3D printer. I could ask a colleague of mine who has one to do all the prints I need, but honestly, I don't like the look and feel of regular 3D prints all that much, and I rather wanted the look and feel of the original injection-molded translucent 90s- early 2000s...

Well got around to cutting up my first Wii, which was an interesting experience. Anyway got it cut and sanded down, and checked the resistances which all were within what others have reported, though the 3.3v was a bit low with about 5.6k. The board fits nicely within the footprint of the...

So I have officially abandoned my first project after having my display driver board blow up on me, and failing to do the nand relocation. So I'm starting a new project/iteration to join the summer contest. My goal is to frankencase two translucent GameBoy Advance shells to fit a 5" component...

Yeah, you are probably right. It seemed feasible when I was looking at the pcb schemas before I got the actual chip, but looking at the actual scale and the precision of the cuts, I don't feel confident about doing it. (Especially after having a massive failure earlier today.) So I'll just go...

Well I'm the biggest moron in existence. I tried removing some of the capacitors from the display driver, aaaaand it ended up blowing up, aaaaand a bunch of the nearby components flew off into oblivion.... I have found 3 components that landed on the desk +the broken capacitor. There are at...

Thanks ^^ Yeah I know they don't line up and that I'll have to use magnet wire to manually rewire the Nand. I plan to go for it anyway. I have two flex pcbs, so if I mess up on my 6 layer board, I'll just try again on a 4 layer one. It's about 100 $ plus post, in my area for a black one...

Heya ^^ All my parts finally arrived, so it is time to make a worklog and start this project properly. I plan to frankencase two GameBoy advance shells together to fit the 5" component Eyoyo display. And then have all the other components within the GBA shell. My biggest worry is the thickness...

I see, thank you ^^

From other threads it seems stocks are rather volatile. So I'm unsure if I should buy the things I need that are in stock currently, or wait for the U-Amp to come into stock, so I can order everything as a single package to save on shipping. So is there any eta on the U-Amp? Or are the stocks so...

Hi ^^ I'm new here to the forum. I have some experience with electronics and manufacturing / hacking stuff together, though the only console mod I have done so far was the rgb mod for n64. Planning on making a portable wii inside a gameboy advance shell (or 2 glued together to become longer to...