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I'm tempted to do this. So many adapters tho..

Bad internets...

Okay, I'll solder the power socket back on and check with the wall adapter first. Edit: It's 5 volts!

Perfect! Thanks BocuD. This week I should have time to really get some good testing done. Gotta wire the battery first. Then I can really figure out where everything will go inside.

Yup. I'll do some testing this week, but I think it should work fine off my batteries. I'll be using the 18650s, like you said Noah. So 7.4v should work well. I'll try it with 5v before I go straight from the batteries.

It actually got LiPo. ;) Took care of it with some good ol' solder wick and my usual iron. Classic. I was thinking of giving the screen power straight from the batteries since that screen runs on what like 5-12 volts?

:P

Spaghetti, but noodlicious!

Got my custom regulators assembled now. Batteries will be soon.. I'll use thermal paste and epoxy to keep the heatsinks on the chips as well. I'm trying to work bit by bit on a few things at once to complete this at a steady pace.

Oh. That would help. I'll find something smaller. Does it even need fins, or would a copper slab work just as well? Edit: I cut the fins off of the heatsink in previous images. How does this hold up now?

What does the community think about this heatsink setup? I found it from an old GPU. Fits right over the Bluetooth chip and capacitors. The smaller heatsink is the only other one I had laying around. Will this hold up to the heat inside a case? It all fits perfectly inside behind the LCD.

More work today on the case. I cut the top off the back of the LCD casing and sanded it down to fit the portable casing. A little bit more trimming is needed to fit snug. Then I will really glue everything together and add some spot putty to make it nice and smooth. The back half completely...

I was thinking black and white. I don't really want to paint the back and front side bumpers since they have a rubber coating that feels nice in the hand. but maybe something entirely different and unique. Or Red. My go-to color for portables...

Quick update. I glued some plastic strips inside the LCD housing. Using Oatey #30916 Special ABS Cement to glue them together. Man does that stuff dry fast!!! Now it's nice and snug inside the bezel. Since all the posts that held it together were on the back half, and I'm not going to need it...

After much time spent avoiding work on this project, I finally am going ALL IN! The picture below shows my screen inside the front half of my disassembled Wikipad case. I am flipping the casing upside down to allow a better fit and will rotate the screen and buttons to match how they usually...

I may have to contact you next week about buying a couple.

Here's a couple mock up pictures of the case and screen bezel with a couple plastic casing pieces to fill the missing holes. I think it all should fit. I might have to scrap the RPi idea, but we shall see... I'll be cutting to fit and gluing the parts together soon! :D

Hey all, I've decided to go ahead and order this Wikipad casing to try to use as the base of my portable. I'll glue in the housing from the LCD and add an extended backing to hold the Wii and other components. I'm really excited to see if this casing will work, it's for a 7" android tablet. I've...