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Shoulder buttons. This is pain. In other news, a bunch of stuff arrived, so I can start making more progress on this. While I'm losing hope that I'll be able to complete this before the deadline, I still think this would be a cool thing to make, and a great accomplishment nonetheless.

Hey! Yep, the bottom screen (gamepad screen) will have touch, and it should be even better than the gamepad's original screen. The Wii U gamepad used a resistive touchscreen, whereas I'll be using a capacitive one, so should be a slightly better experience. I'll probably want to figure out a...

I decided to pivot to moreso a 2DS-style design! I'm now definitively confirming that this project will utilise Vanilla. I'll come back with more info later.

Couple initial screen mockups: Currently suffering in OCR, it really doesn't wanna run well with the Pi camera, and when it does, it takes like a good 30 to 60 seconds to just figure out what the text is. I'm sure I'll solve the issue eventually....hopefully. I'm also doing some modifications...

Hey! So both me and a friend love Outer Wilds, and consider it one of the best games of all time, if not the best. Actually, if you haven't played it, stop whatever you're doing and go play it before even thinking of doing anything else. Besides, minor spoilers ahead, so... Anyway, one of the...

Regardless of if this is practical or not, it's beautiful. It looks so so much like it could've been a real product, and I honestly can't believe it was just a hobby project by 3 people. Even though it definitely prioritises aesthetics over practicality, it being functional is unbelievably cool...

Love the essential detail of the plastic type identifier being a part of the 3D model lol

I am still considering using Vanilla for the second screen, however I've been told that it would probably be a better idea to stick with the original gamepad. It seems likely that the original gamepad hardware, while no means perfect, would be less of a power hog than a custom vanilla setup...

Welp, things are changing. Hopefully for the better. So I kinda changed my approach to this whole thing. I've completely redone Stormbreaker, and integrated the +1V, +1.15V, and +3.3V lines onto it. The shape kinda looks like a capybara, so that's what I'm naming the board. Either that, or...

So! Update time! First things first, I've pretty much completed designing a power board for the Wii U, which I'm naming "Bistro 2". This takes a voltage input, around that of a 1S Li-ion battery, and outputs all the voltage rails the Wii U uses. I still might instead opt to modify...

Hey! I didn't enter the comp last year, and I didn't want to miss out this time, so I'm formally entering into the 2025 "Summer" Contest. Not much has happened so far, I'm still in the process of even thinking about what I want to do, but I think I've got a fairly good idea. I want to make a...

Forgot to update, sorry! Since my last post, I've ordered my boards and components! Over A$110 for the boards alone, and then another A$110 for components, which doesn't include parts bought from AliExpress, nor any of the tools and resources I have on hand. I also still need to purchase a GC+...

So, some good news. I think I'm finally done with my power board design! It's horrible and I hate it, but I think I'm done. I've nicknamed it "Stormbreaker", trying to keep with Yveltal's Thor-inspired naming scheme. Cause I already had enough of a nightmare just making this thing in the...

Thanks! All this encouragement has been what's kept me going, otherwise I probably wouldn't have gotten it this far. That's been one of my big goals with this: as clean as possible. I've also been trying to prioritise repairability and repeatability, but the size constraints have unfortunately...

I've been posting about this on Discord for far too long, so I figured it was finally time for me to make a worklog. (Thanks @SimplyStevii) This console started out back in August last year, as a rough recreation of the UltraWii Sakura, since I was impatient and didn't want to wait for Yveltal...

This is a tough one...mainly because I don't have much I've actually completed lol Honestly, though, my best contribution to the portabilising scene so far is likely the mxHound.

@Shank I don't think they were talking about feedback resistors. @m0thm4n Do NOT do what you're suggesting. Resistor dividers are absolutely not a good way to reduce an output voltage. The RVL-PMS line of products all use resistors to configure the output voltage, HOWEVER, the actual voltage...

Hey, nice work! I'm excited to see more usage of the Wii Mini! The reduced power consumption and heat generation could allow for some pretty cool (pun intended) designs. The CAD for this looks pretty neat, although it is odd to see a PlayStation analog stick layout on a Nintendo portable lol...

I'm back, sorry about leaving everyone in the dark for so long! My PCBs came in, and I've been busy trying to get stuff happening. I kept going from one issue to another, and kept holding out on making an update until I got things working. The big issue has been that I have no real way to...

This looks absolutely epic! A compact, Omega-compatible (ish) power supply for portable Wiis that supports undervolting would be hugely helpful, at least for me. Can't wait to see this project reach completion! I'm especially excited for the the predicted low-price mass-manufacturing can...