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Gwii buttons are a bit of a process. Just that alone makes the ashida easier… lol Even easier yet would be getting your hands on a gboy kit.

Looking good Caleb!!! Always great to read through your work logs :)

I think the ashida is easier than the gwii. Way less wiring but it’s a bit more cramped. Ashida seems to need more shielded wire than gwii in my experience so troubleshooting could be more complicated on ashida.. they are both great first builds. Gwii is nice because it really teaches you what...

The boards arrived from JLC PCB. They look really nice! I do wish that I centered the FRAM over the main chip but there will be another final revision I'm sure. Other than that I am very pleased! Did a preliminary assembly and it didnt work right off the bat... I was just using the controller...

Hey y'all, Finally getting around to posting this portable here... It was pretty much finished a few months ago but today I finally fixed the headphone switching with the WiiHUD via > HPS on the uamp. So thats all good now! Yes! I am pleased with how this portable turned out. It was my first...

I think you may have your RGB lines mixed up. When following the trimming guide did you go by the numbers or the colors? The colors are NOT coded to match RGB lines but for component video cable color code. Thats my hunch about it. It looks like the colors are inverted. Sometimes you can...

@Wesk did some PAL trimming on the n64. Maybe check with him about that... you could always try to source an NTSC Nintendo 64. Do you have a huge library of PAL cartridges?

StankyDanky64. lol 6 batteries is gonna be a heavy beast of a portable. In my experiece 4 is just heavy enough... are you thinking 18650 or something else? Glad there is another 64 project in progress right now. Are you going to follow the Advanced 64 trim Gman developed? Highly recommended...

Well Folks, heres some progress after lots of space... my first n64 controller board had a few issues that made it not function. The NUS-CNT footprint was too small and i sent traces through the pads that were too small and delicate so they kind of fell apart under some soldering iron heat. Oh...

This is all so exciting... I've been toying with the idea of getting some BGA reballing jigs. I have a trim right now that i suspect has a solder wisker or ball wedged under the top of the GPU creating a 3v3 short. This will likely be my first test subject for reballing... Thanks for the...

Whaaaaaaaat? It begins!! Thanks so much G... legendary contribution. I have a 79000 in my backstocks... one day I'll actually put it to use. Cheers mate!

I also want to double bump on the 4 layer wii... 6 layer wii seem like a good deal even for something like a micro project but you run the risk of getting one with lots of GPU glitch straight out of the box. I built my first noldendo with a 6 layer only to find out it was glitching out hard...

Its difficult to see from the blurry photos... But i think you are adding extra voltage wires to your u10 relocation that are not necessary. The u5 pads already provide ground and 3v3 to the chip. Did you remember to cut the trace that leads to the output pin? I agree with where @Stitches was...

IIRC you can change the source on the buydisplay driver without having a signal. (different than the gboy) But its still good to wire up composite to make sure all is good with the build so far. That way you can make sure you're on the right track before too many steps go by. Also, with PMS...

Do you have a pms2 or pms lite? New BuyDisplay 4layer IPS? Looks great so far! Even did the MC/GND twisty... good plan. Shielded pairs will be your friend on this build...at least they were for me. I wonder what secret reveal we are in store for here...

Ohhhh Yeahhhhh! It begins!!!

It looks more complicated than it actually is... the RGB board is optional. And the screen board doesn’t need to be attached either... you can use composite and skip that whole added complexity. The composite signal coming off the n64nis actually pretty good. Although the rgb amp is a definite...

The trick for ram swapping is getting expansion pack or later revision mobos to harvest their 4mb chips. Then solder them into an earlier revision that has the two ram Slots. You will also need a jumper pack to terminate the rambus. You can check out my build log for my n64p as I went through...

They are very convenient... just don't show it to @YveltalGriffin. They hurt his eyes.. One important test is to make sure you are actually connected to the pin... Use a meter probe on the pad and the other on the TOP of the ave pin. Also, check for shorts between adjacent pins... I've had good...

I am connecting the video data lines with 34awg magnet wire... with 54mhz twisted tightly with a grounded magnet wire. And 28awg for power and ground.