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Hey dude, I hit the same problem when working with the OrangePi. There's a handful of things to look out for: The OrangePi has a different network chip to the Raspberry Pi (it's the one with "MAX" on it) and it requires an inductor along the line for the PS2 to make sense of the signal. I see...

I had my arm twisted (with money) to make a Raspberry Pi 4 portable for someone I know - I should poke him this way as this promises to be better than anything I'd cobble together!

I've not had the time to learn Fusion or Solidworks yet so still use Blender 3D myself for generating my 3D prints and designs (of all sorts of things from brackets through to my portable parts or the paths for a water-jet cut aluminium push-bike brace). It could sure do with a few extra...

Oh the money you could have saved Nintendo if you'd one this 25 years ago!

I've got a "nuts and bolts" question: Ram line length. How did you get this to work as it appears shorter than the original lengths and this was something that scared me away from it in the past. I do know that xtal overclocks (on the RCP) lead to image glitching and the going theory had to do...

I've been pottering on this ever since talking with some of the Goldeneye old-hands about it years ago (ShootersForever) so am frankly thrilled to see that you're taking this on as a project as it's always been beyond my financial means. I'm keen to see your development here and can help with...

For the rocker: Why not extrude the pivot down from the middle of the rocker itself to reduce the number of parts, or you could actually do away with the concept of the rocker entirely as pressing down on a tight-fit button like that will apply force to the tact switches at either end without...

I'll have forgotten by then so look forward to experiencing surprise! Then being impressed, then that feeling shifting to jealousy that it's so beautiful lol

This has been a long painful journey to get to this point but it's finally done. And that's about it really. I've always wanted to enter in the BitBuilt competition and finally I have - but after this unit I think I'll take a long break from making portables as everything that could go...

NO! I'm not letting you give up over something like this! If you can still play it without charging the batteries then it's still "portable" it just needs a battery charger. Not unlike the GameBoy, GameBoy Advance, GameGear, or Lynx! You're not allowed to drop out over something as small as that!

So there'll be an update today, one tomorrow, and I'll have to take time off work to get this puppy finished. So I've been printing out parts for the last week, with the case being broken up into 4 pieces to fit on my Ender 3. I've been printing with PLA+ which in the past has yielded...

Update, and a bit of news. First up: I've seemingly had my MS return and it affects my vision. There's a good chance now that I'll not get this complete by deadline, but that's life. No pity party please as I've a terrible allergy to them! Anyway! A bit of progress albeit stunted! So I've...

Right - I think I've earned myself a drink tonight. This is the point where I've managed to assemble the whole board and prove that it functions :) Lets start at the start! And my "cunning master plan" was to use twisted magnet wire to jumper the yPbPr lines out of the base board (after...

Right, so after the last board (which magically had a chip missing) I gave the NEXT PS2 that I'd brought a shake...and it rattled. Opening it up, just for the hell of it at this stage, I found it was a bolt-brace, the likes of which I've seen used on furniture. I figure they had to have poked...

Right, this is the point where this project jumps the f#@king shark. I finally got to the point of testing the audio system and got no sound. I checked my joints and lines, then traced back through the system and found that the audio chip was missing. WTAF!?! What are the odds of this...

Ok, bit of a benchmark day today, and an answer to the prior posts riddle (because it didn't update when I tried yesterday). So essentially the OrangePi is the heart and soul of this design and having this work is nothing short of essential. Perhaps I'm taking after Ben V too much when I say...

Right. Burnt a day trying to get all of this sorted. It's really starting to feel like a chore after all of the hassles I've been through, but you bet there are a few more - now the memory card won't work...? I'm not looking forward to having to lift the board and sort it out, so might end up...

Well, I've got to say that JLC does what it says on the box, and DHL is seriously dependable. Officially this was delayed, but still showed up 6 days early. I had the board partially populated with the 5v regulator and audio amp as it was actually more cost effective than me buying the...

Exceptional idea, but sadly I've put traces through the area I'd have to cut. I reckon I might just be able to squeeze in a second revision before the competition comes to an end, and I'm living proof that it's better to be lucky than smart so I'll see about crafting my way around the issues and...

But wait there's more! So following from tonights success I decided to see about how the screen would fit and made the most hilarious discovery I've made in ages!