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He always gets spoilt rotten, here he is tucking into some truffle cheese with crackers that we're having before tea ;)

Overhauled much of the design, and re-assigned lots of the pins for the PS2+ chip - it made a world of difference. I'm hoping that I'll get this ordered within the next few days, and for the better part I feel it's starting to come together. Again: Be critical, I don't want to print a...

Had a thrilling day today, busted a filling, which is terrible timing on my part. Anyway, a day's worth of learning later and I've got the first revision for the wiring on the PCB. I'll review it for a few days and also finish it off, but this is the initial draft which has none of the grounds...

Well this has been a very focused few days, I've pushed ahead with my plan of making a PCB that'll mount all of the major components in this portable for easy assembly. There's been a lot of measuring, checking, printing, pulling hair out, designing new footprints etc. but I think it has finally...

Forgot the OrangePi Zero to PS2 wiring, and couldn't seem to add it to the prior message, were anyone to want it. Given there were some very tall shoulders to stand on, and that the OrangePi turned out to be well documented, this was a rather trivial task. I did make the mistake of not including...

Well it's been an intense few days, and it only promises to become more-so. Turns out the OrangePi Zero is perfect for loading games over ethernet, and I figure it has to do with the ethernet chip it has. It's smaller than a RaspberryPi, and seems to have a lower power consumption (about 230mA)...

I really admire your approach here! It's going to be fantastic!

BWHAHAHAHA Brilliant! In all honesty he's a pal I've got around all the time while I'm home, he's super-personable and I've got to be careful that he doesn't get burnt or eat something dangerous. How do we post videos? I'll see if I can step this work-log up a notch lol

So the PIC chip for the Wii PMS and the OrangePI Zero arrived today*, plus GingerOfOZ mentioned more cute bird pictures, so I spent half of Good Friday seeing if I could modify the code to get it to do only what I wanted seeing as I'm using it in a stripped-down capacity. I would like to give a...

Odds down he'll be in more photos as he's always around - I think he ate a couple of SMD resistors out of a cup of them I had a few days ago. Not happy with that. I've also had so much demand from friends and family that he has his own Facebook page, and I get pestered if I go a few days...

I'm after lots of batteries for this unit as I'm frequently away from power-points for extended durations, and it turns out there's not really heaps of options when it comes to 18650s. I've a rough layout in my head that'll involve holders which store 3 batteries on each side, with a removable...

Don't know if I should keep things posted here, or edit the above posts, this could be a very monotonous thread! Setting up the SMB server (thanks in no small part to the legendary guide by darkwing here...

Whelp that was quick, both Beetle boards became unresponsive after uploading code to them. I've decided to panic-order the chip used in the Wii PMS and see if I can modify the code enough to serve my means (nobody minds if I stand on their shoulders there?). I'm glad I decided to do this now!

So I sold my prior PS2 in a Wii U (PiiU) to get the money to make this one, and I plan on it being everything I wanted in a portable so I’m dubbing it my “final PS2 portable”. I want to do it right for me. Also I got diagnosed with MS a little over a year ago so might need to start getting...

Which is a crying shame, because they're perfect for putting a Raspberry Pi in as a portable. I've turned a couple of them into different things, and just actually sold my Wii U PS2 to fund my entry into this years BitBuilt :)

Perhaps have a look at teardowns to begin with to get a sense of available space as dumping a heap of photos on your mightn't be all that useful really. The other issue with a Wii U gamepad is that they're oddly extremely expensive for a dead console.

The Wii U speakers are actually pretty good, I use a bog standard audio amp to run them and have used standard Wii U speakers for lots of other projects too. There isn't any IR setup in the gamepad to my knowledge, and I couldn't get the volume control working for my Wii U PS2. There's hardly...

My partner is from Lorient, and lived much of her life in Breton :)

Down the bottom of New Zealand, land of volcanoes, sheep, freezing nights, getting horribly lost on terrible roads, as well as the infamous "fresh air and sunny beaches tax" on anything we buy into the country.

Man that screen driver board is tiny! I'd love to know what it is, also your casing work is immaculate! Great stuff!