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I was going to make a case for this to keep it safe from the kids, but I found these EVA foam switch lite cases at the local shops and it fits great! This will do nicely and saved me hours worth of cad/CNC work haha. I must have missed this comment, sorry! Sounds like you've still got a bit to...

Another quick update. Top shoulder buttons are all sorted, still working on the design for the lower ones but think I'll have them figured out soon. In the process of testing different trigger designs I decided to move the lower trigger contact point a bit lower which meant making a new PCB. I...

You're right, just looked at the specs and that's not much of a jump in performance at all. Could have sworn it was a bigger difference but it had been a little while since I last looked at the data.

Slightly better on Amazon, $617 AUD. I could probably order from the overseas Amazon through one of those international shipping companies and avoid paying that tax on it but it's a lot of hassle. Just noticed there's also a m5-6Y57 which would be more worthwhile, but it's more like $800. Still...

Yeah I looked at the compute sticks too, definitely Mega expensive for the more powerful ones. The m3-6Y30 4gb version is about $679 AUD compared to the roughly $200 AUD of the tablet. I'm still watching the local used listings in the hopes one might come up second hand. Its a shame the x86...

I wish they would release lower profile versions of a lot of those boards, they would have been perfect for this sort of thing. I could probably squeeze a UDOO Ultra in there, but its performance isn't that much greater than the z8350 and cost would have been much higher. The board alone would...

Just found these, I reckon this would be the way I would go next time. https://shop.udoo.org/udoo-x86-ii-ultra.html

Yeah I haven't seen any that have more ram than this. Not sure how you'd go about adding more ram, it would definitely be a solder job. Not even sure there's any spare pads for another chip. I'd be considering something more like a latte panda next time. I've got my fingers crossed for a small...

It's a Pipo W2Pro. Don't do it just for me though! I've worked out what I think is my best bet. Basically I'm going to settle for charge OR play, but I don't want to have to flick a switch or something to charge so I need to come up with a circuit that disconnects the ID pin from ground when...

Finished my first set of trigger buttons. This was a three sided machine job, so I'm glad it all lined up! Love how they look but not how they feel. I'm going to add some springs behind the buttons to see if it helps fix the problem. These buttons where the biggest challenge in designing this...

I've never used blender so I don't know for sure, but I thought it was aimed more at artistic modelling and animation rather than product design? Maya is definitely supposed to be used for modelling and animation. I did a fair bit of this at uni as most of my degree was modelling for use in 3D...

Spore runs pretty well actually. I'm not bothering to check fps on anything but at least 35-40fps as a guess. The screen is hard to film right now because the protective plastic film is getting pretty scratched up. I'll cut out a proper screen protector this weekend so I can peel off the film...

Hmmmm 2008. Might be a little late for it, but it also wasn't a hugely power hungry game. I'll have to track down my licence for it and have a go!

Okay so another quick picture-less update. Finally got a chance to properly test the USB OTG and charge functionality. It appears as though this tablet doesn't support it. I think I'm going to have to settle for just charge OR play which should be okay since I should get easily 3+ hours out of...

Thanks mate, I'm really happy with how it looks, just wish I could get the charging sorted haha. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to seeing some PS2 classics running on that nice big screen!

I used an Arduino Pro Micro for input on my pi project. The code is pretty basic, but I'd be happy to share mine if that's something you'd struggle with. As for the Pi Zero, with the correct emulator I didn't see any issues with GBA. The stock one was definitely slow but once I switched to one...

Don't worry about the size, I'm loving the 8" screen so far on my build. I'd offer to cut your acrylic for you, but probably find shipping cost would probably make it pointless. Keen to see this one going! A portable Ps2 is definitely something I'm considering in the future, I loved the Ratchet...

If all you're doing is building from plans or a kit, all you really need is to be able to follow instructions well and have a basic understanding of electronics. I would be willing to bet most people that have completed some sort of portable console would have enough electrical experience to get...

Yeah I'm pretty sure that won't work with windows. Documentation on how all of this works is pretty scarce, especially for an unknown brand Chinese tablet like this one. I suspect the battery is actually monitored on a hardware level (since battery information is available through the bios) so I...

Haha thanks mate. Yeah the actual charging of the battery isn't the issue as I'm able to run a seperate battery charger if I'm desperate. I really need to use the internal charge circuitry of the tablet though as otherwise windows doesn't detect that the battery is charging (which results in...