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Please forgive me for not recognizing you. Are you able to refresh my memory on who you are and how we've interacted before? It can be in DMs or over Discord or whatever. When you asked this question: I was under the impression you were looking for the resistor values on the screen control...

Power: R5 - 10K Ω Menu: R6 - 22.1K Ω Source: R7 - 6.82K Ω +: R8 - 20k Ω -: R9 - 680 Ω Let me know if these work. There's no reason they shouldn't but It'd help to verify I took my readings correctly.

Very cool! Thanks a lot for sharing!

VGA is honestly a rite of passage in this community. Were you able to verify each of the color channels properly? It sounds like you don't have USB wired up yet, and if that's the case, you'll just have white text on a black background - not ideal for verifying the colors. Great work either...

I read the title of this thread and I was like "oh neat! a clamshell PS2 portable!" and then I saw what this actually is. This is super cool dude! I think this is probably the first portable with a folding screen like this! Did you do any documentation for the screen so more people can...

To print the front half for this sort of thing, I like to print at something like a 45 degree angle - the same way an Ashida gets printed: You can see the support material under where the shell ends. So basically just apply this idea to the front and back halves of the Dreamcast controller...

Hi! I've not seen you post before but I can see you've been around for a while. Welcome back to portablizing! Also I love your signature haha. Greetings aside. The soldering here has a bit of room for improvement. The third capacitor has a really big ugly blob, I don't know if that's...

@YveltalGriffin recently made a forum post which I've linked here that covers where to find high capacity high quality 18650s and 21700s from reputable sources, and I wanted to post that along with a few other parts here for documentation purposes. Amprius SA110 (4000mAh 18650)...

I'll never get over this beauty! It really is eye candy in PCB form. So glad I was able to contribute! One of these days I want do design a portable with it!

24 AWG sounds good yes, you'll want to use this gauge for everything that carries a higher current load (so things like the battery wires, the charging wires, Screen power, Wii power, etc). If you're going to build an Ashida, as stated above, the 18650s are smaller than 21700s so you'll end up...

I forgot to comment on this when I first saw it. That shell looks absolutely beautiful! The GameCube stickers are such a nice touch!

It's high time I post an update! Cyxty Four rev 2 has been coming along very well! The IO being routed on the motherboard (instead of under or above it like in most designs) has left me with a TON of extra room for cooling! It left me with so much extra room in fact, I came very close to...

As stated above, it's definitely worth checking the voltage on the cells. But I suspect what might be happening here is that the PMS may need to calibrate properly with the cells. I've had weird battery behavior before similar to this where the battery percentage being output isn't accurate to...

Most people I know get Samsung 18650s from MABD Electronics, but their Samsung batteries are out of stock as of right now. The Samsung ones they sell only go up to 3500 mAh which means they'll give you less battery life. I would recommend finding some cells that go up to 4000 mAh or even...

Hello and welcome! It sounds like you're off to a really good start so far! It's worth noting that the Aliexpress Ashida doesn't seem to have too many (if any) worklogs on the forums (if there are any, I haven't come across them). This does imply we probably lack some documentation for this...

That's definitely on the hot side. I solder at 327C or 622F which is quite a bit lower. I've got a guide on Wii micro soldering that might help with this, it recommends good equipment, settings such as temp to solder at, and covers most of the really difficult and tiny solder points. You...

Holy moly that's impressive! When you say success to boot, do you mean you've already tested and it works? Is that CCTV device taking in video from it? It's a bit difficult to make the details on it out. Edit: Oh I see now, this is b_Rob's project, good stuff either way!

Dang, that's a rip on the N64 board. At least you know what it was! That's good to know about your cooling setup! I've been researching passive cooling for my latest N64 project, and knowing that your setup is sufficient is really helpful. It's great to hear that hot air is indeed coming...

I don't mean to necro bump here, but I found this thread while I was looking through worklogs trying to get more information on how thermals perform with passive cooling and expansion RAM. I'm curious to know, what are the thermals like on this build? Does it seem like it gets too warm? I'm...

You don't need the U10 component as the PMS2 has a U10 pad you can solder to that replaces the need for a U10 relocation. There are ways to relocate U10 wirelessly though, here's an example: As a side note, if you're burning off pads like this, it may be worth practicing your soldering a bit...