[2025 Contest Entry] Summer Contest 2025-The WIIRTOP,a wii in a bartop(arcade cabinet)

[randomguy]

Hey guys,too much time passed since the last update,so it's time to remedy that.
I have a lot of news,but first,I can say I offically finish the softxzre part and I'm happy with it .
The 3d parts are finish and I change the ashida screen to the good old dalian 4 inch screen(thanks @jefflongo for the 3d models).The final version on the Wiirtop looks so crazy now

I've made some changes especially on the speakers front part (who is now symetric lol)and do some little changes on basically all the parts.They look like this now:

I also finish all my pcb,big thanks to @Xenii who helped me a lot(another time)with them

I finally add the 1player switch to play with a GC controller or with the buttons on the Wiirtop

And the best for the end...

Another time,huge thanks to Xenii who told me how to fix all the errors(trust me,there were a lot).With his advices,I will get my board without a risk of fire,and this is a good thing
I aslo get out other experimental parts and my good old miss trimm

I'm ordering the PCBs and hope I will get them soon,stay alert!
One last thing,I will probably not finish it for the deadline because it's expensive for me and I'm still a teenager(don't have work lol)but I will do my best.
If you want to support the project,leave a tip on my ko-fi will be very helpful(yeah I'm annoying with that I know)
And I guess that's all for this time,have a good day all

My Ko-Fi:https://ko-fi.com/randomguy1

 

[randomguy]

Hey everyone,tim for an update,it's actually 11p.m in my country and I need to sleep,so it will be quick
Well,I finally place my order with Jlcpcb after checking everthing was ok on the pcbs,and trust me,it's veeeeerrrrryyy long .I choose DHL Express because I don't want to take risks and get tricked like @Redherring32.

They should arrive soon,I kept everybody informed,stay alert
And that's all for tonight(Yep,not too much),take care of you and see you next time!

 

[randomguy]

Hey all,the pcbs are finally here and they looks fantastic.I also almost finish the 3d printed prototype before the final print,and the two looks pretty good .

Now,@Gman enter the compétition and launch his worklog,it would be super hard but I promise I will do my best to finish on the podium
And that's all for today,hope I see you next time !

 

[Gman]

It's looking good. Push to the finish line!

 

[randomguy]

Thanks @Gman for your encouragements.I know print every part of the Wiirtop,the last one just came up today and it's looking pretty goo

I also decided tonmove to a 4.3 inch screen which is wider and easiest to find.You Can see the difference,it's not that big,but it's definitly not the same

Here is the Wiirtoo looks now(it's looks more crazy than before )

I even done some soldering on the pcbs,since 3 months I didn't touch the iron solder,it's looking pretty well (guess it's like the bike,you can't forgot it when you know how to do)

I still some adjustments on the back of the Wiirtop because some things are not fiting like I want,but it's not something too hard so that's ok

Also,I just want to share that I won't finish the wiirtop before the deadline because I don't have all the components(I defintly need more money lol)but I will put it as a complètes project for enter the voting,so vote for it even it's just a block of 3d printed plastic

And that's all for this time,see you in 3 days for thé last update and good look everyone on this last week

 

[randomguy]

Hey guys,last day before the comp end,I wish good luck to everyone!
I finally improve my shoulder buttons system now,it works pretty well

And I also made a video which is pretty garbage and terrible,but,hey,it does the job.Also sorry in advance for all the native american and people who speak english, because since 2 months I haven't practice my accent
So,I let you here with my video and see you for the results!


Edit:It's not finish but I put it ad completed for be able to be vote

 

[randomguy]

Hey yo folks,a lot of time had passed since the last update(yeah yeah it's not dead),and I've mad a lot of improvements since the last year.For example,the first thing that I wanted to change was the ammount of wires needed,because,well,there were just too many,this whole thing was almost just a bunch of wire,but because we're in 2026 and we got a dang Wire free Wii portable,I decided to change that,and here is what it looks like now

Far better right ?
I also made a new spacing for my 4 18650 batteries,on the central pcb thing

But if you look closely you will notice that there is still the weird mounter for the wii on the left,this is because I was just working on the internals without having too work with the wii(it's enough complicated without this thing)

I even made improvements on the Controller PCB,which now use the reals footprint of a Gamecube controller that I just borrowed from the PhobGCC project on github

I even made improvements on the Controller PCB,which now use the reals footprint of a Gamecube controller that I just borrowed from the PhobGCC project on github

And here is a quick look of the PCBs(I didn't actualise the 3d files of the PCBs so you might fin slight differences)

This is the central pcb (on the left) which uses(with his permission)the battery footprints of the Xii boy Ultra from @Xenii,the board is still here because I'm studying it to see the techniques used in it to improve my portable(I asked too lol)

This is my controller PCB

And the last that I changed(for now)is the back PCB(this one is not over at all btw)

In this shoulder button PCB,I will use a mix of buttons to make the analog and digital input of the Gamecube and I will use a multiplexer so you can choose if you will play with the integrated button or a gamecube controller.

Now the back of the Wiirtop will looks a bit weird because of the placement of the PMS-PD3 because I wanted the ability to charge the batteries from the back of this thing(last design, I puted this in front and it would be a hell to play with the cable next to your arms),so because I did this, I also moved the power button to
the front of the console.

And it looks like I have nothing more to say *except that if anybody have suggestions or whatever,because I'm still a begginer in making PCB,I take every advices you can give mebecause my desgins(especially shcelatics for example) are pretty weird sometimes,so I'm open,so just send a message

See you next time all !