Worklog Aurelio's and Madmorda's cooperative portable

[Aurelio]

Hey everyone! Few days ago me and @Madmorda started working on a new Wii portable. The case design is based on the GBA classic. Enough with the words, take a look at the video. Thank


PS: This has nothing to do with the Piizza 2.0

 

[tyE]

http://www.batteryspace.com/polymer...9W4MBmmgFOr5dwEQ4bwS2IwWzz-GUloeG8aApDW8P8HAQ

Not as power dense as an 18650 but less outward space

 

[Aurelio]

http://www.batteryspace.com/polymer...9W4MBmmgFOr5dwEQ4bwS2IwWzz-GUloeG8aApDW8P8HAQ

Not as power dense as an 18650 but less outward space

No way. I'm not going to have a 15 minutes portable

 

[ShockSlayer]

not shown in the video: aurelio installing the "NoRibbonCable" IOSes on the screen board

 

[Aurelio]

not shown in the video: aurelio installing the "NoRibbonCable" IOSes on the screen board

Shhhh don't reveal anything

 

[Shank]

No way. I'm not going to have a 15 minutes portable

You talkin' shit about my Kill Mii? (yea its pretty awful)

 

[Aurelio]

You talkin' shit about my Kill Mii? (yea its pretty awful)

Yep

 

[Matando]

I had been toying with the idea of stuffing a wii in a gba sp case for a while now. My question for you Aurelio is would the screen be too small for that kind of resolution (I know its 480p, but still)? Or do you think it would still look great?

 

[jefflongo]

I can tell this is going to be quality. The question is, who gets to keep it??

 

[Madmorda]

We're each making one, but working together on the design. They'll look a bit different when finished, but still be brother consoles

Or, I could have it on weekends

 

[Matando]

We're each making one, but working together on the design. They'll look a bit different when finished, but still be brother consoles

Or, I could have it on weekends

Only if it promises not to tell the other parent what games were played on it

 

[Aurelio]

I tested these dual action tact switches. They work pretty well and they take no space at all

 

[Redmagnusx]

I tested these dual action tact switches. They work pretty well and they take no space at all

Those tact switches look awesome! Are you willing to share a link or part number for them?

 

[Aurelio]

These are EVP-AXBA1A. The two internal switches have a common pad, so they can't be used with the standard dual-tact mod (since one switch is usually connected to ground and the other is connected to 3.3V). The solution is either to use a transistor to switch the signals or use a custom firmware for GC+ which is not publicly available yet (and I don't know when it will).

 

[Redmagnusx]

These are EVP-AXBA1A. The two internal switches have a common pad, so they can't be used with the standard dual-tact mod (since one switch is usually connected to ground and the other is connected to 3.3V). The solution is either to use a transistor to switch the signals or use a custom firmware for GC+ which is not publicly available yet (and I don't know when it will).

Honestly? A transistor will work just fine for me. Hahaha. Thanks for the part number!

 

[Aurelio]

Honestly? A transistor will work just fine for me. Hahaha. Thanks for the part number!

You bet! There are few switches with the same configuration that are slightly bigger (like a standard 6x6 tact switch). Unless you need something really small, I'd look for those

 

[Redmagnusx]

You bet! There are few switches with the same configuration that are slightly bigger (like a standard 6x6 tact switch). Unless you need something really small, I'd look for those

I'm still on the fence regarding component size to be honest. I want my next build to be tiny, but to properly do so, I would have to design custom circuit boards and transplant the parts from the various components I use for the portable onto them. I feel as though I'd have essentially do what Nikoil is doing with his NGCP. The problem is, I don't have his resources and I haven't designed my own proper circuit board in over 14 years. Hahaha. Maybe that's too ambitious? IDK.

 

[Aurelio]

I'm still on the fence regarding component size to be honest. I want my next build to be tiny, but to properly do so, I would have to design custom circuit boards and transplant the parts from the various components I use for the portable onto them. I feel as though I'd have essentially do what Nikoil is doing with his NGCP. The problem is, I don't have his resources and I haven't designed my own proper circuit board in over 14 years. Hahaha. Maybe that's too ambitious? IDK.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Redmagnusx]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hahaha! It's the struggle man.

 

[Aurelio]

Hahaha! It's the struggle man.

Tbh with the Wii the trimmings are so easy and need so few relocations that making something like Nikoil's GCP is pretty much useless, unless you wanted to make something like this: https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/piizza-2-0.1012/