its not me, its my computer, it does that a lot!dragonhead wrote:hehe, only need to click it once.cplexroro wrote:mmm... now this is my new favorite i've seen... so sexy!
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Pkmnjunky7
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Well I'm bracing myself for finals week, 
so there's not much progress, but after this week I should be posting updates out the wazoo. All I've done lately is install the Z buttons into their little shells. Next step will be cutting the case for the screen bezel.
so there's not much progress, but after this week I should be posting updates out the wazoo. All I've done lately is install the Z buttons into their little shells. Next step will be cutting the case for the screen bezel.
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I know it's been a while since my last update, but I've made a lot of progress!
Batteries all wired up to my 3.3v regulator.
Trimmed expansion pack, I am not relocating for this portable.
Test fitting before I install all the electronics...
I still need to decide on speaker placement and drill a few holes for those, also I need to decide on charge/play jack locations and drill holes for those as well. After all this is done I will need to start installing everything inside!
Batteries all wired up to my 3.3v regulator.
Trimmed expansion pack, I am not relocating for this portable.
Test fitting before I install all the electronics...
I still need to decide on speaker placement and drill a few holes for those, also I need to decide on charge/play jack locations and drill holes for those as well. After all this is done I will need to start installing everything inside!
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Wow, that looks great so far! Nice work!
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This is amazing.
http://bentendo64.co.cc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Mario Pary 2!!
Cartridge slot relocation working and running off batteries.
N64 logo sticker I got for christmas. Fits perfectly on the cartridge cover.
I used blue wire for one row of pins and red for the other to help keep things less confusing.
Basically right now I'm just waiting for my PTH0808was to arrive in the mail. The n64 stopped working while I was testing it, and after a few mins of troubleshooting I discovered I wasn't getting 3.3v from my voltage regulator. I tested the n64 again with the original power supply and verified everything still works.
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I am a bit confused by that last pic.
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I am seeing the the top and bottom rows being swapped instead of rotated.
Wait, never mind.
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I am seeing the the top and bottom rows being swapped instead of rotated.
Wait, never mind.
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Not a major update, but kind of neat. Today I was thinking about my headphone jack and such and thought to myself "Man, automatic headphone detection would be pretty awesome...", so I did a little bit of brainstorming and came up with something pretty cool. What I was wanting specifically was for the speakers to automatically cut off when headphones were plugged in. I know this is possible, but I really don't know how most people usually do it.
Here's what I did.
Here's my headphone jack
Here's a small switch from radioshack. It has 3 pins, common, normally open, and normally closed.
I was able to grind a little bit of the plastic off of the end of my headphone jack so that the tip of the headphone plug would poke out a little further on the end than normal. After that I Proceeded to glue my headphone jack to the switch mentioned earlier so that when headphones are plugged in it triggers the switch.
(The Transformers thing is my homemade continuity tester. Eyes light up to show continuity.)
What this does: I am using mono audio and running the negative line from my speakers to the switch mounted to the headphone jack, so that when I plug in headphones it disconnects my speakers. Also, I have my headphone jack wired to my audio amp so that the volume - + controls will work for headphones as well.
I have tested all of this and confirmed that it works properly.
PS: I got my sample from TI today! I should be able to finish this soon. All I need now is a new multimeter (My crap one from Radio shack died... (what a suprise!)
Here's what I did.
Here's my headphone jack
Here's a small switch from radioshack. It has 3 pins, common, normally open, and normally closed.
I was able to grind a little bit of the plastic off of the end of my headphone jack so that the tip of the headphone plug would poke out a little further on the end than normal. After that I Proceeded to glue my headphone jack to the switch mentioned earlier so that when headphones are plugged in it triggers the switch.
(The Transformers thing is my homemade continuity tester. Eyes light up to show continuity.)
What this does: I am using mono audio and running the negative line from my speakers to the switch mounted to the headphone jack, so that when I plug in headphones it disconnects my speakers. Also, I have my headphone jack wired to my audio amp so that the volume - + controls will work for headphones as well.
I have tested all of this and confirmed that it works properly.
PS: I got my sample from TI today! I should be able to finish this soon. All I need now is a new multimeter (My crap one from Radio shack died... (what a suprise!)
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Nice! It's called a switchable headphone jack. There's a diagram here:
Also, How was the board booting and you hadn't even relocated the cartridge slot!?!
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Also, How was the board booting and you hadn't even relocated the cartridge slot!?!
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The board wasn't booting without a cartridge, I wired to the board from the other side, so you can't see the wires. The cartridge is tucked around the back. I couldn't find anywhere to buy a headphone jack with a built in switch, so I just used what I had on hand. I might consider purchasing one, it seems to take up less space. Do you have a part number or website? A big problem I had when looking was that I didn't know the proper name for it...mymixed wrote:Nice! It's called a switchable headphone jack. There's a diagram here:
Also, How was the board booting and you hadn't even relocated the cartridge slot!?!
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IT'S FINISHED!!!
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Looks awesome man
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I love it!
http://bentendo64.co.cc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Wow man.. beautiful work! You definitely have some serious skills. I want to see more, more I say! 
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Re: Grape64 FINISHED Pictures and Video on page 2
Meow. Very tidy.