~{The Kingdom PS2}~ revival thread and worklog

[AngelArm1110]

im starting to think i should just stop posting my progress, because no one seems to care ....... but no matter, i have just finished putting the voltage regulator in the case, although it was quite a challenge to find a place for it, but finally i came up with the idea to mount it on a shelf right above the air intake grill:



i have noticed though, that this particular regulator does get rather warm, and im brainstorming ways to help cool it, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as always

PS. the intake grill came from an N64

[Ashen]

im starting to think i should just stop posting my progress, because no one seems to care

Personally I enjoy reading your updates. I haven't commented cause I really know nothing about PS2 portablizing and have nothing to add, but your progress looks great!

As far as the regulator goes. Just stick a small quiet fan near it to draw away the heat OR if you have a low profile copper or aluminum heat-sink available cut a small piece off and mount it on top of the coil using some thermal epoxy. That'll help dissipate the heat a bit.

[AngelArm1110]

As far as the regulator goes. Just stick a small quiet fan near it to draw away the heat OR if you have a low profile copper or aluminum heat-sink available cut a small piece off and mount it on top of the coil using some thermal epoxy. That'll help dissipate the heat a bit.

hmmm, the heat sink idea sounds promising, i'll definitely have to see what i can come up with on that, and if all else fails, i can just look around for a different regulator, one capable of handling a heavier load, so it wont have to work as hard.

in the mean time though, heres a small update:

im working on wiring the screen to accept RGB (it does), and this is the technique ive extrapolated to do so:


as you can see im using IDE ribbon cable (love that stuff), and as you can also see, i have the power lines connected, and coated in epoxy (they sell it at the dollar store ffs)

i actually have one question though, to anyone who might know such things; i need to know if the second 7805 regulator on the psone screen can be used to do the LED mod, not the one in the picture, but the one up near the audio circuit, i just need to know, because obviously i plan to do it, so i need to decide where to power the LEDs from

thanks ya'll

[Tchay]

Personally I enjoy reading your updates. I haven't commented cause I really know nothing about PS2 portablizing and have nothing to add, but your progress looks great!

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[unicycler17]

I agree with Ashen and Tchay. And I'm excited that this is being made, because the PS2 is my favorite console and I think the world needs more ps2p's

[AngelArm1110]

lol, thanks everyone, its nice to know my im not just posting in a dead forum

[AngelArm1110]

so as i mentioned earlier in this thread, ive been looking for ways to help cool the regulator at the top of my portable, because it gets very hot, and eventually shuts itself down when it gets to a certain point. it was suggested that i try to implement some sort of fan to help draw some of the hot air away from it, and i found this:

http://www.sunon.com/pro2_page.php?pkid=14" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the only thing is, i cant figure out for the life of me how to order one from them .....

so if anyone could help me with that, or even tell me of any resellers you are aware of, that would help me tremendously!!!

[losrex]

digikey has them

[AngelArm1110]

digikey has them

thankyou @losrex, i always forget to check there, lol

[AngelArm1110]

Its Update Time!!!

ive been spending time recently working on the controller portion of the portable, and once again, ive taken a page from hailrazer's book (that guy is just full of good ideas), and anyway, i sorta came up with a way to mount the controller PCB to the circuit board of the screen, and still have it be removable:


i mounted a small screw post to the board, which i got from butchering one of the metal fan and heat sink toppers found in all PS2 consoles


as you can see the PCB seats nicely above the board, and is quite secure. and dont worry all of you who might worry about clearance, it fits very well, i checked

[neverused]

Nicely executed, that was a great idea.

[peppie132]

any progress on this project?

[AngelArm1110]

any progress on this project?

no, not a whole lot of progress has been made lately, i actually packed the project up for a few days, because i had to move, but actually the day i did move, my headers came in the mail (great timing ) so once i got all settled in i took them out and connected some to the A/V wires:


thats the female head


and the male head

they work tremendously well, and the best part is that the are break away, meaning that i can make custom plugs for virtually anything that needs to be connected. i got them here in case anyone is interested:
http://www.robotshop.com/ca/home.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PS. that clear substance you see on the headers is not hot glue, its that epoxy i mentioned before, man i could not live without that stuff

[Tchay]

OMG that is perfect!!!!!!

I have really been interested in making custom plugs. It is probably the best little trick a portablizer could do.

Things break SO often that having these plugs will make repairs SO much easier.

thx for the link. I will definitely be using these in current/future portables

EDIT: oh and, how come you used epoxy instead of hot glue? Just curious. I've never used epoxy before...

[hailrazer]

EDIT: oh and, how come you used epoxy instead of hot glue? Just curious. I've never used epoxy before...

Hot glue is TERRIBLE in a portable. The inside of a portable will hit over 130 degrees easily and the hot glue will soften and things will come apart.

Epoxy won't