need help with battery and screen (psone portable)

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:36 pm

im making my first portable and this is my second try at taking my psone apart.

i need help in finding a good cheap battery and recomendations for the screen.ive taken the psone apart and attached the controller so all i need
is the case (is the stuff used in binders recommendable?) the battery and the screen.

thanks.

evilteddy · Post by **evilteddy** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:04 am

The best screen to use is the psone screen and the best battery is probably one in the line Ben used in his portable.

Check out the making of the ps1 portable to find out the name of the battery.

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:01 am

yeah, i thought of the psone screen at first but the only place they sold
em was in ebay (japan). i read somewhere that a hacked gba screen could be used, but i wasnt to sure.

also, where can i get one of these?

http://www0.shopping.com/xPO-InterAct-A ... for-PS-one

by the way , ben used some infolitium battery for a camcorder or something.ome

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:25 am

"Best" is such a relative term for batteries - what are you using it for, what kind of battery life do you want, what is your budget, what size do they need to be, do you want it to be replaceable or built in, etc. You mentioned it's for a PSOne portable, so you'll probably need something with a large capacity to get a decent life. I recommend looking for capacities of at least 2500 mAh at 7.2v. Other than that it comes down to getting the highest capacity battery with the smallest form factor that fits within your budget, so the "best" battery for each person and project is different. If you're needing a tip on where to look for good batteries at decent prices, then that's a different question.

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:49 pm

i read in the forums that some dvd players work and all portable tvs can be used as screens .

can these be included?

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/ele/863867425.html

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/ele/825839021.html

as for my budget, the only reason im making this is so i can play my games in the car or something. or else id just get a psp.

where can i find one of these!?

http://www.shopping.com/xPO-InterAct-Ac ... for-PS-one

SonyPortableizer · Post by **SonyPortableizer** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:53 pm

DVD players, as in portable ones

Also those arnt around anymore, just get a 7.2 volt battery pack

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:53 pm

Life of Brian wrote:"Best" is such a relative term for batteries - what are you using it for, what kind of battery life do you want, what is your budget, what size do they need to be, do you want it to be replaceable or built in, etc.

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:55 pm

oh woops, it hought that one was portable...

my bad.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:59 pm

exploding.monkey wrote: as for my budget, the only reason im making this is so i can play my games in the car or something. or else id just get a psp.

Just so you know... For a BASIC psone portable, assuming you already have the psone and controller (Free), assuming bad, low quality parts, simple case, and good deals on ALL your parts, expect to pay at *LEAST* $120. That is bare minimum, and if you mess up, it will cost more. If you want it to look nice, it will cost more. Bigger screen, longer battery life? Again, costs more.

There is a reason these things sell for such crazy high prices ($300-500). Labour intensive, and not at all cheap to build in the first place.

Buy a PSP. I would definitely sell my custom firmware with PSX emulator one for $120.

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:25 pm

i already have the console and battery attached and stuff. im not going to focus too much on the case and the only thing a need are screen and battery. im gonna get the screen used ( could this work ?
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/ele/863867425.html) and for the battery im just gonna use a dvd player battery (how long could this last?)

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:45 pm

exploding.monkey wrote:i already have the console and battery attached and stuff. im not going to focus too much on the case and the only thing a need are screen and battery. im gonna get the screen used ( could this work ?
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/ele/863867425.html) and for the battery im just gonna use a dvd player battery (how long could this last?)

depends on how much mAh

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:26 pm

k but could the screen work?

Tibia · Post by **Tibia** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:49 pm

Looks like it should. It does say it has AV in capabilities. The manufacturer's website confirms it does, so you should be fine with it.

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:03 pm

delicious!

srry, this is gonna be off topic but last night i was thinking about my ps1 cartridge idea (a memory card with a whole game on it so it can be played straight off a modded memory port ) and was thinking about thoses mini dvds (could a game be downloaded and played on these to play on a modded ps1?) and came to the idea of a ps1 using a blank UMD . i brainstormed for about an hour and came up with an idea of a ps1 using some PSP stuff so it can read a UMD.

Are any of these possible?

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:36 pm

It's not really possible (at least not for anybody of our skill level).

You're better off just using a PSP as it can play PSX games off a memory stick. I think it would be cool to make an oversized one using a PSone display connected to the TV out port of the PSP-2000.