GCP Handheld

zenloc · Post by **zenloc** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:31 am

here are some old pics of when i started my project:

still have to finish my gc project so i think i will do that first

and for the battery life i will make one internal to least about 1 or 2 hours i hop and also make a external battery pack with card to get an extra 3 or 4 hours of time with a long kabel so you can put i like in your backpack or soemthing like that

i'n not quite sure about the battery but first i want to make the portable a small as possible

mikm240 · Post by **mikm240** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:03 am

what battery u useing cause with extra stuff the gc is gana take up more amps
and i think its already difficult to find one that will power the gc and screen more than a hour.??

also nice idea to slim the stuff down (iwonder how big the gba player board is anyway)

p.s why but in a network adapter its just gana take up space cause what it has one game online and one other u can hack to be online

zenloc · Post by **zenloc** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:01 am

this is what the gba board looks like very thin and about the same size as the motherboard

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7804/img01017zo.jpg

and the battery that i have are 8 x 3.7 v 4000 mah but i don't think that will do i might use that as an external batery pack but i have to get a different battery pack more amps and higer voltage

and the gba player only uses amps when it's on and seeing it's only on when i put the disk in the reader it doesn't use the battery

and for the network card i want that in cause i am putting in a modchip

so then i can stream my legal backup games to my pc

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:19 am

I'm betting the cube will take up less power when the GBP is in use, as the disc drive isnt spinning at all when GB games are being played.

Also having the ethernet adaptor is cool, becuase then you'll have an omni-portable(with the NES,SNES,64,Genesis emulators)

mikm240 · Post by **mikm240** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:49 pm

wow i use emulators (only on pc) didnt know u could get them to the cube if u could tell me how i liked to know

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:04 pm

I must say, that is one of the nicest hand drawn concept sketches I've seen (sorry Triton). Curious though, how thick is it?

mikm240 · Post by **mikm240** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:43 pm

this is gana be a nice gcp if u get a good battery in my battery topics i posted two nice batteries one of them some one found for really cheap the other not yet but the other one is a nice battery but u might not like the battery sizes seeing how ur sliming everything down to the furthest degree

p.s u should right like alittle how to one how to slim down the gc mother board i know most of it is desoldering but if u put the the controller pin out and power regulator it be usefully.

zenloc · Post by **zenloc** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:04 am

why thank you Lucretius.

about the thickness. i've been playing around allot to make it as slim as possible but it is very difficult indeed that stupid lens is so damn thick and big that i get's me on my nerves.

the thing is with out the lens i could make it close to 4 cm

but with the lens it would be about 4 cm on the sides and in the middel where the lens will be it would be 6 cm

so i tries making the lens slimmer than it already is but that failed copulate up a lens that way so making it smaller is out of the question.

now i saw this new gc modchip that allows a hdd to be used and a laptop hdd is slimmer than a gc lens so i might try that bbut seeing the chip isn't out yet i have to wait for now i'm checking what the best placement is for the boards and checking out batterys that have allot of amps allot of voltage and are very small hahahah very hard to fing but i'll keep searching.

by the way i've have been thinking of making a portable xbox the same way as the gamecube by cutting the motherbaord in half and soldering all the point back to gether again is a crap of wire but might just work and be quite small even smaler than the slimline ps2 only a bit thicker beacause of the heatsink. anyway please let me know if anybnody has any idea to perfect the gc xbox ps2 portable cause i'm going to make um all and a small as can be

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:07 am

The XBox is like double layered, not possible to cut and solder.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:18 am

vb_master wrote:The XBox is like double layered, not possible to cut and solder.

Mabye, but I still like the idea of that. It might add a little thickness, but it could be much shorter in length.

zenloc · Post by **zenloc** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:18 am

yeah i thought of that it is possible but you need to rewire on both end just like i said allot of rewireing

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:33 am

I somehow have doubts you'd be able to and/or want to resolder all those connections.

mikm240 · Post by **mikm240** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:33 am

what good is a hdd in a gamcube ??? emulators, roms, game saves?
also whats the name of that mod chip?

also hears those two batteries i was talking about

http://www.power101.com/item.htm?id=60029
http://batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageA ... rodID=1328

zenloc · Post by **zenloc** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:29 pm

yeah i've seen those batterys there to big

and i am aware that soldering is a lot of work but he it's a challange and i have enough soldering skill to do it so i might first see how small i can make it en then see if it is worth the time

and a hdd in the gamecube is to store the games on silly all the games i have i can then stream to my hdd so i don't need the lens

that means i have less thick portable and more games on the go

but that chip isn't out yet so i will proberly will make the portable just with the lens

mikm240 · Post by **mikm240** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:44 pm

yea if ur trying to make the portable slim ur better off with the lens cause even though a laptop hdd is small u have to put in a mod chip and the broad band adapter

unless u plan on putting them on anyway but i dont know a lot about mod chips so i dont know what good that would do

if u keep the syste, simple u could probley make it real slim
also if u find a good battery for the gc post it up im looking for one to.