TS-64 Worklog / Questions

[snowpenguin]

Buy it, or post a WTB thread here.

[evilteddy]

Online sites. I got one from Farnell but I'm sure digikey would sell them.

[snowpenguin]

Digikey has a minimum order. All he wants is a TI card.

[smitty]

And I already posted a WTB thread, as soon as you suggested it.

[XCVG]

Why not just use the free samples? They don't check to see if you have a real business. Even I managed to get some.

[64M320N3]

I bet you could buy some on this site. As far as I know people have really stocked up on these things.

And no, I don't have any myself so don't ask.

[smitty]

I got my screen! I took it apart to test the N64 with it(didn't get that far, though), but I broke something.... http://theseahawk.webs.com/DSC01813.JPG (how do I make the image a thumbnail?) It's hard to see in the picture, but the wire I circled is broken. My dad says he doesn't have anything to solder it with. Is there any other way to fix it?

[smitty]

Now that the screen is fixed, I decided to cut some wires. When I cut off the A/V input thingy, I discovered a mysterious black wire that was connected to it. Which I cut. But no worries, if I had seen it, I would've cut it anyway. I take it that it's ground. For testing purposes, I'd rather not cut up my N64 wires yet. But, where is the ground on a set of regular A/V wires?

[samjc3]

on plain old av wires, ground is a mesh of wires around a second inner wire.

[smitty]

On each one? Or just on one of the individual yellow, red, or white? I'm still not really sure how ground works or what it really does... Just that it's important.

[joeyjoe9876]

ground is basically the negative sides on batteries, and what helps completes the circuit in electronics.

[smitty]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. We made circuits in school, but we didn't learn about ground. Just the wire connected to the negative part of the battery.

So would I have to cut up my wires to attach the ground? Maybe I should just wait for my gamebit to come in, then I can just use my own wires.

[gamer255]

i suggest waiting for the gamebit so you don't mess with your cords.and there's a wiring diagram in the N64 section if you haven't seen it.

[smitty]

I've seen a few wiring diagrams, this one is perfect for my question. I'll wait for my gamebit, it might come in tomorrow and I'm supposed to go to bed now anyway.

[JariV]

Hijacking topic in 1

If I buy two batterys, do I need 2 PCB's? Or can I attach both to 1?