Joeys MiniCube - Near Completion

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

front of the case is pretty much done until the screen gets here, all buttons mounted and wired up. just waiting on the wiikey so I can do some testing.

 

[nuke]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

That looks pretty nice! Shame you cant paint it....

 

[superben51]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

That looks pretty nice! Shame you cant paint it....

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

yeah it kinda sucks. Been funding this by selling some games but I really don't want to sell another game just so I can buy paint.

 

[superben51]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

how much does your paint cost? mine cost like 5 bucks

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

Usually around $8-$9.

 

[nuke]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

Get it from walmart and its like 3-4 bucks

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

Looks like I'm probably going to have to make a spacer for this, having problems closing the case and I haven't even gotten the screen or wiikey yet.

 

[superben51]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

with or without heat sink?

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

With the heatsink. It's mostly due to the fact that i ended up using a third party controller so it couldn't be trimmed up as much unless I wanted to trace it and solder to the traces.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey and screen ordered

well look what came in today

 

[superben51]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey arrived, screen ordered

Wow you got whole rug in the mail? but in all seriousness good luck

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey arrived, screen ordered

screen came in!

 

[superben51]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey arrived, screen ordered

now you gotta change the title

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey arrived, screen arrived.

not the uglycube, but something else I might start working on. recognize the case?

 

[SonyQrio]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - MiniCube casework started

Nice case idea.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - MiniCube casework started

Some progress being made. It seems to freeze as soon as it gets to the menu though, any ideas?
edit: its not that it freezes, but the controller doesn't function after booting the wiikey menu.

 

[SonyQrio]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey Wired

Assuming you're not a noob, you know you use D-Pad UP & D-Pad DOWN to navigate and D-Pad Left & D-Pad Right to launch the game, right?

I've never heard of the menu freezing before. :\

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey Wired and Working

just checked and my 3.3v to the controller came undone haha. hadn't realized it until after I posted. I know how to navigate a menu .

Just a tip if anyone else wants to solder theirs like this. Don't forget that flux is your friend.

Slot B SD card slot wired up and working

 

[Ashen]

Re: Joeys UglyCube - Wiikey Wired and Working

Looks good man. Nice job with the trace soldering on the wiikey.