I'm not making a log of my first one, because it's almost done and it would be done if my paint wasn't being .

The Fierce64 is going to be as small as I can make it. I'm not necessarily going for worlds smallest, but I want a really small portable for myself, and

So, if it's worlds smallest, cool. Although I am using SO many things that other people discovered, or are other peoples ideas.

Specs:
Expansion pak(ramswap)
Dpad and L
3.5" eBay screen
5000mah Batteries
(Hopefully) stereo audio.
RCP wiring

Pics:

Rough dawing of the front with measurements(My mobo will just fit if I RCP). The dashed line is for if I cut the side and wire the CPU to the RCP. The measurements are not counting the thickness of the plastic.

I'm going to use a Dpad as C buttons and a multi directional tact as a Dpad. Quick question- How do you make a multi directional tact look good? I saw Mario had a cover for one I think in his 364.
Also using a PSP analogue stick(thanks to Mario for the pinout)

My mostly trimmed mobo(boring)
Front

The wires from the CPU to the RCP are for if I cut the board on that side, and I still have like 8 more traces to rewire.
I may or may not cut all the way up to the pins on the U8

Back


Nothing is definite, just ideas and planning.

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I think you should name it the "mint64" after linux mint. Looks great so far! Can't wait!

- mymixed

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wat

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wale.

Now THAT is what a gingivitus-inviting trim job looks like.

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COLLEGEWAT

I love it when newcomers show off the goods

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Fun fact: The screen for Project P will have a higher resolution than the Macbook Retina Displays

Thanks for the comments, but what the Heck is lynux mint?

I have and idea about trimming my expansion pack since I'm too lazy to rewire it. I'm thinking of cutting the grounding pins on the top of the chip, and bending it down, then trimming up to the caps on the other side, unless I don't need them/can move them. It will also let me cool both sides of the chip, so I won't have to worry about it over heating at all.

Suckish Diagram:

The expansion pack is supposed to be already mostly trimmed in this pic, and the red line is about how much more I will cut off. It only saves my a couple mm, but for thickness, it's worth it.

Questions- Is there some reason why this wont work? Also, what are the components on the back of the board and do I need them; I know there are caps, but what are the other ones?

Edit: Never mind, it was is the mega sticky, I guess I didn't read all of the guides there.

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I think you should change your name to "MyDrywall" after my drywall.

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@FierceDeity

I have done this expansion pack bend that you are thinking about a couple times for my project that I'm too lazy to make a worklog for. It works fine and I actually got a full 90 degree bend (expansion pack was touching the other ram chips). However, be warned it is VERY easy to snap of the port once it has been bent. That happened to me and I had to resort to hardwiring the expansion pack to the pads that were left after the port came off. If you're confident in your soldering skills, that isn't even that difficult.

Just a side note: You will probably need to grind/file down the front of the port to get a good bend.

If I could... AND he asked for a name, so I gave one AND click.

- mymixed

EDIT: http://www.google.com/search?client=saf ... 8&oe=UTF-8

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Thats actually different then I wan thinking, I was thinking of just bending the ram chip, not bending the whole port, although your idea sounds pretty good too, I might try that.

Also - thanks for the link, Mymixed.

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