Another GCp - The GameCube Control

VisionElf

VisionElf

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Hello,

I'm new to this forum, and I wanted to create this topic because it will be my first portable console, and I have already some little problems.

Actually, its not problems, its just that I want to do it perfectly, and I don't want to destroy my GameCube :p

So I've bought all that I need, A Screen (from a portable DVD Player), a Wiikey fusion and of course a gamecube :).
I didnt bought any batteries for now, because I didn't see the need to, cause i'm trying to link screen-wiikey-gamecube and we will saw for the rest :)

So my first "problem", is that I have no information about my screen :X
And I wanted to know if someone can see what is what.

So here is my screen (Sorry for the bad quality):
<images deleted because the screen is broken>

The speakers are not here, they are apart from that, and I know what goes where :)

Oh and I wanted to add something : I'm 19, and i'm starting a school engineer. So it will be the best if i can understand what i'm doing. If you have some teacher skills, go on :)

(Sorry for my english, i'm french.
Donc si des français peuvent/veulent m'aider ça serais cool aussi :D )
 
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Did your dvd player have a yellow RCA jack? If it did just trace back the video from there. Also see if you can follow some voltage lines to the screen.
 
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In fact (I didnt thought it will be that messed up) I only bought the screen (it was CHEAP as *Can'tSayThisOnTV*)

So no, I can't trace any sources :X

How can I test each pins ?

I tried first to turn on the screen, but with no success... that's a good start :(
I don't know if the pins are wrong or my method is wrong.
I just linked the 12v pins of the gc mobo to the two red lines, and nothing shows up. Is this method good ?
 
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I would say try one red and one black. With black being - and red being +. You still might not be able to use this screen because you might need the whole dvd player mobo.
 
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Ok, my screen is working :D

But I've no image.

I linked the composite output into the green but that doesn't work.
My father said it looked like a RGB input, do you agree ?
 
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There's a good chance its composite, you just have to figure out which wire. We can't really help because we have very limited info.

Your pictures look like they were taken with a potato. There are a couple things you can do to try to make them look a little less sucky in the future, even using the same camera. It looks like you either zoomed in with digital zoom or held the camera 2 inches from object. Try holding the camera a little farther away so it can actually focus. Leave it zoomed out, at the very least it will make the picture look a little sharper, and showing more of the screen might help someone help you. However, using even a cheap/old digital camera with optical zoom and macro mode will still look worlds better.
 
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Yea sorry for the bad quality, I took them with my iPod :x

I will try to take other photo with better camera when I will get home ;)

If you need specifics informations just ask :p
I will try to get as much as info as possible in my future pics ;)

EDIT : Here is the better pic : /!\ very large
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1679/dsc0732j.jpg

EDIT 2: Okay, so now don't consider my screen anymoe :X
I just short-circuited it :X

I've bought a TV screen this time, hope it will be better :)
 
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Little Update :

I've finished soldering all the wires of the gamcube mobo (to the wiikey)

wiikey.png


I've been using this diagram :

DDConnectorWiikey-WODEPinsMedCutMBTop.jpg


I've two questions about the diagram :
One question is only to be sure : Can I safely solder just one wire to all the gnd pads (linked together) ?
And same question about the 5v holes.
 
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5v will kill your Wiikey. You need 3.3v to power it.
 
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Yea ok

So I need only one wire in one hole and that's all I guess, so there will be empty holes at the end, no problems with that ? (just to be sure)
 
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Yea, you may want to double up the wires for ground. But one connection is fine. Ground is ground is ground on the GC its all linked together.
 
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Ok thanks ;)


Now I'll just wait my screen to arrive and I'll have a screen.


I've another question, about linking the Wiikey to the mobo.
You said in your post that there is 2 methods :
The first one is to buy a special adapter to have an easier soldering.
I'm french, and I can't find any of these in my country, cause I don't even know what's the translation in french...
Have you some "international name" about these connectors ? I found some "FFC adapter" but it doesnt fit with the wiikey cable.
So if these adapters doesn't exists in france, I'll go for the 2nd method.
 
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Yes but I've some problems with ordering it...

I tried again and I tell you.
EDIT: So ok I've successfully ordered my adapter :O
Don't know why I had some problems last time.
 
Another GCp Worklog

fdenture said:
Just knowing this discussion here exists is super cool. So is it possible yet to play Gamecube games on something mobile? Huh? Huh?
Click to expand...
I don't even...... Okay look, go to the gamecube mega sticky and scroll down to finished projects then look around.
 
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I've some questions,

How about the WiiKey SD ? We have all about the electronic thing, but no tutorials about the wiikey sd ?
I've one site where they say how to install for the wii but not for the gamecube :/
What are the file extensions for gamecube games ? Cause I've only .gcm files.
And how do we install the linux system and all that stuff ?


One more question is about the case, what is the easiest and cheapest method to create a case ?
I saw Vacuum Forming but is there any other good method ?
 
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Update !

I received my screen and tada ! :D

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/5826/dsc0744q.jpg

I have image ! ::3: (but not sound for now)
I'm pretty happy since I didn't made any electronics things before, and It was magical to see the screen appear after 30 minutes of random testing the differents holes :D
But now, I want to turn on my screen with my gamecube... and I didn't figured how... my screen requiered 9V according to its properties, but its normally working with 12V according to Internet.
I tested some holes, and nothing were working... so now I need some help with that ::3:

Here is some pics of the screen :

TOP : http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/149/dsc0738zx.jpg
BOTTOM : http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3845/dsc0741zc.jpg
POWER (Yellow thing on the left) : http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/109/dsc0742mv.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3649/dsc0740h.jpg
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/779/dsc0743h.jpg
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/258/dsc0739b.jpg

EDIT : Yeay... my screen died... again, but this time, I don't even know why...
 
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Update !

I just received my FFC36 (that arrived in 3 days from states, ok, world record :D)
And I linked all the wiikey together and all that stuff and...

Tada ! It works !

(no pics of working wiikey for now, wait tomorrow)

Here is my mess :

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8108/dsc0750d.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9519/dsc0749g.jpg
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/1632/dsc0748ai.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8168/dsc0747t.jpg

Now I must find a gamecube game to see if its really working :)
Any idea on where to find this ?
 
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Awesome!!!
Looks nice. Clear pics and very good work in soldering.

Try emuparadise..... ;)

This FFC turns into easy soldering the mindjap wiring to wiikey :awesome:

Waiting for your progress...
I started my own project and for now, my work is for the case.
Sooner or later, my wiikey and my new solder machine come's and start real fire :)

Good Luck and don't forget to post your pics!
 
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