Ashen's Wii Laptop ~ Worklog ~

[Ashen]

So yea, Time to escape GameCube land for a while and explore other things!

This probably won't end up being anything SUPER exciting in the end, pretty straightforward Wii laptop is the plan, no disc drive, not sure yet if I want to go with a WODE or just use softmod USB loaders. If I go the softmod route I'll probably toss in a Wiikey or a flatmii fusion for loading GC games from an SD card since USB loading of GC games is kinda sketchy (as far as I know).

At any rate, I found the perfect case for my plans. I'd bought a Haier 10" widescreen portable TV a while back that I wanted to use for this project, so my case decision was based primarily on fitting that in there. A 30min or so search on eBay yielded my this fine specimen for a meager 12 bucks.

As you can see, it'll fit the Wii motherboard AND the screen Dang near perfectly and still leave room for the 14.8v 5000mah li-po's I plan to use. I wont even have to trim the Wii motherboard very much, which will be a nice change from the norm for me wiring to microscopic flax all the time. I'll have to thicken up the base of the case a bit and frankencase a bunch of other parts most likely.

Thats pretty much all I've got for the moment. Expect more as the parts continue to show up in the mail.

 

[nuke]

Ash, everything you do ends up being totally *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing awesome in the end. EXCITED.

 

[vskid3]

Looks like someone needs to go pro on photobucket.



Seriously, I wanna see pics.

 

[Ashen]

Fixed... Dang, are that many people really looking at my pics? My pro JUST ran out like a day ago... Oh well, fixed for a year now.

 

[DK]

Finally, a decent use for those kids' laptops.

 

[vskid3]

Don't lie, we know you already had that laptop.

Can't wait to see it finished. Looks like you could even fit the disc drive if you didn't want to use batteries. How does that "laptop" look inside? I'm guessing it'll be a ton easier to gut and have a useful shell than a real laptop or netbook.

 

[Prog]

I cannot imagine how *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing awesome this will end up. I am excited!

 

[nterror]

Please tell me you're keeping the Bratz theme for this project

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

you should find a slim usb keyboard and use it, just in case you ever feel like doing some wii internet browsing

 

[Ashen]

Please tell me you're keeping the Bratz theme for this project

Of course.

 

[Abyss]

you should find a slim usb keyboard and use it, just in case you ever feel like doing some wii internet browsing

I can't express how much nicer it is to use a usb keyboard on the Wii than the motion crap.

Bratz theme Wii laptop is going to be awesome.

 

[DcMc]

slim usb keyboard

Apple Keyboard. Plus it would match the bratz perfectly.

 

[Abyss]

Apple Keyboard. Plus it would match the bratz perfectly.

I'm pretty sure those use Bluetooth, so compatibility with the Wii might be an issue. Plus they're quite pricey.

 

[Prog]

There are older ones similar to the ones today that use USB. I think there might even be USB models today.

 

[DcMc]

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB110LL/B?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg

I guess it wouldnt be that hard to remove the number pad. I dunno

 

[βeta]

Apple keyboards are nearly impossible to open up, they use an insane adhesive.

 

[Mr.Runescape]

Cant wait to see the finished results

 

[Ashen]

No keyboard in the plans, sorry guys. Wii Laptop = for games only.

Yup... Working on the Case, need more epoxy.

 

[nuke]

Holy. Thats a epic heatsink you got tharr.

 

[ToastBucket]

I love that solder station Do you plan on using a WiiKey or just straight WBFS loading?