Hey, guys! I've been pretty bored this summer and have come to the conclusion that I need to find a new hobby aside from programming and game modification. Making portables seems interesting enough to catch my attention!
I pretty much have zero experience with soldering and working with circuit boards. In fact, the only experience I have with wiring and electricity is an electrical trades class I took in my sophomore and junior year of high school (splicing, switchs, outlets, lights, the flow of electricity, etc)... However, I do catch on quick and I have been studying up for the past week on what all is required to make a portable N64 so hopefully my lack-of knowledge won't be too much of a burden to overcome.
Alright so here is all the information I've gathered so far concering building a portable N64...
Materials:
Optional Things:
Right now I'm just hoping that I have all my materials correct. Afterword, I'll post about how I would go about wiring everything. The final thing that I'll be asking about is casing. I'm not too concerned with casing though; my first portable would really just serve as a proof of concept for myself.
What wire size should I be using? I've read quite a few posts on using ribbon cable, but what size is that exactly?
Finally, does anybody have any good soldering videos to watch?
If anybody needs pictures of what all materials I have so far then don't hesitate to ask; I want to make sure that I get everything right the first time.
I pretty much have zero experience with soldering and working with circuit boards. In fact, the only experience I have with wiring and electricity is an electrical trades class I took in my sophomore and junior year of high school (splicing, switchs, outlets, lights, the flow of electricity, etc)... However, I do catch on quick and I have been studying up for the past week on what all is required to make a portable N64 so hopefully my lack-of knowledge won't be too much of a burden to overcome.
Alright so here is all the information I've gathered so far concering building a portable N64...
Materials:
- Soldering iron (Weller 140/100 Watts)
- 100uF capacitor
- 2.2k Ohm resistor (I have both a 1/8 and 1/2 Watt)
- Voltage regulator (I have both the PTH08080WAZ and the PTH08080WAS from TI)
- Electrical tape
- N64
- N64 controller
- Zenith 5-inch TFT LCD screen (or a PSOne screen)
- Lead bearing (64/40 rosin core leaded solder)
- Two 7.4v Li-on cells with circuit protector (each are 2-amp)
- Charging Jack
- A bunch of switches to controll charging, power, controller input, sound, etc
Optional Things:
- Headphone jack
- 64Drive (extremely optional but probably worth it)
- RAM expansion pak (worth it)
- Heat sinks
- Whatever other cool flax I can think of later on
Right now I'm just hoping that I have all my materials correct. Afterword, I'll post about how I would go about wiring everything. The final thing that I'll be asking about is casing. I'm not too concerned with casing though; my first portable would really just serve as a proof of concept for myself.
What wire size should I be using? I've read quite a few posts on using ribbon cable, but what size is that exactly?
Finally, does anybody have any good soldering videos to watch?
If anybody needs pictures of what all materials I have so far then don't hesitate to ask; I want to make sure that I get everything right the first time.
