NESp (Work-In-Progress) DETAILED WORKLOG

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http://imgur.com/Cb2H45Y

1. I open the NES WOOOO.

http://imgur.com/HUkVZX7[

2. Cartridge thingy.

http://imgur.com/IvqplF4

3. The MoBo is free at last!

http://imgur.com/jJ0h6vB

4. Its on my table.

http://imgur.com/vmpRa9p

5. De-soldering RF box. Guys, sorry, but I lost the images showing me de-solder the blue power switch thing and the expansion port.

http://imgur.com/PVdblRN

6. Picture of the MoBo without the RF box and expansion port.

http://imgur.com/ScI2AsR

7. Empty RF box place. Will add video amp there soon.

http://imgur.com/hS6Bn5o

8. Expansion port is now gone.

http://imgur.com/0f6xnxF

9. Size comparison.

http://imgur.com/BSkF68E

10. Video amp. 2N4401 Amplifying Transistor, 33ohm Resistor (Orange-Orange-Black-Gold) its blue and I hope its not wrong D:, and 220ohm Resistor (Red-Red-Brown-Gold).

http://imgur.com/vzlcj9l

11. Soldered. Guys, if the 33-ohm blue resistor is wrong, please tell me!!

http://imgur.com/4BHoTpF

12. The amp is soldered. The regulator will go to the right hole, and the screen to the free wire at the top right.

http://imgur.com/xauQgn6

13. Far away shot.

http://imgur.com/1TqRIDl

14. Im starting the power regulator. The heatsink and the 5 volt 7805 Regulator have been added onto the perfboard already.


How can I post images from Imgur directly onto this post?

Also sorry for the horrible pic quality. Its was taken with my ipod.


Thats how far I got in three day, and I think its decent progress. The screen is going to be:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5-TFT-LCD-Car ... 4ac28b6ea6

The batteries are 7.2 volt 3000mAh NiMH batteries I got from Fry's.

This is my first portable and I hope it will pave my way into the harder level stuff, life the N64, Gamecube, Dreamcast, and PSone.

B.T.W. I am a beginner and am using 1up's NES portable guide, but I'm gonna keep the original buttons and hopefully design a more hand friendly case.

 

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Why not embed the pictures?
Also, 1UP is our own admin, Mario.

 

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I didnt embed the pictures cuz I forget i could XD. ill embed later pics, im too lazy to post these pics again, plus they r not too important.

 

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I got really far into this thing BUT i failed epic-ly.


Everything was working great, then i broke the cart connector. then I got 3 card edge connectors which supposedly had the right spacing and pitch but the sellers were lying.

Because I had a deadline (I was doing this for a project), I just soldered the game onto the mobo. :C


But at least its mario. Mario never gets boring.

So yea this NESp is WORKING, UGLY, and VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY annoyingly limited to one game. Therefore I will not give up and maybe will learn from my terrible mistakes XD