Well, here's the money shot:
The back:
(also pictured: a massive foot)
(cart slot hole still needs to be cut, but it will wind up sticking out the back) And those button contacts for the shoulders are from R1 and L1 of an old hipgear I had laying around.
Here's the guts as of now:
As of this second, the screen is working great off of the 4.8ish volts provided by 4 1.2v rechargable AAs. The controller rig (using the original nomad button contacts) is also working, along with the power supply and audio via original nomad switches, ports, and knobs.
Okay, so last night, I was progressively testing everything off of the batteries as I did specific things. Or at least, that was the plan. the first thing I did, before removing the power switch, was bypass it, like so:
The traces are plenty visible in that image to tell that it bypasses the switch appropriately. In fact, it worked. As soon as I plugged it in, it worked, despite the switch being in the "off" position. However, as soon as I removed the switch, it stopped working. the only thing that changed was that I removed the NES board and soldered connections directly to the SNES motherboard like this:
Now it won't start up. I know it isnt the screen because when I soldered video from another source down to it, the screen worked fine. It is just the system I cant get to work. I guess I fried it? Oh well.
The back:
(also pictured: a massive foot)
(cart slot hole still needs to be cut, but it will wind up sticking out the back) And those button contacts for the shoulders are from R1 and L1 of an old hipgear I had laying around.
Here's the guts as of now:
As of this second, the screen is working great off of the 4.8ish volts provided by 4 1.2v rechargable AAs. The controller rig (using the original nomad button contacts) is also working, along with the power supply and audio via original nomad switches, ports, and knobs.
Okay, so last night, I was progressively testing everything off of the batteries as I did specific things. Or at least, that was the plan. the first thing I did, before removing the power switch, was bypass it, like so:
The traces are plenty visible in that image to tell that it bypasses the switch appropriately. In fact, it worked. As soon as I plugged it in, it worked, despite the switch being in the "off" position. However, as soon as I removed the switch, it stopped working. the only thing that changed was that I removed the NES board and soldered connections directly to the SNES motherboard like this:
Now it won't start up. I know it isnt the screen because when I soldered video from another source down to it, the screen worked fine. It is just the system I cant get to work. I guess I fried it? Oh well.
