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Thanks for the suggestion! I reached out to them, but unfortunately they were not able to assist with a custom screen lens :( I was told that they are not offering this as a service, so I think a custom glass screen lens is finally off the tabe. I also received the custom tempered glass screen...

Hey thanks for the suggestion! I was looking for glass lenses of portables quite a lot, but the 3DS was completely off my radar! The frustrating part about searching for such things is that the sellers rarely list the exact dimensions, it always comes down to guessing the size or ordering a...

Time for a quick update! The first revision of the prototype is looking pretty good now! I think this is the first time where all major hardware functions are present and working flawlessly! I’m playing way too much on it though, and it’s way too much fun! But in the end, playing games on it...

This week I was wasting way too much time playing GTA on the new prototype, so I’m writing an update now to at least do something productive! The spoiler in the last reply already gave it away – my new mainboard revision seems to be fully working so far! Maybe I’ll start with the assembly...

Thanks! Yeah I still think hooking the left and right gamepad up via I2C is a pretty cool idea. In the beginning the main reason for doing it was the lack of IO on the RP2040, but it also simplified wiring a lot. And the interference reduction on the analog sticks is a good point too! With the...

It’s about time for a new update! I did not post anything lately, but that doesn’t mean there was no progress. There was a little summer break indeed, but apart from that the design has progressed considerably. Here are the topics I have updates for: JLC housing vs. FDM The SLS housing from...

I did some more tests with the boot rom flex and can confirm that your custom bios works on my 70004 console too! Incredible work! This is the list of PS2 models I have modded with the boot rom flex & custom rom, they all worked: -SCPH-90004 -SCPH-79004 -SCPH-75004 -SCPH-70004 -SCPH-39004 The...

Well hello there! I feel very honored to see that such a famous PS2 developer like you is commenting on my worklog! First of all I would like to thank so much for releasing PS2BBL, without it none of the custom bios work so far would have been possible! Sadly I don't have an answer to your...

Time for a small update! Housing: Over the last month I was working a lot on the mechanical design again with the goal of getting a first prototype printed for various tests: assembly steps fitment of front and back housing, as well as internal components rigidity of the whole assembly...

Long time no update! I've been busy refining the housing concept and didn't want to post anything until there was some notable progess to show. Now I guess is the point... Maybe first of all let's get the FPGA topic out of the way. Defining all the details of the mechanical design is very...

Anything that is capable of I2C and has a 3.3V logic level should do the job. I can also confirm now that this actually works! Yesterday evening I wrote a simple I2C slave in VHDL to test it and now it doesn't crash anymore when changing to progressive! The module would be capable of storing the...

Thanks I guess! And sorry for the late reply, I was quite busy with work the last couple of weeks! Regarding your question, I am pretty confident that the hardware-side of the bios mod would work fine on all models with the custom 1-chip OTP rom. The software side could be another story, but if...

That would finally solve the mystery around pins 12, 13 and 14! One day someone should really test that bios mod with a disk drive, it's completely unknown to me what would happen in that case. With OPL it works great so far (for more than a year now) - and I've played a lot of games on it for...

Thanks! The PS2 was my first console, so I will also always have a soft spot for it! I've been modding mine already as a kid 20 years ago, so it's really fun to do something more serious with it now :) Also thanks for the infos regarding the CS, it's quite hard to find information like that...

I appreciate the suggestion, but I decided not to rely on GSM for the same reason I decided to make miniature memory cards instead of using on virtual memory cards - it's not a plug and play solution and needs settings adjustments per game to get things working (and PAL games in general are...

Update time! Sorry, I completely forgot to post updates! (again…) Ever since the last update I’ve been working on FPGA stuff to get the video output of my mainboard up and running and I guess I’m slowly getting there. After the little experiments with my DPI LCD I know more or less what to...

GTA Virtual Boy Edition! I had a couple hours to play with the FPGA and I think I've managed to get the proof of concept working! [Attached] are some measurements I did on the PS2 video output, they can be opened with DSView 1.3. The first capture shows the OPL menu with all pixel data in PAL...

Thanks! I actually don't have a recording of the signals right now, so this will be a good starting point! CLK, HS and VS should be enough to start defining the general timings, soon I will also need to identify the front/back porch and/or find a data EN signal to properly read the pixel data. A...

Small update! The video processor is showing the first signs of life! Last week I got the interface board assembled and in the last 2 days I had some time to give it a first try. I managed to create a little project for testing the DPI timings, it's just displaying a static image. The...

Time for a small update! I spent the last month mainly on integrating all circuits I made so far and working out how to best implement the video processor. Let's start with the system integration... My old modular setup with all the interconnects and hand-soldered wiring was starting to...