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Oh man… okay so as a kid I loved watching those N64 portable and Wii portable videos and stuff, and recently I went down the rabbit hole of watching GingerOfOz and Shank Mods videos and just watching in awe seeing those ashiida and piiwii pocket builds and all but now I figure that I should get serious about it. I gotta go get me a soldering iron and learn to make a portable of my own. But, I have zero experience. Whoops 
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Wait you made that steam deck laptop video?? I remember watching that!!
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Hi, I just registered, I have no knowledge of modding and little funds *that could change rapidly.
I may be interested in making a Wii portable, I have a Wii, but I'm not sure how many layer's it has, I'm not confident in trimming it so I'll either buy a motherboard or I won't trim it as I've heard some people don't.
I have a family member who's into electronics/it but has never touched console parts. I'll watch every video on Shank's page.
The one resource I have is time.
In my wildest imagination, I'd put a Wii motherboard in an old laptop, I don't know if anyone has done that.
I know the best way to start is to try until you succeed but do you have more tips?
I've always been keen on D.I.Y., I've seen the Gboy but you know better than me how buying them isn't easy. The Ashida seems a bit hard, correct me if I'm wrong.
I may be interested in making a Wii portable, I have a Wii, but I'm not sure how many layer's it has, I'm not confident in trimming it so I'll either buy a motherboard or I won't trim it as I've heard some people don't.
I have a family member who's into electronics/it but has never touched console parts. I'll watch every video on Shank's page.
The one resource I have is time.
In my wildest imagination, I'd put a Wii motherboard in an old laptop, I don't know if anyone has done that.
I know the best way to start is to try until you succeed but do you have more tips?
I've always been keen on D.I.Y., I've seen the Gboy but you know better than me how buying them isn't easy. The Ashida seems a bit hard, correct me if I'm wrong.
Laptop builds have been done before, and used to be one of the common-ish ways for people to enter the hobby. Nowdays with 3D printed cases and custom PCB sets, that's changed somewhat. The Ashida looks complicated at first, but in actuality it's the easiest Wii portable project available atm. It has an almost perfectly up to date bill of materials, all the custom PCBs can be ordered from a single site (4layertech.com), and it's one of the most forgiving case designs around when it comes to internal room for wire routing. It's also currently the most popular open source build around, and the creator(s) are staff here, so you have a quite significant support base to ask for any kind of help you may need. If you're looking to get into the hobby and want an adventure that's challenging, but won't skin your knuckles too badly, we definitely recommend the Ashida or second best would be the G-Wii (not the G-Boy, the G-Wii is landscape orientation and bigger)
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Just joined as I want to show off my PS2 portable, It has a folding screen and kind of looks like an over sized GBA SP. I have footage of it on my YouTube channel but I wanted to post the final prototype version here and maybe get some insight for a v2.
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Hello, I'm new to portables. Looks to be a very fun adventure.Hopefully you won't see too much of me, or you will see a lot of me. Who knows. It's gonna be fun either way
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Hello everyone! Long time lurker. I am building a G-Wii and need some help!
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Hello!
New to the scene but very interested in making a wii portable to live with me in my campervan. I'm looking at making a wii portable build thats meant to sit on table or lap or the end of a bed with external controllers as the input method.
The vague ideas are:
- Clamshell design (I'm thinking about reusing the shell of a retro portable DVD player maybe with like a 7" screen)
- Using gamecube controllers as the input method but would also want BT support for other gamepads and wii motes
- video out for option to plug into an external tv/monitor
- onboard power with ability to charge and play
- speakers onboard but also headphone jack
- usb and or sd card slot for loading games
I'd be interested in any similar build if anyone knows of any, along with any tips or tricks / good starting points for someone new to the scene. And a bit about my starting knowledge, I've never soldered but grew up watching my dad fix old electronics with his setup so I'm familiar with the process. I have some knowledge of electricity as I did the solar setup on my campervan myself. and I grew up watching LTT so pc builds and working with consumer electronics are familiar to me as well.
Excited to get started on my journey with this build and I'm excited to hear any feedback/ideas/thoughts y'all have about it!
New to the scene but very interested in making a wii portable to live with me in my campervan. I'm looking at making a wii portable build thats meant to sit on table or lap or the end of a bed with external controllers as the input method.
The vague ideas are:
- Clamshell design (I'm thinking about reusing the shell of a retro portable DVD player maybe with like a 7" screen)
- Using gamecube controllers as the input method but would also want BT support for other gamepads and wii motes
- video out for option to plug into an external tv/monitor
- onboard power with ability to charge and play
- speakers onboard but also headphone jack
- usb and or sd card slot for loading games
I'd be interested in any similar build if anyone knows of any, along with any tips or tricks / good starting points for someone new to the scene. And a bit about my starting knowledge, I've never soldered but grew up watching my dad fix old electronics with his setup so I'm familiar with the process. I have some knowledge of electricity as I did the solar setup on my campervan myself. and I grew up watching LTT so pc builds and working with consumer electronics are familiar to me as well.
Excited to get started on my journey with this build and I'm excited to hear any feedback/ideas/thoughts y'all have about it!
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Your experience was probably the same as mine when I got started.
If you want to learn, start by looking at the Definitive Wii Trimming Guide, and that will explain how a trimmed Wii motherboard works. You might not want to trim from what you are saying you want to make, though. You can also look at the GBoy kit instructions because that will show the basic steps. Last, check out the worklogs of other people because you can see what other people did. Also, you can look in the Cutting Edge section for inspiration.
A good worklog to check out for what you're making might be this.
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I think this is how I'm supposed to do it. Sorta the story of my life lol.
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Who is Ashen, also yo, its shank.
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hello voxel. I have a question. How hard is it to become an electrical engineer. I know i wanna be an engineer but idk if i want to be an electrical engineer or a mechanical engineer. I love building things but I also want to learn more about electronics