Elektix
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Evening fine folks of the forum!
Long time enthusiast and tinkerer of all things portable N64, although, not posted much to forums. It's been 3-4 years since I last delved into building a portable as I had to abruptly stop my MkII due to home life being turned upside down rather suddenly.
Any who, I'm back, reinvigorated to tackle my MkIII but this time using a lot of new toys and skills I have developed over the last few years.
My basic design will follow on from my MkII, which is loosely based around Zenloc/ Loctronicz design from some time back.
However, I will be making the case out of solid acrylic CNC'd out on a router; my previous versions used a homemade vacuum formed case using sheet polystyrene.
Too many details for me to list here right now, but I will update it as I go along. Here is a pic of my MkII before I had to stop for your enjoyment.
This time I look to improve it greatly and will be looking for any advice people can offer or help with!
First few questions:
- 28 pin cartridge slot; any problems to look out for? I've heard pin 44 may be needed still?
- Controller inputs; looking to use the PIF inputs, was slightly confused by the U8 removal posts. (I'm not removing the U8) do I just wire onto one of the PIF pins for each controller data line as I suspect? Or do I need to bridge the two pins as per the U8 removal?
- Battery charging circuits - I've looked at the extensive sticky regarding the latest info (a lot better info since my days on Mod Retro researching these things! haha). One question, I'm looking at getting one of the Charging Management Boards this time round, as they sound a lot better than the basic boards I was using on my MkII. My question is, do they need a smart charger input? Or does it just require a standard 12v DC power supply input?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intellig...h=item2143b30751:g:bHgAAOSwh8NbTE6o:rk:4:pf:0
Anyways, enough questions for now; thanks for looking and advice
Nick
Long time enthusiast and tinkerer of all things portable N64, although, not posted much to forums. It's been 3-4 years since I last delved into building a portable as I had to abruptly stop my MkII due to home life being turned upside down rather suddenly.
Any who, I'm back, reinvigorated to tackle my MkIII but this time using a lot of new toys and skills I have developed over the last few years.
My basic design will follow on from my MkII, which is loosely based around Zenloc/ Loctronicz design from some time back.
However, I will be making the case out of solid acrylic CNC'd out on a router; my previous versions used a homemade vacuum formed case using sheet polystyrene.
Too many details for me to list here right now, but I will update it as I go along. Here is a pic of my MkII before I had to stop for your enjoyment.
This time I look to improve it greatly and will be looking for any advice people can offer or help with!
First few questions:
- 28 pin cartridge slot; any problems to look out for? I've heard pin 44 may be needed still?
- Controller inputs; looking to use the PIF inputs, was slightly confused by the U8 removal posts. (I'm not removing the U8) do I just wire onto one of the PIF pins for each controller data line as I suspect? Or do I need to bridge the two pins as per the U8 removal?
- Battery charging circuits - I've looked at the extensive sticky regarding the latest info (a lot better info since my days on Mod Retro researching these things! haha). One question, I'm looking at getting one of the Charging Management Boards this time round, as they sound a lot better than the basic boards I was using on my MkII. My question is, do they need a smart charger input? Or does it just require a standard 12v DC power supply input?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intellig...h=item2143b30751:g:bHgAAOSwh8NbTE6o:rk:4:pf:0
Anyways, enough questions for now; thanks for looking and advice
Nick