Worklog Wii U Gamepad Portable

[icy_system]

I've been following the updates with Wii U trimming for a while, so when I saw a good deal for a Japanese WUP-50 system, so I bought it. It's been mostly untouched since then for a few reasons. I was working on my summer contest project, and I wanted to practice more soldering before attempting a Wii U trim. I decided to try making a project with it now.

My idea is really simple: A portable Wii U console on the back of the gamepad, with batteries and HDMI output. I'll use homebrew to swap the gamepad and TV screen, so it should work for most single-player games as a portable, and it can also just be used as a regular console for multiplayer. Before I design this, I'm going to make sure I can make the trim work. I softmodded the Wii U with aroma and installed isfshax for the disc drive patch. I trimmed the Wii and started some soldering. I'm going to use Yveltal's bistro PCB for power. That reminds me, thanks to @YveltalGriffin and @Lazr for their work on the Wii U and Yveltal for answering some of my questions.

 

[Lazr]

Hmm, you cut through the TP100 and TP177 vias on the RTC daughterboard.
I'm not sure if TP177 is required, but if you have any issues booting, i'd start there. TP100 is absolutely required, it's the EXI MOSI.
You can use the traces, it just makes the relocation a little bit more annoying.

 

[icy_system]

Hmm, you cut through the TP100 and TP177 vias on the RTC daughterboard.
I'm not sure if TP177 is required, but if you have any issues booting, i'd start there. TP100 is absolutely required, it's the EXI MOSI.
You can use the traces, it just makes the relocation a little bit more annoying.

Yeah, I noticed that. I think I just sanded too much. I'll probably solder the wires to the IC pins or traces. Thanks for more information about those vias specifically