My SNESp Project

Erlx · Post by **Erlx** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:25 pm

Well, after many days of hair pulling and teeth gnashing, I have gotten thus far. Thanks to much help from you all of course. I have just got done wiring the cart port today. Now I just need to build the case.. oh boy. Ill be sure to update when thats all said and done. Until then wish me luck, ill need it.

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Oh and I am well aware of my lack of LED mod. I am not planing on killing ANOTHER PSone screen anytime soon.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:28 pm

looks pretty good so far.

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:57 pm

that looks amazing
how long have you been working?
do you have any case plans?

Tibia · Post by **Tibia** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:57 pm

Nice work! My NOACp isn't going to have the LED mod either. I don't think the lower draw is worth the uneven lighting. Do you have the controller wired yet?

Neildo_64 · Post by **Neildo_64** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:20 am

That looks nice! Keep us updated on your progress. Have you had any problems thus far?

Erlx · Post by **Erlx** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:14 am

Thanks for all the feed back.

I have been working on it for a few weeks on and off, mostly waiting for supplies to arrive. All you see in the pic is about 6 hours work spread over 4 days.

I have an idea what the case will look like, sorta gameboyish style. I am working it out in Maya right now.

I am going to wire the controller as soon as I more precisely measure out the final dimensions of the whole thing.

About the problems...many. First I relocated the caps, wired it to the screen and batteries and fired it up. Nothing. So I checked and rechecked all the connections, still nothing. Then I thought the batteries may not be charged, and they weren't. (They were brand new!) Charged them, fired it up again; the screen worked but no response from the SNES. At that point I was at a loss, until I consulted the forums and learned that the ground is labeled wrong\different in Ben's book. From there I attached it to the real ground and what do you know ITS ALIVE. And before all of that, I killed a PSone screen trying to install the LED mod. (Something happened to the ribbon cable)

newguy101 · Post by **newguy101** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:01 pm

so what is wrong in Ben's book? i didnt see anything about it in older posts but i dont have time to scan them all.

Erlx · Post by **Erlx** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:08 pm

His book says that that 2 on the SNES board in that picture is ground, and its not.

http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/uti ... 154,00.jpg

newguy101 · Post by **newguy101** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:01 pm

so where is a good place to ground? the metal stripping along the side of the top of the snes mini board?

newguy101 · Post by **newguy101** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:01 pm

so where is a good place to ground? the metal stripping along the side of the top of the snes mini board?

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:34 pm

newguy101 wrote:so where is a good place to ground? the metal stripping along the side of the top of the snes mini board?

yes,

or the middle pin where the 7805 used to be

are you sure ben's book is wrong though? I remember making my first snesp with it

good looking start to a portable by the way

if you can't tell snesps are my favorites

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:29 pm

Oh it's definitely mislabeled - I had the same problem with my first portable. I was so sad at the time because I was sure I had everything wired correctly but it still wouldn't turn on. I then learned how to use a multimeter for testing continuity and figured it out myself.

newguy101 · Post by **newguy101** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:33 pm

yeh i was getting worried i fried somthin cuz i couldnt get it to come on, thanks for the info, and what about the ground wire from the psone screen(led mod), just ground it in the same place?

Erlx · Post by **Erlx** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:26 am

Yes you could ground the lead from the LEDs to the same spot.

A microscopic update: I have wired the controller successfully and cut out the front panel. But unfortunately I have to rewire the cart port (blah). The ethernet cord wires I used are too rigid. Thats why in the pictures the game looks like its floating.

WhatULive4 · Post by **WhatULive4** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:57 pm

Erlx wrote:The ethernet cord wires I used are too rigid. Thats why in the pictures the game looks like its floating.

Lol, I thought it was just sitting on something! Those ARE rigid.