The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
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The same chip? Those are just both glop-top chips that happen to be the same size, that doesn't mean they are even close to the same thing and I super highly doubt they are.
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Re: The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
Well of course they're not EXACTLY the same circuits...
(plus you can see some components/placements are different between circuits)
(plus you can see some components/placements are different between circuits)
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Re: The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
excellent job! I love the way this portable looks!
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Re: The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
Are your batteries balanced? Basically, if you discharged them without them being connected to the circuit straight from th factory, then they are unbalanced, causing this problem. I don't think there is a fix for this.
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"You can fix this by removing the protection board and using a special balance charger, if I remember correctly. After they are charged and balanced, re-connect the PCB and discharge them. After that, you should be good to go! -Palmertech"
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"You can fix this by removing the protection board and using a special balance charger, if I remember correctly. After they are charged and balanced, re-connect the PCB and discharge them. After that, you should be good to go! -Palmertech"
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Re: The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
I was talking about the RF chips, you can see it at the top of the GC controller board, with the antenna on it.Neildo_64 wrote:The same chip? Those are just both glop-top chips that happen to be the same size, that doesn't mean they are even close to the same thing and I super highly doubt they are.
ShockSlayer: Yes, my batteries are balanced. I never used them without all the circuits needed.
The good news is that the batteries seem to be charging, but very slowly. They seem to go up .1v every two hours, so that's good. They should be done soon, they're at 8.2v out of 8.4v.
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Good! I hope it works out.
Oh, I just noticed, you had a problem with the LED's? How many did you use, and did it work out?
I've always used 3 or 4 3mm white led's, with A 10 ohm resistor. Although the resistor does get hot, I've never had any problems.
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Oh, I just noticed, you had a problem with the LED's? How many did you use, and did it work out?
I've always used 3 or 4 3mm white led's, with A 10 ohm resistor. Although the resistor does get hot, I've never had any problems.
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10 ohm? I have 33 ohm resistors, and two have burnt out so far. The LEDs get very warm, I'm assuming it's from too much voltage. Each LED has its own resistor, I guess I'll just have to add one in front of them all.
I have replaced the LEDs and the battery charged just fine. Apparently it just takes a while. My portable is in pieces now, I need to put in the wireless controller and a port for the LOB64 interface.
I have replaced the LEDs and the battery charged just fine. Apparently it just takes a while. My portable is in pieces now, I need to put in the wireless controller and a port for the LOB64 interface.
Re: The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
While my portable is open, does anybody have picture requests?
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Go ahead, I'd like to see how you wired everthing up!
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Anything specific? There's a lot of wires in there.
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opened like a clamshell would be nice.
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Re: The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
Here you go, ShockSlayer, pics for your enjoyment. After adding the LOB64 interface, integrated screen controls, and a low-battery indicator there is not a single square mm of space left in this portable. Seriously! It took me 10 minutes just to close the darn thing.
Here is the N64:
The wiring under it:
The screen half: (all the blue wires are for LOB64 and the screen controls.)
The top of my portable with the low-battery indicator (goes off at ~7v) and LOB64 port.
And my FRIGGIN' AWESOME blue LED to light it:
And here is the D-Pad installed:
Any questions? I still need to order a schkotty diode online, but other than that, it's done. The screen controls are only volume and are mapped to C up and C down.
Here is the N64:
The wiring under it:
The screen half: (all the blue wires are for LOB64 and the screen controls.)
The top of my portable with the low-battery indicator (goes off at ~7v) and LOB64 port.
And my FRIGGIN' AWESOME blue LED to light it:
And here is the D-Pad installed:
Any questions? I still need to order a schkotty diode online, but other than that, it's done. The screen controls are only volume and are mapped to C up and C down.
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Re: The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!
I was wondering how to make the av switch, where when you plug the av out cable into the n64 the ps1 screen turns off so you can just use the tv. And how to do a low battery indicator. This would be fairly useful but I don't know what to use to turn the led off when it goes under 7 volts. The battery I plan to use is at 7.4 volts.
Hope you find someone with a lob64 slave port
Hope you find someone with a lob64 slave port
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I say, for the A/V switch, just put a regular switch on that shuts the power off to the screen.
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That's what I was going to originally do but I would prefer this. I think I would only need 2 switches if I can get rid of the one for the screen.