Ok so how can I make a portable pong?
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I got these plastic encloses from that site with the free free samples and I want to make one into into the "porta-pong" hand healed gaming system!
I will learn how to solder and stuff so it will be fun! I love pong and it is SIMPLE! No other video game is simpler ten pong! It was the first one ever and I love it!
So here are my questions before I get started.
1:Where can I buy a pong kit? I saw this one but it looks like it takes 3 batteries and the case things I got have a built in 2 AA battery compartment!
2:Can I make my own printed circuit board? I saw a video on youtube somewhere? How would I design the board?
3:If I do make my own board how will I control the paddle?
4:What is a good cheep soldering iron?
5:Where can I get a little LCD screen like on graphing calculators and stuff or like the G15 keyboard? (best keyboard EVER! Typing with it right now!)
6:How much could I sell a one of a kind porta-pong system for lol? Enough for a new motherboard?
Ok, thanks guys! I hope to start making a portable something soon!
I will learn how to solder and stuff so it will be fun! I love pong and it is SIMPLE! No other video game is simpler ten pong! It was the first one ever and I love it!
So here are my questions before I get started.
1:Where can I buy a pong kit? I saw this one but it looks like it takes 3 batteries and the case things I got have a built in 2 AA battery compartment!
2:Can I make my own printed circuit board? I saw a video on youtube somewhere? How would I design the board?
3:If I do make my own board how will I control the paddle?
4:What is a good cheep soldering iron?
5:Where can I get a little LCD screen like on graphing calculators and stuff or like the G15 keyboard? (best keyboard EVER! Typing with it right now!)
6:How much could I sell a one of a kind porta-pong system for lol? Enough for a new motherboard?
Ok, thanks guys! I hope to start making a portable something soon!
http://members.chello.nl/r.dekker49/upong/upong.html
That's suppose to be the worlds smallest game of pong, so it's nice and portable.
That's suppose to be the worlds smallest game of pong, so it's nice and portable.
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Re: Ok so how can I make a portable pong?
1. You've probably seen <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/scien ... g=cj">this one</a> already then.Dr. KillGood wrote:1:Where can I buy a pong kit? I saw this one but it looks like it takes 3 batteries and the case things I got have a built in 2 AA battery compartment!
2:Can I make my own printed circuit board? I saw a video on youtube somewhere? How would I design the board?
3:If I do make my own board how will I control the paddle?
4:What is a good cheep soldering iron?
5:Where can I get a little LCD screen like on graphing calculators and stuff or like the G15 keyboard? (best keyboard EVER! Typing with it right now!)
6:How much could I sell a one of a kind porta-pong system for lol? Enough for a new motherboard?
2. There's free software for designing PCBs, but to make your own I think you need a laser printer or Xerox machine (you need the toner) and a PCB kit. It would probably be easier to use wires and a PC board with solder pads.
3. You'll probably need potentiometers, since it's analog. (Ha! Nintendo didn't invent analog controls on video games, PONG did! )
4. Radio Shack has soldering irons. They're ch<b>ea</b>p in dollars and build quality. Maybe I'm just used to my 60w Weller but I think rat shack irons take forever to heat up. They get the job done fine, but I'm nopt too crazy about them. And as always, <a href="http://www.harborfreight.com/">Harbor Freight Tools</a> has a bunch of ch<b>ea</b>p tools. ("Cheap" refers to cost. "Cheep" is the sound birds make. )
5. I don't know, but it probably won't take Composite video. You'd have to make an NTSC decoder and a controller for the screen. Just use a regular screen. <a href="http://aeicomp.com/Detail.asp?Product_I ... 8L">Here's a 1.8" LCD for $80</a>.
6. Probably no more than $50 plus the cost of parts.
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So where can I get the supplies/instructions to make it?DK wrote:http://members.chello.nl/r.dekker49/upong/upong.html
That's suppose to be the worlds smallest game of pong, so it's nice and portable.
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Bottom of the page where it says "Download the files"Dr. KillGood wrote:So where can I get the supplies/instructions to make it?DK wrote:http://members.chello.nl/r.dekker49/upong/upong.html
That's suppose to be the worlds smallest game of pong, so it's nice and portable.
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*looks around*DK wrote:Bottom of the page where it says "Download the files"Dr. KillGood wrote:So where can I get the supplies/instructions to make it?DK wrote:http://members.chello.nl/r.dekker49/upong/upong.html
That's suppose to be the worlds smallest game of pong, so it's nice and portable.
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Yeah I was just testing you!!!!
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