Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

[lotus1994]

Yeah, the Home button could be used for ESC, Power button could be used for a soft shutdown, and a power switch somewhere else could be used as a hard shutoff to cut the battery (EN pin on the powerboost). At least that's my plan anyway.

Looks good! Where did you get those boards?

Boards came from Adafruit @ 1.95 each. I actually have 10 of these .50mm 10 pin connectors... 8 now. I want to keep 2 for spares (or for a second one if this comes out nice) but if you or anyone wants a couple, let me know and I can drop them in the mail.

[Racerboy]

Yeah, the Home button could be used for ESC, Power button could be used for a soft shutdown, and a power switch somewhere else could be used as a hard shutoff to cut the battery (EN pin on the powerboost). At least that's my plan anyway.

Looks good! Where did you get those boards?

Boards came from Adafruit @ 1.95 each. I actually have 10 of these .50mm 10 pin connectors... 8 now. I want to keep 2 for spares (or for a second one if this comes out nice) but if you or anyone wants a couple, let me know and I can drop them in the mail.

Adafruit shipping is pretty expensive, even for tiny parts, so I might take you up on that offer.

[lotus1994]

I do not have extra adafruit boards, just the tiny connectors that get soldered onto them.

I just watched some surface mount solder videos and they make it look so easy! And they do these .5mm pitch boards by eye! I needed to use my magnifier just to get them lined up! I will give it a try by this weekend but why do I feel like I am going to have blobs all over the place, cursing these people from youtube as I do it?

[Racerboy]

I do not have extra adafruit boards, just the tiny connectors that get soldered onto them.

I just watched some surface mount solder videos and they make it look so easy! And they do these .5mm pitch boards by eye! I needed to use my magnifier just to get them lined up! I will give it a try by this weekend but why do I feel like I am going to have blobs all over the place, cursing these people from youtube as I do it?

Oh ok, yeah should have figured from the amazon page you get a ton.

You probably will It might be easier with a pair of helping hands and magnifier attachment, as well as a fine-point tip on your iron helps immensely. Other than that it's just a matter of how good you are at holding the iron stable, if you're like me you can't stop shaking.

[kite]

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So pictures are OK, as good as my phone seems to want to take, but if you need numbers or other pictures, let me know and I will break out the real camera (needs a charge, so cell pics is all I got for now).

These are great, could you please confirm that the 10 resistors in the bottom right corner are the following:



152 - 1.5k
892 - 8.9k
152 - 1.5k
302 - 3k
102 - 1k
582 - 5.8k
222 - 2.2k
102 - 1k
152 - 1.5k
682 - 6.8k

[Racerboy]

Just can't leave well enough alone, I had to go play with all of my toys that came today for this project. I ended up soldering the connectors to the board, just to hold it in place, I did not solder each point yet. Had a migraine all day and trying to focus on such small stuff made me start to feel crappy again. And I need all of my faculties for soldering that small. I am not great at soldering and hope I can even do it! But I got them on the boards, trimmed the ears off the ribbons and test fit everything. Definitely no time tomorrow or Friday, but I should have some time over the long weekend to make some progress.

So those connectors work great for both sides? I know the side with the D-Pad has a much larger ground pin than the other side, for some reason.

[Helder]

Not sure it's been posted before in the thread but here are pictures of the case and connectors and analog stick.

[chiz]

Thanks for posting this Helder!

It appears there's ample space for a full sized Pi3, a large battery and a cooling solution to boot.

[lotus1994]

So those connectors work great for both sides? I know the side with the D-Pad has a much larger ground pin than the other side, for some reason.

I would assume it should be fine. It is just ground. It looks like 2 or 3 of them are ground on that side.

[lotus1994]

Thanks for posting this Helder!

It appears there's ample space for a full sized Pi3, a large battery and a cooling solution to boot.

After you add the screen and control board, space goes away. I think a stripped down Pi 2/3 can fit though. I am looking at using a flat Li-On battery, see if that affords me some more space.