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I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:57 pm
by Cardboard_isamyth
So the other day I was watching some videos on the MintyPi and was wondering if anyone has ever put a GBA SP in a Altoids tin. After doing some searching I had found nothing, so I’m now asking if anyone has ever done a project like this or if not, would anyone like to help me out in doing this project?
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:17 am
by DieselDummy
Sounds like the MintiPi
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:03 am
by Cardboard_isamyth
DieselDummy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:17 am
Sounds like the MintiPi
It’s kind of based on it, but instead of a raspberry pi, it’ll be an actual gba sp, using the cartridge slot, ports, and etc.
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:12 am
by gambino37
There is no physical way all of that would fit into an Altoids tin.
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:02 pm
by Cardboard_isamyth
gambino37 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:12 am
There is no physical way all of that would fit into an Altoids tin.
How so?
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:25 pm
by gambino37
Have you seen the GBA SP PCB?
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:30 pm
by Cardboard_isamyth
gambino37 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:25 pm
Have you seen the GBA SP PCB?
Sure it complicated but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done, I have seen this community done way more stuff that could fall under that category of “impossible”
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:47 am
by gambino37
It's not a matter of skill. You are missing my point here. You said take a GBA SP and put it in an Altoids tin. I'm assuming you meant the internal components. The PCB board and anything else inside. I'm telling you that the PCB of the GBA will not fit inside an Altoids tin. Otherwise I'm not sure what you are talking about because the only thing the MintyPi doesn't do that a GBA SP does is read cartridges. And to put in the cartridge reader is also impossible with the space left in a MintyPi. I've built many. Again it's not about skill, it's about physical size of components.
Re: I call it the Mintyboy
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:58 am
by dryja123
Cardboard_isamyth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:30 pm
Sure it complicated but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done, I have seen this community done way more stuff that could fall under that category of “impossible”
You'll have to sit down and calculate the level of functionality you want inside of the tin. You'll have to disassemble an SP and figure out how you're going to cram in the PCB, speaker, battery, game card reader slot, screen, buttons, etc. It's hard enough to get a custom made PCB in a mint tin with a battery let alone another full fledged console.
I'm not aware of anyone working on this project so you'd have to pioneer it alone. You'd have to start by depopulating the SP board, sanding off the soldering mask, and trying to figure out how to make a schematic.