Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by lotus1994 » Sat Jul 16, 2016 5:46 pm

I will have to take a look about that ground and get back to you.

As for the soldering... yeah, you need such a little amount of solder. maybe do every other connection and use such a slight amount. just touch it. With the bridges, you can use the chisel or wedge tip and swipe down the connections to move the solder bridges. Braid then to clean it up. I watched every surface mount soldering video on youtube I could find and they are masters but the techniques are sound, even if I can barely do even one of them.

Such a pain but you get better at it. Takes practice for sure and surface mount is a totally different animal then soldering wires for sure.

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by lotus1994 » Sat Jul 16, 2016 5:47 pm

Racerboy wrote:
lotus1994 wrote:Do you have a controller board for the LCD?
No, kite said he's going to make a board for that display so I'll just wait on that.
Oh cool. I took the pictures of my board for him but didn't know he was going to make it that quick. One that is smaller and runs off of 5v? That would be amazing!!!

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by Racerboy » Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:37 pm

Does anyone know the specs for the Gamepad speakers? What type of amplifier can we use for them? (if there's 2 speakers, do we need a special amplifier or will this one work?)

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by wermy » Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:48 pm

I think I'm taking my Gamepad project in a slightly different direction. Parts should be here tomorrow so I'll know whether or not it will work out soon... If it does work out though, it will be awesome. :)
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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by Racerboy » Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:54 pm

wermy wrote:I think I'm taking my Gamepad project in a slightly different direction. Parts should be here tomorrow so I'll know whether or not it will work out soon... If it does work out though, it will be awesome. :)
I'm intrigued :D

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by Ganreizu » Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:33 pm

wermy wrote:I think I'm taking my Gamepad project in a slightly different direction. Parts should be here tomorrow so I'll know whether or not it will work out soon... If it does work out though, it will be awesome. :)
Just answer me one question. Which pi are you using?

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by wermy » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:39 pm

Ganreizu wrote:
wermy wrote:I think I'm taking my Gamepad project in a slightly different direction. Parts should be here tomorrow so I'll know whether or not it will work out soon... If it does work out though, it will be awesome. :)
Just answer me one question. Which pi are you using?
Zero.

As in zero pis.

It's not a Pi. :)
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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by Racerboy » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:53 pm

wermy wrote: Zero.

As in zero pis.

It's not a Pi. :)
Oh boy :roll:

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by Fleder » Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:05 am

wermy wrote:Zero.

As in zero pis.

It's not a Pi. :)
Can't wait to see how you managed to get a whole original Atari 2600 into this ;)

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Re: Wii U Gamepad zero/gamepi project thread

Post by grenade44 » Thu Jul 21, 2016 3:04 am

Will a pi 2 fit in? I haven't bought any parts yet but would like to have ago at this project.

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