A Raspberry Pi Handheld inside a Nintendo Game & Watch from 1982

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A Raspberry Pi Handheld inside a Nintendo Game & Watch from 1982

Post by Ampersand » Wed May 01, 2019 5:39 pm

Some of you guys know that I've been collecting Game & Watch, I eventually ended up with one that was beyond saving so here's how it turned out:
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As far as I can tell, this is the first Game & Watch ever to run Doom (sort of).
I'm calling it the Gawp (Game and Watch Pi).
It uses the original case, buttons, stand, face plate, and a couple of screws.
Inside there's a Pi 0W, 1100mAh LiPo, dac, amp, stereo speakers, LiPo charger, and 2.4" ili screen.
It's fully playable, with a 5-way stick hidden inside the left button and shoulder buttons on the top.

Here's the PCB:
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I used a 3D printed spacer to allow enough room for a decent battery and reduce the amount of cutting into the case, it's 7mm thicker:
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It's not quite finished, I need to file down some screws to make the Start + Select buttons (original parts wouldn't work well enough) and I'm hoping Helder will laser etch the face plate with this to make it look amazing:
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Here are some more photos
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And the before shot:
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Re: A Raspberry Pi Handheld inside a Nintendo Game & Watch from 1982

Post by Ampersand » Wed May 08, 2019 10:42 am

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Re: A Raspberry Pi Handheld inside a Nintendo Game & Watch from 1982

Post by Griiffin » Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:57 pm

Woah, awesome!

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