The trick with the applicator thing for the acrylic cement is to have it about half full, hold it upright and squeeze the air out and flip it over, then the vacuum keeps the stuff in and you can very precisely control how much you want to squeeze out
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Oooh... well that would actually make sense!
@tf_d2 жыл бұрын
🗿
@danman322 жыл бұрын
That's what I had to do for a store brand eardrops for drying out the ear. Otherwise too many drops came out instantly
@souravsaha35802 жыл бұрын
Donno why ppl would dislike this much of information packed videos..i am a hobbyist and know how much efforts one could need to put to get something right when things go sideways.maybe ppl who don't understand but still watches this kinda video would dislike.
@ShinyTechThings2 жыл бұрын
How about having a custom copper backplate made for a heatsink and see how much more performance you could get out of it?
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
I like this idea. Could also just cut out part of the back-having the entire back be metal could be a bit overkill for the Zero 2 W. It can only soak up a few watts maximum.
@ShinyTechThings2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffGeerling True, anyways I'd love to see you do this and if you are up for it mention I gave the idea. I have LOTS of ideas but no time to do all of them.
@SupremeRuleroftheWorld2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffGeerling grab an old laptop and steal the heatpipe from it and spread the load over the rear. thermal epoxy is your friend.
@richards79092 жыл бұрын
This sounds like a RSJ adventure….
@ozrencupac2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffGeerling try connecting a rtx 3090 to get better emulation performance
@MarcoGPUtuber2 жыл бұрын
4:53 That's why you aim the board at other people when you snip off pins.
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Hmm 🤔
@asciilal2 жыл бұрын
Don't give ideas to Red Shirt Jeff 😂😂
@MarcoGPUtuber2 жыл бұрын
@@asciilal lmao.
@AlexBGamesONLINE2 жыл бұрын
Actually Jeff my hacked switch runs ubuntu so I can ssh into it 😂
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Well, 'out of the box' 😜
@AlexBGamesONLINE2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffGeerling Fair enough😁
@ilfirinms2 жыл бұрын
Nintendo Wants to Know Your Location
@DiamandiL2 жыл бұрын
@@ilfirinms " -FBI- NoA open up!!"
@__tengu__ Жыл бұрын
😂
@DionMunk2 жыл бұрын
What a fun build! I've built a few mechanical keyboards and doing surface mount parts is always a bit of a pain. I found that if you just get some solder on one of the mounts, hold the part with some tweezers, and solder one side, it makes it easier to solder the other side.
@danielriossuarez2 жыл бұрын
Loved it! As an electronics guy, I specially enjoyed the parts about SMD soldering, acrylic cement and other mechanical features in this board that can be useful for me.
@Papierzeit10 күн бұрын
By coincidence, I just stumbled upon this one video of yours while searching for something else, and I came across this part: "I'm actually amazed how good the sound was on early Genesis and Super Nintendo games. I've only ever heard them on the tiny speaker in our family's cheap 13" TV." - As a kid, I always plugged my headphones directly into the Genesis... :)
@BritishBeachcomber2 жыл бұрын
Surface mount (SMD) soldering is so much easier using solder paste, applied to every pad, before mounting the component and heating the pads.
@ezrakornfeld843610 ай бұрын
Have you heard of a stencil. Speeds up the solder paste distribution process.
@tamoghnapal6619 Жыл бұрын
So I ended up making a similar project with a Pi 3A+ instead (as Pi Zero is impossible to find nowadays) , and it actually ended up costing me around 50$ total. I did not have a 3d printer, so I ended up using a 2$ pencil box as the case, and all the buttons were mounted manually and connected to a Pi pico, which was in turn connected to the Pi 3a's USB Port. It ended up working pretty great (though not so great look wise). Also I can use the Pi 3's headphone jack without external dac, and having access to power & hdmi ports means I can dock the device with my TV. I actually am frequently carrying it to my college to play games during free time. This Gameboy Null project gave me the inspiration to attempt to try doing it, and I'm grateful for it.
@AtomicShrimp2 жыл бұрын
For the cup hole soldering, would it help to snip a tiny length of solder into each hole first, then melt it in situ? - maybe with a hot air gun?
@fibreglassmonkey2 жыл бұрын
You would have less control over the amount of solder once things get hot, and I don’t recommend hot air for this as it would heat larger areas, encouraging the solder to spread and bridge connections. You can use stripped wire to help fill the hole if you have a problematic pad.
@ThantiK2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I probably would have put little solder "balls" on the pads individually before putting the pi on it. They'd help fill the gaps in the back, and would wick through the holes providing visual confirmation that the solder did indeed flow and connect. In theory this would work, however in practice, I don't know.
@ChrisP9782 жыл бұрын
I'd probably go with snipped off legs from resistors. You can drop them in the holes and the solder will flow down without excessive heat, flipover to complete.
@bufordmaddogtannen2 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisP978 this. Definitely. 👍🏻
@d3vastat0r892 жыл бұрын
I tried this cupholder thing with an esp32. Most unreliable way to solder imo. I've done a some smd stuff, like mcu soldering and medium package size stuff. Barely any issues with those. Cupholder did me in
@PowerMechGuyTechMasterEarl2 жыл бұрын
This was inspiring. You showed the whole process, the good and the bad, and still persevered to the final result. Thank you for being so thorough. God bless you.
@Google_Does_Evil_Now2 жыл бұрын
This review and step by step guide are detailed and fun. He goes through everything without taking an age.
@zambonidriver422 жыл бұрын
AvE’s ears perked up with the squint reference.
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Skookum!
@wbwillie2 жыл бұрын
It's super skookum and really chooches, not to mention it's the cockford ollie lol
@wbwillie2 жыл бұрын
Keep your stick on the ice lol
@RedMageGaming2 жыл бұрын
I can see so many older projects people have made with the Zero, get a big upgrade with the zero 2. Keeping the same physical profile on the board was a smart Idea.
@rootbeer6662 жыл бұрын
I had to do math tests for a kid of a friend of the family. It's been 10 years since I've been out of college so it's been a while for me. I pulled out one of my old calculators, which felt surprisingly familiar, but the results had me wishing for more. What if instead of handheld game consoles we made the ultimate graphing calculator kit? How about a square screen?
@Imaboss8ball2 жыл бұрын
Have you seen a modern graphing calculator? They are quite impressive.
@sarkasaa2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the prograde cardreader recommendation in an earlier video i commented on, its so fast and not flakey, makes importing photos much more enjoyable. Also the magnet base is nice :)
@severussnape85442 жыл бұрын
Hey Jeff. I don't have much to say. Love how the content on your channel is more "affordable" for us regular people with regular incomes that have children and all of that life. In fact, I just wish you'd have more time to make more content :)
@rodrigogalura2 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is amazing :) . Hope I can build my own console like that. Well, I am always amazed every time I watch your video :)
@stonededge2 жыл бұрын
Great work Jeff! Really like the acrylic and it’s nice to use readily available parts during the chip shortages. Something that has severely held back my console :(
@fibreglassmonkey2 жыл бұрын
Kickstarter for your CM4 build soon?
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
I have loved what progress you've made so far!
@stonededge2 жыл бұрын
@@fibreglassmonkey When CM4 availability improves next year, we will release a kit version. That’s the goal we’re working towards.
@eyesofnova2 жыл бұрын
clear plastic ftw. If its an option, I ALWAYS buy it like that.
@AngryMarkFPV2 жыл бұрын
I think I get to have my first smart moment. In circumstances where parts are tricky to hold / solder, don't use tape like you have here, use bostik blutack. easy to place, easy to remove, when its below 35c its fairly rigid. awesome work none the less Jeff.
@davidmoll72502 жыл бұрын
I still have a fully transparent original Xbox Controller and it was always amazing to look at. Choosing the clear version is definitely the right choice and I would go for it too if I would buy this product
@rafaelpernil2 жыл бұрын
Good job on that console! Specially with soldering, I fear soldering SMDs. Quite a complex project but it looks awesome
@featherpony2 жыл бұрын
If you solder on pin headers, you can pull off the plastic, leaving just metal pins. You can even adjust, first, how much pin sticks out, or trim the excess.
@feedmyintellect2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that retro multi-meter!!! 😊
@matthiaswandel2 жыл бұрын
I'd be paranoid about those solder joints breaking. If the board had thru holes where the pi goes, short piece of copper thru both would do it. Like the idea of a portable console like that, as long as it can be used for something useful instead of gaming
@tungstenivoxide24072 жыл бұрын
Gaming is a useful for entertainment. But I get what you mean. I also really want a small portable computer. The main issue is going to be interfacing with it.
@QuippersUnited2 жыл бұрын
The circuit board isn't useful unless you can jump on top of it afterwards. This design needs more box joinery.
@khhnator2 жыл бұрын
cmon. there is only 3 things that push technology forward: war, porn and gaming
@QuippersUnited2 жыл бұрын
@@khhnator As soon as we can combine all three humanity will reach the dawn of a new age...
@dragos88392 жыл бұрын
@@QuippersUnited how about this design but with functional analog joysticks, l1/r1 anf l2/r2 buttons so you can run steamlink and play any game in your library ?
@anno59362 жыл бұрын
Quite an impressive journey if you're into such projects, and a nice "documentary" Jeff ! I stuck my Zero2 inside the GPi case... wish i had a spare cartridge to improve cooling and OC it, might look into it later. For the time being i decided to build a FPGA handheld; you have a valid point about acrylic cases here, which i didn't think of, so maybe i will leave out 3d printing 🤔
@TFSned2 жыл бұрын
This is really cool. One of the projects that got me interested in electronics was making a portable SNES using Ben Heck's book. This was in the mid 2000's, before there were many handheld devices that could emulate the SNES well.
@nicwilson892 жыл бұрын
I bought a custom Super Famicom style Gameboy Advance shell and built a Pi Zero 2 based emulation machine into the shell :)
@greenprotag2 жыл бұрын
It looks like there is a clear path from the HDMI port to the outside of the shell. It's likely you could use a ribbon cable or extension PCB.
@siberx42 жыл бұрын
As somebody who has done extensive soldering, the "cuphole" technique they recommend here sounds like a massive pain and I'd find this frustrating and fiddly even with plenty of experience - good job on getting it done, but I almost fee like they're a little too proud of their own "neat" trick here without honestly weighing the benefits and downsides. I find it hard to believe they couldn't find space to make the pads in question through-hole so that you could solder bare wires through each hole instead; this would have kept the mainboard and Pi still in direct contact, and would only have left tiny bumps on either end for the wire stubs after clipping them flush. The acrylic cement stuff is neat; it's a very handy technique for producing customized enclosures, especially larger ones that are infeasible to 3D-print. You can design the layouts yourself in your preferred CAD package, then send it off to a laser cutting shop to get nice laser-cut acrylic sheets back for a pretty reasonable price even in small quantities. With some practice, the acrylic cement gluing process is fast and can produce very clean/professional results, and we've used it at work for small production runs of certain custom devices. For larger or more complex enclosures, it can help to make yourself a jig out of some mini framing squares to all you to align 90 degree joints together reliably and accurately.
@leonoliveira86522 жыл бұрын
That's a cute tiny handheld! Nice to see some of the building process!
@tomyoung4701 Жыл бұрын
I found this video helpful because it covers many practical soldering problems I frequently encounter
@linyongzheng2 жыл бұрын
Maybe you could solder pogo pins into the pi GPIO vias and have the pi contact the PCB with compression. That way you could easily replace the Pi if needed. Some pogo pin configurations should seat into the vias and ultimately add almost no thickness (less than a 1mm) when compressed. Downside is tolerance for the case will need to be much tighter. Really boils down to whether you want easier assembly and or easier swappable components.
@Danielddiniz2 жыл бұрын
I love to see your childhood memories come back 👾
@cbpostservice Жыл бұрын
I'd like the L and R tab buttons if I made one. Those were nice for 3D games for things like autolocking and switching between targets.
@atomicforcegaming28672 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the build but I think it might be out of my soldering skill level. Well done !
@alexlandherr2 жыл бұрын
I wonder when today’s games will be emulated like this on an SBC in the future?
@ThylineTheGay2 жыл бұрын
Emulating wouldn’t be needed, unless you are talking about consoles
@NoorquackerInd2 жыл бұрын
Can't wait until we're using Wine version 21387847 on the Blueberry Pi built on RISC-V and we're able to play Crysis 3 at 60 FPS on a pocket sized computer
@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart2 жыл бұрын
@@ThylineTheGay Emulating would most definitely be needed lmao. Games are always built to the particular standards of time-specific hardware and software. Modern hardware and software (E.g. Windows 10 or Linux+Proton) can barely run Windows XP-era games without a lot of issues.
@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart2 жыл бұрын
I'd assume that they'll still be debating whether to turn ray-tracing on or not.
@rageagainstthebath2 жыл бұрын
@@NoorquackerInd Might be feasible quicker than you think, as long as 5 inch 4K screens won't pop up all of a sudden.
@dillonnnnnn2 жыл бұрын
This build is great
@misterkite2 жыл бұрын
I have the Raspiboy which is larger (it's like 4 years old at this point), but it doesn't require any soldering at all. The main interface board has spring-loaded pins that connect to the test pads on the back of the zero. It also exposes usb so you can use external controllers.
@grifter772 жыл бұрын
I am really looking forward to your cutiepi review! I would prefer a more conventional tablet with kickstand instead of the handle, but it is easily the most compelling pi tablet I have seen so far. I hope it is good!
@KolyaNadj2 жыл бұрын
Those bad cuts in the end are so funny. And it shows how time-consuming it is to make a video. Keep up the good work Jeff!
@JamieBainbridge2 жыл бұрын
Seeing that THPS footage was what I wanted from this video. I've got a Retroflag GPi case and can't wait to stuff a Zero2W into it. The crashes during GT2 are likely an emulator bug, it's rock solid on a regular Pi 3 and 4.
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the weird thing is I tried four times before working on recording the script. Then when I went back to record the video clip of it crashing... it worked every time! No clue why.
@sinjhguddu49742 жыл бұрын
A scary, nerve-wracking, but worthy Christmas gift! Merry Christmas brother!
@Glasshopper2 жыл бұрын
PRO PLASTIC WORK TIP: when applying thin acrylic glue from an aplicator bottle, squeeze some of the air out of the bottle and loosten your grip slightly before you tilt it to use a slight vacuum to keep it from dribbling as you apply it.
@asteroidrules2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting little build, I'm personally working on building a PiGRRL Zero Advance around my own Zero 2, I'm really hoping I can leverage the touch screen to squeeze some Nintendo DS emulation out of it. The Pi Zero 2 and Compute Module 4 are both fantastic leaps forward in making portable RasPi devices practical, I just really hope they can step up production because thanks to the chip shortage they're clearly struggling to keep up with current demand.
@DiomedesDominguez2 жыл бұрын
You could use resistor's snipped legs instead of solder joins.
@Marcos327092 жыл бұрын
Dude this is awesome. It looks a little to challenging for my taste. Im waiting for the minty pi lite to be available.
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
I love that build too! Now that I've built this, I feel compelled to build another :D
@Marcos327092 жыл бұрын
@@JeffGeerling You should . Awesome content man , keep up the good work
@DimitrisDr3am5 ай бұрын
Pretty sweet, at this point there are sub $50 handhelds that will play up to ps1 though so if you aren't getting enjoyment from the build, it's probably not worth it. 2 years ago (when this video was made) things were likely different.
@labnine33622 жыл бұрын
Great video! I feel like you went into the rabbit hole so we don't have to. I suspect your handheld game system is something you could take pride in given all of that work and frustration.
@DanT102 жыл бұрын
You can avoid the "cup hole" soldering by removing the plastic thing (I think because I have not built this but anyhow the plastic is removable. Once soldered trim the excess.
@chriswolf5342 жыл бұрын
Use a small paint brush to apply the Weld-on, far more control. It works great on most 3D filaments too
@Whatisthishuhhmm10 ай бұрын
It looks leagues better than any retro handheld currently on the market. I’d totally buy this thing.
@YakobtoshiNakamoto10 ай бұрын
You are joking? The Miyoo mini plus is half the price, comes prebuilt and looks/performs better.
@akalion2137 ай бұрын
yeah.... no
@Whatisthishuhhmm7 ай бұрын
@@YakobtoshiNakamoto I was talking strictly about aesthetics. Just the way it looks with those 2 flat transparent panels, some parts being visible through it it’s just… I’m a sucker for cyberdecks as well, it’s that kind of thing. I got the miyoo mini recently btw, it’s awesome.
@thewiirocks2 жыл бұрын
It’s a lot of fun messing around with the Pi like this. But if you’re serious about gaming on the go, you’d have a better experience getting an RG300 from Aliexpress and updating to the latest RetroFW. It will play everything your device will, but with an almost instant boot and safe instant off. Not to mention 4-6 hours of play time and a gorgeous IPS panel. All for ~$50.
@timziganshin392 Жыл бұрын
Tremendous work! So impressive that makes me want to reproduce it! 👍 Thanks!
@tj715202 жыл бұрын
pretty cool but a version for a full size pi 4 that includes everything (also a touchscreen) should be made... doesnt matter if it ends up a tad bigger... the pi 4 is much faster afterall
@AlexHerlan5 ай бұрын
i'll pass on this one, but if they release one, that like you said: is a bit thicker so you don't have to solder the pi in, and also has room for a joystick (Which I imagine with what's currently out there might also require more thickness) then I'm in.
@stevemcknelly50362 жыл бұрын
George at 1up Restorations (Long Island Retro Gaming on KZfaq) does that "Cup Hole Soldering" fairly regularly. Check out his Fix It Friday videos.
@allenwest1986 Жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful build I love it !
@thatonedev7050 Жыл бұрын
I love how this guy gets so lucky and manages to get everything working after he breaks it 😂
@ma3oun2 жыл бұрын
Great video !!! Thumbs up for the retro multi-meter 🙂. Using solder paste and a heat gun might have made things easier for cup hole soldering ;-) .
@flipkibblez2 жыл бұрын
Love the meter! I've been using the same one for years as it's never let me down. Plus I love the buzzer.
@RythmicRaindrops7 ай бұрын
I had fun building it. I don't really think you'd see this, But I also had an issue where it was just sitting on a white screen. It ended up being raspberry pi imager was doing something, so I had to use win32 disk imager, and add my Wi-Fi credentials with a Bluetooth keyboard
@domramsey2 жыл бұрын
This looks great, but it's definitely more about the journey than the destination. The pre-made handheld retro consoles from Anbernic and Powkiddy etc, are more powerful and provide a better experience if you just want to play the games and they're also built on open source software. Obviously you don't get the satisfaction of building your own device though! Obviously you need to add an external GPU to something like this though... 🙂
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Haha, step two :D
@khhnator2 жыл бұрын
i would question the more powerful thing, only a handful of them would be more powerful than it
@Thunderbird13372 жыл бұрын
I would have gone for a Raspi 4 if I take all this effort to build an own device. Maybe in a PS Vita shell (or similar form factor). Then it's more powerful and probably easier with sofware/ drivers. You are right, in this form it has barely any advantage over existing devices. Besides having fun building it.
@robindewolf60335 ай бұрын
You could also presolder the gpio and then just reheat and add extra solder when adding it to the mainboard
@WolfsInk2 жыл бұрын
Personally, I would've loved to have the larger PCB have new spots to resolder the HDMI and USB Micro ports or better yet extenders, along with pogo pins for the gpio.
@Milaaq3022 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed, love the content. After a realisation a few weeks ago I just had to finally say it - the US pronunciation of "soldering" reminds me of the ancient cities of Soldom and Golmorrah.
@rejectminority Жыл бұрын
Seeing THPS on a raspberry pi... Okay I'm sold!
@midimusicforever2 жыл бұрын
Shortages everywhere! Make Pi Zero 2 available again!
@johnmichaels43302 жыл бұрын
Man I want this. On the list now. Remember the clear laptop from Hackers???? Why don't we have those today? I love the metal look, but I agree. Clear is awesome.
@michallukaszek2 жыл бұрын
The quote about solder being the favorite programming language is often attributed to Sir Terry Pratchett (and he did indeed say that at a conference in 2005), but actually I believe the author of what I would consider to be an original quote is Bob Pease - a designer of some very well known ICs, such as LM331 or LM337. His version was: "My favorite programming language is solder" :)
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
I spent a lot of time trying to track down the quote, but didn't go back all the way to Bob! Nice.
@KameraShy2 жыл бұрын
My original programming language was solder. I go back to when that was the only programming language.
@mvadu2 жыл бұрын
That multimeter used for resistance @6:21 showed your age Jeff.. Don't worry, I must have one of those lying around too, so you aren't alone.
@johnsimon84572 жыл бұрын
7:40 "I gave up trying to compile RetroPie on the raspberry pi" ohhhh I've been there. Surprised that the battery life is kinda 'meh'. Kinda goes to show how dedicated and customized these handheld consoles are over the basic "arm and linux" setup. Got to be a wa to shut off wifi bluetooth, limit CPU usage to one or two cores instead of having the kernel use all four, use an embedded linux that doesn't have as much of a footprint, or loads the OS + programs into a ram disk and turns off the micro SD. I'm spitballing here, because I don't do OS development, but it's a cool project.
@HaZeTJ2 жыл бұрын
for under 49usd you can get a PSP used in good condition which does all the old consoles and PS without problems. There are also linux distros build for PSP, cheaper alternative. And you don't need to build everything from scratch, buy the first model and you also have IR options.
@jeremyanderson63952 жыл бұрын
The jolt of anxiety seeing you grab the tip of that soldering iron after watching you use it lol
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Hehe, the scars of the past...
@fluffyfloof92672 жыл бұрын
I love it when someone uses peach jelly as a solder flux.
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Tastes good too!
@droppedonjapan2 жыл бұрын
Just a heads up, soldering a lot of this would be easier if you had high-quality solder! Personally I have Kester solder and swear by it, it makes SMD soldering easy and repeatable. Make sure to get rosin core, 63-37 leaded solder and you'll be set.
@Dygear2 жыл бұрын
Paper boy was a game that I really enjoyed as a kid. When I'd lose at a level and have to do it again, after a while I would just throw the paper into their windows from frustration. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the first video came I ever played ever. Zone 2 Chemical Plant has probably the best audio of a 16 bit era game and I think still stands up today. I still listen to a lot of the music from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games. Everything from Powerman 5000, to Millencolin becoming a sneaky favorite of mine after buying their albums.
@nialltracey25992 жыл бұрын
Was all excited there for a moment -- mistook the speakers for analogue sticks. My dream pocket device is a Pi Zero 2 with AAAAALLLLL the buttons so I can use it to play MAME ROMs on the train then use it for serious work as well. All the cheap Far Eastern handhelds can do the games, but without wifi, I can't use it as a local wifi hotspot and webserver for interactive classroom activities.
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
Not many of these builds have the analog sticks, not sure why. Probably has to do with Zero not being quite powerful enough for some of the games that really require them. But that's changing!
@nialltracey25992 жыл бұрын
@@JeffGeerling Console-centric thinking, isn't it? Quite a few 80s arcade machines had analogue controls -- particularly driving games. Then of course there's native games to think about, even if there isn't all that many of them. KZfaq and convenience probably has a part to play in this -- showing how it runs games on a particular console gives a readily-understood benchmark on power, whereas saying how well it runs certain MAME ROMs doesn't really give much generalisable information. So they build to what gets seen.
@fibreglassmonkey2 жыл бұрын
No analog sticks because this was designed for the original Pi Zero, which couldn’t play much at all that needed them. Nothing to do with KZfaq, I made something I wanted to use and was lucky that others want to make and use one too.
@xrpmoonwolf11 ай бұрын
first off this is awsome. but for 150 its like you said more about the journey and fun you have in assembly. if you really wanna use one i would advice 150 bucks retroid pocket 3+ and as best in category i would say ayn odin from 200$ pro a lil more but the base model has no problem emulating ps2 and gamecube
@savekillqqpsounds8473Ай бұрын
If you go into ui settings you can probably change the ui color to black backround and white letters. Should make it even a little bit easier to see. Altho its theme dependant in es. And i recommend batocera since that is the best one imo Edit: forgot to mention batocera im pretty sure also supports small screens. Atleast on my 3.5 inch display i saw everything and could read everything quite well
@gazzofdoom2 жыл бұрын
You should look up the Zega Mame Gear. It's a similar drop in modders board that you can add a PI4, Pi3 or PiZero1/2 boards to, but you them mount them into a Game Gear shell.
@harryfarmer38472 жыл бұрын
I would love to start building these as a hobby.
@aarizhassan39062 жыл бұрын
where do u learn to do this. is this xomputer engineering?
@SarahKchannel2 жыл бұрын
acrylic cement is mainly chloroform ;) - so use in well ventilated places
@altpudding47762 жыл бұрын
back when i got my gpi case, the zero w was always out of stock so i got desperate and desolder one of my zero wh, it was hell on earth looking at this gave me ptsd all over again
@RestoreTechnique2 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@UnNamedGuy0 Жыл бұрын
Raspberry Pis are amazing!
@paulruffy838911 ай бұрын
Love what you've done here. I found a much cheaper way with my Odroid go advance kit. Runs upto ps1 perfect and coat me only £40 plus the SD card. Batocera or emuelec both great options on it.
@wyohman002 жыл бұрын
Really love a good practical application!
@bluedeath9962 жыл бұрын
You need a good amount of flux and then it solders easier, also throwing it in the oven at 150C for a couple of hours will help get the solder between the boards.
@Derlaft2 жыл бұрын
You can get a similarly sized charging board with an indicator
@JeffGeerling2 жыл бұрын
This one shows red while charging, and blue when charged - but I would also like a percentage, and ability to read voltage / show percentage in the UI itself (I know RetroPie has been working on a system tray of sorts, too).
@silversonic1 Жыл бұрын
I personally just use the GPi Case 2w for my Pi Zero 2w. Mostly because I haven't soldered in a long... long time...
@user-te1hb4gh8n4 ай бұрын
Clear plastic electrics go back to 1985 from what I remember . Take a good look at pre recorded high bias cassette tapes .
@chrisconnors851311 ай бұрын
Kapton is great until it gets old and dries out. Then it's very flammable, which is why we no longer use it on planes
@Crack84baby Жыл бұрын
I'm doing exactly this. Except a 7inch screen with a pi3b+. USB type c charger stereo speakers and 4 18650 5000Mah batteries in a 2s2p setup. Case is made by me and 3d printed.
@Google_Does_Evil_Now2 жыл бұрын
Dear Jeff, what power soldering iron do you use? I bought one of those 60-100 Watt soldering iron kits and it's really helped me. Just wondering if a powerful iron would help you when doing the narrow point soldering? I bought the KSGER t12 after seeing lots of KZfaq reviews. Digital temperature control, high power, so it keeps the tip at that temperature for quick soldering. Less risk of burning. I'm only a beginner though. Your review was excellent. Detailed yet pacey, covered everything, step by step video clips, edited together so well. I've never seen one of your videos before but my gosh I'm impressed. I'm going to look at what other ones you've made after I write this comment. Have a great day.
@ThePunkBuster2 жыл бұрын
Amazing work Jeff!! :D
@flytie38612 жыл бұрын
Pi zero 2 added with pocket chip handheld design could solve as the GPIO pins are moved on the top.
@Wad2e420 Жыл бұрын
This will ve really helpfull As i want to make a handheld after i made a regular console
@vertitis2 жыл бұрын
Just use some legs or anything through the holes to make the solder flow with it. To prevent legs or anything flying when clipping, just hold your finger at the end of the leg or pins when clipping them and they will not go anywhere. I guarantee that you'll be amazed how easy this is. No need to apply any preasure. I'm kinda baffled that so few know about this.
@aarizhassan39062 жыл бұрын
hey, do you know if this is computer engineering oe something. like where do u learn this. computer engineering?