wraggster
August 19th, 2013, 22:47
http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/portablenesside2.jpg?w=580&h=435
Grab your favorite cartridge and violently blow into the end, because [Dave Nunez] is sending us on a nostalgia trip with his 3D printed portable NES (http://davenunez.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/building-the-nespo/). He takes the typical route of chopping up a Nintendo on a chip (NOAC) retro machine rather than sacrifice a real NES, and opts for a NiMH battery over lithium (which isn’t a bad idea; they can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWdnjLqVWwif you charge them incorrectly). The battery life is, however, tolerable: 2.5 to 3 hours.
All the components are packed into a custom-made 3D printed PLA enclosure, which [Dave] kindly shares on thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131776). He also decided to 3D print each of the buttons and their bezels/housings, which he then topped off by cutting acrylic sheets that seal up the front and back. As a final touch, [Dave] slips in some custom art under the acrylic and mounts a printed LED nameplate in the corner.
We’ve seen [Dave's] work at Hackaday before, when he built a one-size-fits-all-consoles arcade controller (http://hackaday.com/2013/05/14/one-game-controller-connects-to-many-consoles/).
http://hackaday.com/2013/08/19/nespo-another-3d-printed-portable-nes/
Grab your favorite cartridge and violently blow into the end, because [Dave Nunez] is sending us on a nostalgia trip with his 3D printed portable NES (http://davenunez.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/building-the-nespo/). He takes the typical route of chopping up a Nintendo on a chip (NOAC) retro machine rather than sacrifice a real NES, and opts for a NiMH battery over lithium (which isn’t a bad idea; they can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWdnjLqVWwif you charge them incorrectly). The battery life is, however, tolerable: 2.5 to 3 hours.
All the components are packed into a custom-made 3D printed PLA enclosure, which [Dave] kindly shares on thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131776). He also decided to 3D print each of the buttons and their bezels/housings, which he then topped off by cutting acrylic sheets that seal up the front and back. As a final touch, [Dave] slips in some custom art under the acrylic and mounts a printed LED nameplate in the corner.
We’ve seen [Dave's] work at Hackaday before, when he built a one-size-fits-all-consoles arcade controller (http://hackaday.com/2013/05/14/one-game-controller-connects-to-many-consoles/).
http://hackaday.com/2013/08/19/nespo-another-3d-printed-portable-nes/