wraggster
October 28th, 2013, 20:41
http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/ps2.jpg?w=620&h=387
It’s not exactly a portable, but [Downing]‘s PS2 advance puts all the power of a Playstation 2 in the palm of your hands (http://downingsbasement.com/2013/10/18/the-playstation-2-advance-completed/), all while being more popular that the Vita.
For the audio and video, the project uses a Cross Plane (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1575970207/the-cross-plane-your-system-your-game-your-play), a project from a slightly unsuccessful Kickstarter [Downing] pulled the plug on last month. When the handheld is plugged in to the Cross Plane, all the audio, video, and controller wires are transferred through a pair of cables, with the possible addition of wireless transmission should [Downing] ever want to revisit this project.
In deciding on what to use for a case, [Downing] had bought a few AG cases from Polycase (http://www.polycase.com/specialty-ag-series) but found the ergonomics severely lacking. Putting two of the case backs together, he found the resulting structure was actually very comfortable, and with a few simple modifications to add some holes for acorn nuts,
It’s a great looking project that really highlights [Downing]‘s talents as a console modder. He’s also thrown his hat into the Hackaday Trinket contest (http://downingsbasement.com/2013/10/25/hack-a-day-trinket-contest/) by engraving the Jolly Wrencher into the back of his project, which unfortunately isn’t seen in the video below.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/28/portable-ps2-courtesy-of-cross-plane/
It’s not exactly a portable, but [Downing]‘s PS2 advance puts all the power of a Playstation 2 in the palm of your hands (http://downingsbasement.com/2013/10/18/the-playstation-2-advance-completed/), all while being more popular that the Vita.
For the audio and video, the project uses a Cross Plane (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1575970207/the-cross-plane-your-system-your-game-your-play), a project from a slightly unsuccessful Kickstarter [Downing] pulled the plug on last month. When the handheld is plugged in to the Cross Plane, all the audio, video, and controller wires are transferred through a pair of cables, with the possible addition of wireless transmission should [Downing] ever want to revisit this project.
In deciding on what to use for a case, [Downing] had bought a few AG cases from Polycase (http://www.polycase.com/specialty-ag-series) but found the ergonomics severely lacking. Putting two of the case backs together, he found the resulting structure was actually very comfortable, and with a few simple modifications to add some holes for acorn nuts,
It’s a great looking project that really highlights [Downing]‘s talents as a console modder. He’s also thrown his hat into the Hackaday Trinket contest (http://downingsbasement.com/2013/10/25/hack-a-day-trinket-contest/) by engraving the Jolly Wrencher into the back of his project, which unfortunately isn’t seen in the video below.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/28/portable-ps2-courtesy-of-cross-plane/