Hack Like Heck - ShockSlayer - Portable Wii: The WaveRider

Congrats, ShockSlayer! Great build!

Sicc, but not thicc

really well done, loved the video.

Very cool build!

Enjoyed hearing about the background and everything that went into it as that heightened my appreciation of the what the final build looked like.

The GameCube controller was a great call and congratulations on a build that is not only aesthetically pleasing but well engineered!

I have had success with such wire so far. It does take a bit to scrape the enamel away. And if you glue your wires down it keeps them from getting moved and issues arising. They work great for tight spaces.

Definitely an inspired project. Great build!

I've being using the same two rolls of 38 and 34 gauge wire for about 2 years now for lots of different commissions and projects, and I've never had an issue with wires being scratched and bridging/shorting during handling. This including handling with various metal tweezers, which is how I do most of my soldering work. I would imagine that if you buy cheaper wire, it's more likely to happen.

In the portable, since everything is run to mounted headers, there's very little chance of problems occurring since the wires aren't run long enough to wiggle around. The two halves of the portable plug together in line with the case. If you'd like, I can show you at MGC!

Hi Karen,

It's a good question, I guess in most cases the stranded version of 30AWG may be usable, (it is about 0.5-0.6mm thick with the insulation depending on the version, e.g. this Alphawire ThermoThin wireAlphawire ThermoThin wire is 0.56mm thick) but might not suit extremely cramped projects. Enamelled wire is fine I think, since it is a one-off project, just makes maintainability a bit awkward, and knowing if there are shorts or not is harder. The 'SH' and similar connectors are quite small, e.g. for 8 circuits, the Molex Picoblade is 1.5mm pitch, and the mated connectors together would take up 15x9x3.2mm space overall, i.e. smaller footprint than using 0.1" SIL header pins for connections, but just a bit thicker (maybe just under 1mm thicker). Another option if needing to go even smaller could be to make a custom PCB, with a small high density connector on it, a bit like those in mobile phones. Then you're down to less than 1cm2 footprint and a few mm thick, for 20+ circuits including a few mm for soldering 30AWG wires.

For modding game handhelds, modders want to keep everything as small as possible. I assume, that's why they use the magnet wire instead of insulated wire. Wouldn't adding all those connectors add bulk as well? Is there a small solution?

thanks, I also use those premade JST-conectors from time to time, you can see one in my VRpi build video for HLH.