Help Ben Heck Finish His Portable N64!

I wanna buy this thing

Is there a place that I can download the 3d printer files for printing out the pieces that made up the n64 consoles cover? I'd be willing to pay for them too.

how about shielding on the wires sence the induction of current between wires could be causing issues also ajust for the incressed resistance of the wire due too the signals beeing sent over wire rather then through a plug. you can also look at each pin with a osiliscope then look at the pins of the modified memory pack too see if there is a diference in signal strength and timing.

I couldn't find a thread for this topic in my head..... I am wanting to see you build an oil submerged console. I'm currently working on a project like this with consoles but I would like to see how you'd build yours.

That is awesome!

If you intend to keep the 5V rail on the motherboard, it is possible to swap the standard 7805 regulator with a NCP5501DTG from ON Semiconductor (functional equivalent): I have done this to shave off 2 volts (I have not seen a mod with this on the internet).  This would allow you to run the N64 with a 5.4V and 3.3V source, depending on how this is implemented, it can reduce some of the power consumption.

The capacitors can be removed by twisting them on the upper can portion, I've replaced them in the past with some really thin polymer 3528 caps to reduce the overall height of the system.

I cut down the board and let it run from 7.4v and 3.3v only.

Still working !

I dont think anyone has ever cut the bottom size so close to the memory.

Next step is hardwire the everydrive and remove the top segment board.

Allright, the system has been running turok 2 for more then 6 hours now. didnt crash once, and the heatsinks are warm/hot, but i can hold my fingers on them without burning.

thats verry neet information martijn

It's running Turok 2 now, i had a everdrive wired up to an old project, but i cut off almost all leg pins from the cartridge because i hardwired it.

I had to cut the port on then64 to get a stable read from the everdrive.

Added 3 heatsinks.

Going to let it run for a few hours now.

If this is succesfull i will attempt making the board smaller, and get back into my gameboy 64 project.

https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1543677

Dutch only sorry, my english thread was on the bacman forum, and that one closed..

Why not wire the pack in directly? I know that there are multiple packs but yo could just get the biggest pack (think red one) and wire it in to the main motherboard and lay it flat?