I've most of the stuff I need, about to begin the testing phase.

[Kilren]

so last chance for anyone to share their input

Yes, stop posting just to tell us you bought something.

[joe7dust]

so last chance for anyone to share their input

Yes, stop posting just to tell us you bought something.

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I just want to be sure there isn't anything I'm missing man. I've had this up for a few days and haven't gotten much of anything. 'use soldering dewick' & 'plan your gpio pins carefully' weren't exactly eye-opening, sorry.

[Kilren]

so last chance for anyone to share their input

Yes, stop posting just to tell us you bought something.

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I just want to be sure there isn't anything I'm missing man. I've had this up for a few days and haven't gotten much of anything. 'use soldering dewick' & 'plan your gpio pins carefully' weren't exactly eye-opening, sorry.

All of the information is on the forums that you are looking for. You are neither looking for anything new or groundbreaking. Do your homework, spend time reading through old forums. It is all there. Stop spamming because "I've had this up for a few days and haven't gotten much of anything". It is because people don't care to answer the same questions already answered.

[joe7dust]

I'm still waiting on the switches & PWM audio components, but now that my screen got here from across the pond I think I'm ready to start testing some things like this ubercheap $3 power booster board for example. I don't think it will go in the final build since it only has 2 non-usb power pins, and everyone else here seems to use a version that has 4. I believe this means I can connect it to the battery and run the pi off it, but I won't be able to ever charge it. It may be possible to create my own circuit to circumvent this limitation, but it is probably not worth frying my pi to try it alone. I would basically just wire it all together "intuitively" and enjoy the magic smoke wafting up from my components.

note: Forgot to put my 4' ethernet cord in this picture, that is where I'm getting most of the 24 AWG colored wiring from. It is literally my only working ethernet cord too, but sometimes a sacrifice is necessary.



Also that battery is just a few mm too long for this, so it is only going to be used as a test 3.7v-4.4v power source. I've ordered a powerbank whose battery will hopefully be going in the final build.

[joe7dust]

@wermy what do you think of this?

[joe7dust]

IT's ALIVE!!

Booted it up and ran retropie for 2 minutes to test this $3 cellphone battery + $3 booster board combo out. Not bad! No issues so far.

I think I'll probably stick a $4 booster board in for the final build though, because I think I need one like most here use with the 4 pins and not just 2. This one I think would require a switch for disconnecting the battery while charging to prevent overvoltage.

[Kilren]

@joe7dust This post has pretty much died from your original post looking for parts. Do you want now to use it to track your build? I can either move it for you to the show-off section, or you can let the post die and start a new thread for show-off. Which do you prefer?