WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Want to show off your own project? Want to keep a build log of it? Post it here!
Post Reply
JohnFreeman
Posts: 6
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:43 pm
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by JohnFreeman » Sun Oct 23, 2016 4:46 am

I'm trying to get some parts together for a Wii U gamepad of my own and I was curious as to what you got specifically for the DAC, POT, and headphone jack.

That's quite the nice looking project you got there by the way

IrieMars
Posts: 38
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:52 pm
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 15 times

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by IrieMars » Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:10 pm

banjokazooie wrote:
grenade44 wrote:
banjokazooie wrote:Teensy pinout drawing thanks to https://www.element14.com/community/people/dantany24

http://imgur.com/a/XTYIP
Picture doesn't work but I removed the img tags and replaced with url tags and it now works.

Thanks for those they will defiantly help when when I build mine.

Do you have the pin layout for up down left right and abxy buttons cable?

You can mix wires as you like all will be read as numbered buttons but GND is important :D

Image

How did you ID the grounds on both button ribbons? I assume the left ribbon ground would be the larger one. But what about the right ribbon?

IrieMars
Posts: 38
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:52 pm
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 15 times

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by IrieMars » Wed Oct 26, 2016 4:08 pm

IrieMars wrote:
banjokazooie wrote:
grenade44 wrote:
Picture doesn't work but I removed the img tags and replaced with url tags and it now works.

Thanks for those they will defiantly help when when I build mine.

Do you have the pin layout for up down left right and abxy buttons cable?

You can mix wires as you like all will be read as numbered buttons but GND is important :D

Image

How did you ID the grounds on both button ribbons? I assume the left ribbon ground would be the larger one. But what about the right ribbon?
Found an answer to my own question if anyone is interested in the pin-out for the button circuits. It's a little crude but it should be helpful to some.

http://i.imgur.com/NbWz1H9.jpg
NbWz1H9.jpg
NbWz1H9.jpg (2.6 MiB) Viewed 17711 times

ckaystudios
Posts: 12
Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:25 pm
Been thanked: 3 times

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by ckaystudios » Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:05 am

Helder wrote:Could you post links to the parts you used? Nice work.
Helder, are you gonna make a custom pcb for this one as well? Lol

Racerboy
Posts: 129
Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:49 pm
Has thanked: 25 times
Been thanked: 36 times

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by Racerboy » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:59 pm

ckaystudios wrote:
Helder wrote:Could you post links to the parts you used? Nice work.
Helder, are you gonna make a custom pcb for this one as well? Lol
I second this :D

Also, are those batteries 3400mAh each?

Great work!

User avatar
banjokazooie
Posts: 211
Joined: Thu May 19, 2016 1:14 pm
Location: https://t.me/pump_upp
Been thanked: 171 times
Contact:

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by banjokazooie » Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:57 pm

Racerboy wrote:
ckaystudios wrote:
Helder wrote:Could you post links to the parts you used? Nice work.
Helder, are you gonna make a custom pcb for this one as well? Lol
I second this :D

Also, are those batteries 3400mAh each?

Great work!
Yes they are 3400mAh each :D

AmeriCanSIN
Posts: 2
Joined: Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:33 pm

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by AmeriCanSIN » Mon Oct 31, 2016 2:15 pm

Wow, this looks amazing. I've searched around for similar projects that are using the Wii U gamepad and by far yours is the cleanest build and probably the easiest too. I would love to build this project myself but I'm a novice with electronics and such, is there a chance you could produce a step by step guide? I know I could build this with ease if there was such a guide.

This question goes out to anyone... Is it possible to make the unused TV button into a LCD dim-bright button to conserve battery life? Or even a LCD dim-bright-off button for moments when you pause your game and have to walk away from it for a minute and would like to save as much power as possible?

User avatar
banjokazooie
Posts: 211
Joined: Thu May 19, 2016 1:14 pm
Location: https://t.me/pump_upp
Been thanked: 171 times
Contact:

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by banjokazooie » Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:27 pm

AmeriCanSIN wrote:Wow, this looks amazing. I've searched around for similar projects that are using the Wii U gamepad and by far yours is the cleanest build and probably the easiest too. I would love to build this project myself but I'm a novice with electronics and such, is there a chance you could produce a step by step guide? I know I could build this with ease if there was such a guide.

This question goes out to anyone... Is it possible to make the unused TV button into a LCD dim-bright button to conserve battery life? Or even a LCD dim-bright-off button for moments when you pause your game and have to walk away from it for a minute and would like to save as much power as possible?
It is not possible to make this button works with this LCD . Display is using a couple of buttons to move through a complex menu.

User avatar
obsidianspider
Posts: 98
Joined: Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:01 am
Has thanked: 134 times
Been thanked: 35 times

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by obsidianspider » Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:18 am

I love that you were able to utilize a Pi 3. Since you're using the PowerBoost 1000 Basic for the extra output and a separate charging circuit, I'm assuming you can't charge and run the device at the same time, right?

rdazjeff
Posts: 14
Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:34 am

Re: WII U RASPBERRY PI 3 FINISHED

Post by rdazjeff » Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:44 am

Verry nice job :)
but for me, wii u is way too big for a portable consol game.
Stick with GBZ

But like i said, verry nice job.

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest