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Post by captainkael on Oct 9, 2013 0:40:51 GMT
It comes together piece by piece. The frankenSaturn! I we need a cool nickname for this device when its done
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Post by syn on Oct 9, 2013 1:23:51 GMT
It comes together piece by piece. The frankenSaturn! I we need a cool nickname for this device when its done Zentron Saturn Portable
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Post by Zentron on Oct 9, 2013 20:50:00 GMT
Heh, yeah it is a case of get bits for it when and where I can. I just need several motherboards to experiment on, I also think I may have to do some cutting where the memory card is to get it as is in my design!
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Post by Zentron on Apr 27, 2014 11:11:23 GMT
It's been a long while since my last update, but a big piece just fell into my lap today! Whilst out at my local carboot sale, I came across a little item that had been alluding me ever since I started this teeny-weeny project (sarcasm ), and that, was a screen large and small enough, to be of use.... today, I think I has found it: It's a 5" RGB LCD TV (4" x 3"), which I got for a whopping... £2! Yes I know the screen looks manked, but it's mostly cosmetic, I see only a few actual scratches.. a magic marker will get rid of those... it's just a little bit bigger than I had initially lined out, but I can make changes
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Post by captainkael on Apr 27, 2014 15:20:58 GMT
Hey Zentron! Glad to hear this project is still in the works. Since its LCD no Portable Light gun games eh?
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Post by Zentron on Apr 27, 2014 22:09:00 GMT
Of course The main problem is cost and parts, I only have a (very) limited income and much of that is going into paying off my credit card bills (£3000+), so I can't afford to buy the things I really need immediately like I would want, it's just a case of getting parts where ever and whenever I can, which means things tend to drag for longer and have periods of no activity Anyway, yes, no light gun games, though with a 5" screen... not much point with such a small handheld system Also, the Z-Saturn sounds OK as a nickname to me
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Post by Zentron on Jul 5, 2014 22:19:23 GMT
Got more bits for my project, including 2 mini fans, they weren't in the original design, but I knew I would have to add ventilation to the shell somewhere and get the hot air out of there somehow, the two little fans seemed a good idea as part of the ventilation requirements, which will be at the back, just behind the speakers. Bought a mini breadboard, for testing out a few of the smaller components, plus of course a strip board, for going that bit further:
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Post by captainkael on Jul 6, 2014 14:37:30 GMT
Cooling fans good idea. The dream continues on. I hope to see you finish this thing one day Zentron. And hope if it works you'll make a second and send it to Canada Still got alot of pieces to find?
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Post by smithyz on Jul 6, 2014 17:09:15 GMT
Good luck with this frankly awesome project. I love the design by the way.
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Post by Zentron on Jul 6, 2014 18:56:42 GMT
Yeah, I had thought about ventilation holes once before, just after I had finished the initial design, just like the actual SEGA Saturn case does, but having just holes didn't seem like they would be efficient enough, though with a couple of fans to suck the hot air out from the unit, that might do the trick. Also, despite my already having a portable TV to take apart and use as the screen, it had been giving me some jip, so at my local carboot sale (the same place I got the first one), I have got myself a new one, plus the screen is in much better nick: The slowness is irritating me, but as I have mentioned a few times previously, it's having the parts available that's the trouble. I need several of the Saturn motherboards to try stuff on, control pads to test connecting to the board and a fair few other things. Plus, I need to add volume control to the design
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Post by fightingvipers2 on Jul 6, 2014 20:40:53 GMT
Keep going I think what your attempting to do is brilliant absolutely love it.
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Post by Zentron on Jul 8, 2014 22:16:00 GMT
TV was dismantled last night... annoying, the screen is being held in by something I can't see, hopefully I won't have to properly force it off, it'd be a right pain if I broke the screen!
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Post by supersega on Jul 23, 2014 21:35:15 GMT
That board is going to be one hard cookie to fit into a portable console! Especially with 2 GPUs. If I were you, I'd buy a Pico-ITX motherboard and run Linux with some sort of custom Saturn emulator.
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Post by Tatsumaru on Jul 25, 2014 11:32:59 GMT
That board is going to be one hard cookie to fit into a portable console! Especially with 2 GPUs. If I were you, I'd buy a Pico-ITX motherboard and run Linux with some sort of custom Saturn emulator. Saturn emulators are hardly accurate enough to worth the try. And these portable consoles mods are well known for keeping the original console fidelity, to the point of even using the console original cartridges and CDs. It'll be really hard to put that motherboard on a portable device, but I'm really curious to see the result.
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Post by mancity on Jul 25, 2014 11:50:53 GMT
That board is going to be one hard cookie to fit into a portable console! Especially with 2 GPUs. If I were you, I'd buy a Pico-ITX motherboard and run Linux with some sort of custom Saturn emulator. That sounds dreadful.
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