My cardboard handheld setup

[Hex]

I started back in August and started prototyping designs :

Some found it weird that I had chosen cardboard to build by GBZ. Well It started turning out good enough.

Prototype assembly to test if things are working

The L and R button prototype:

Didn't like that the button kept falling off and that the button would get stuck in something sooner or later.

Tried using bigger buttons. Looked awesome and had a good feel to it

Created backplate using buttons and started assembling

Backplate exposed Pi's LED and an aluminium heatsink. Also an ugly battery.

Now off to conquer the Front plate. Basic requirements were Screen and Controller.
Cut down the Controller board from this:

to this:

BIG MISTAKE. The traces tore out quickly as seen in the previous image. Board wasted :(
Had to cut the second one. I purchased 2 knowing full well I might break one. I cut too close on my first board thinking that it will work. It didn't. If the tension in the wire is more it will pull out the wire with the trace attached. This caused the trace till the black blob to be removed and rendered the controller useless.

Closed both plates to get idea about the height of the side walls.

Built side walls, More components arrived and build started looking promising.

Nothing more to do than to close them. Look at it all glued up

Finally done the build looks like this from the outside:

Back plate, notice the Pi's green LED

Top plate, Red while charging, Blue while using

Right wall

Front plate with pi booting

Until next time :)

[meleu]

@Hex

[moosepr]

@Hex this looks familiar, did you post this over on sudomod?

[Hex]

@moosepr Yes I did.

[moosepr]

@Hex aha! How is it holding up to extended play sessions?

[Hex]

@moosepr very well.I have finished 3 gameboy games completely and no problem in sight