This is freaking incredible mate, and to see this coming from a fellow Aussie it is fantastic! I'm really looking forward to the possibilities of where you are taking this journey.
Thankyou, this one was recorded entirely in my office sitting in front of the computer. I'm working on some cheap solutions to help with the echo in the workshop so hopefully that will improve the parts where I'm not doing voiceover too!
Once you seperate out the two stacked PCBs, they aren't a whole heap smaller unfortunately! I guess you could leave them stacked and have a "bump" like I've got on this design, but I do like to try and make things as small as possible! Definitely something I'll look into in the future though, one of the guys on my discord has modelled one up recently so I can at least take a look at a model now and see how it would fit.
@@cncdan I 100% understand the design challenges of going smaller. It's not just a couple inches smaller, it's volumetrically just harder in every way. I'm still 100% following along with and in love with the current design and build. Keep it up and keep having fun! Rooting for you!
Couple more weeks for the controller PCBs hopefully. Unsure about the power management, I have an idea but I haven't got a prototype here to test yet. Each revision takes at least 3 weeks from fixing issues to testing the replacements so if I get it working within a revision or two, it shouldn't take too long.
I'd say with a Wi-Fi dongle or built in wifi toggle this could make a fairly smart way to play Xbox Cloud Gaming. Currently I stream through my PC that isn't capable of gaming with Intel graphics through my web browser. Works well. This is more powerful than my PC I'm sold.
Nope, I just couldn't do it cheap enough that anyone would think it was worthwhile. You could upload the STEP files to PCBway and get a quote on having them printed or machined. You may still need a technical drawing of the housing parts if you want them machined. I'll be working on uploading those in the next couple of days.
No, unfortunately not! There has been a little talk of a group purchase of housings from PCBWay though to try and minimise costs so jump on the discord if you're interested!
Hey bro I know this is your personal pet project and I'm very impressed do you think that you can make a version where the right joystick is in line with the left
I can say that this is definitely possible. It would require a new set of PCB's be designed for that side of the device and obviously a change to the front shell (which is a minor change, compared to the PCB's). I can't justify the time to do it myself yet as I'm still working on getting the power managament up and running, but when I do I may be able to design some different versions if someone else hasn't beaten me to it!
I think the design is great, but I also think it would have been more ergonomic if the D-pad and the right stick had been offset at an angle instead of putting them directly under the left stick and the buttons
Yes, there were lots of little decisions like that to make when I was designing it. I've done one with offset sticks/buttons before and didn't really find it any better. It probably depends entirely on your use-case. I personally don't use the dpad a lot except for navigating menus so that's not really an issue for me. The location of the right joystick could perhaps have been more comfortable if moved inwards a bit but its already pushed over as far as I can so in order to do that the whole console would've had to be wider which I just didn't want to do.
You're welcome to send me a message on the email listed on my profile. I can't promise I'll have time for anything since I'm pretty flat out but shoot it through anyway and I'll get back to you when I can
I did give Holoiso a go on it a few months back but the driver support for this old Intel CPU just isn't there unfortunately! I've been informed that there's a few other options now so once Ithe project is complete I'll test some of the other options!
I've done plenty of ARM based designs in the past, just before I really started uploading to UA-cam. In the future I am planning to cover what changes would be required to get this thing running with a raspberry pi in it as I know quite a few people are keen to use it that way. It should only really require a couple of changes to some resistor values on the power management, maybe a buck/boost for 5v supply and a new back cover designed to fit the pi.
I put "ecran" into translate and it came out as "screen" so I'm going to assume that's what you mean. There's links to everything I used on the github but here's the screen I used: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005315348504.html
I could if I could get it to run. I tried holoiso but the driver support doesn't seem to be there for this older Intel CPU. I'll have a bit more of a mess around with it once I've got some spare time but at the moment I'm just trying to get all the design work finished so people can start building it
Amazing project, though I am a bit sad that the NUC will draw up to 4 times the power draw of the steam deck in the same game.... Wonder if a Ryzen mini computer would do better or worse assuming the same performance and settings
This NUC is 6 years old, a lot has happened in that time in terms of performance and efficiency. Using a newer model or one of the many AMD versions would definitely make this more efficient, especially on the higher end games! I'll likely swap it out for something a bit newer once the project is complete but I couldn't justify the huge cost upfront for a newer version on the off chance I couldn't make it all work.
Sure! Any "NUC" form factor mini PC should be able to be used. I picked this older intel model purely as a cost saving exercise. Once the project is complete and everything works I should be able to justify an upgrade to something better!
Yeah, slightly concerned about that but I doubt they'll even see it unless the video blows up! Plus I own physical copies of all the games I demo on my channel so I should be right!
I love this idea of just using a NUC.
This is fantastic Dan, nice work.
Thanks! Slowly working out the best ways to film things!
This is freaking incredible mate, and to see this coming from a fellow Aussie it is fantastic! I'm really looking forward to the possibilities of where you are taking this journey.
Cheers! Just glad to be contributing something that hopefully a lot of people can enjoy!
Love to see it 😮
The audio is way better in this video! Well done😁 This is an amazing project as well!
Thankyou, this one was recorded entirely in my office sitting in front of the computer. I'm working on some cheap solutions to help with the echo in the workshop so hopefully that will improve the parts where I'm not doing voiceover too!
Amazing. Can't wait to see how far this can be taken!
You and me both!
Plays good as it looks ,awsome and clear blue shell is perfection👍🏻
Yes I do love me a coloured clear shell. Probably a side effect of being a child of the early 90's!
Cool to see some games playing on it, great job as usual
Thanks!
Dude thats absolutely amazing! Awesome work and thank you for making it open source.
No worries! Hopefully I'll have it finished soon so other people can build their own!
Stellar 🎉
Love this, and id love to see you do a mini with a 5 inch screen one day using one of those micro/pico pc's
Once you seperate out the two stacked PCBs, they aren't a whole heap smaller unfortunately! I guess you could leave them stacked and have a "bump" like I've got on this design, but I do like to try and make things as small as possible! Definitely something I'll look into in the future though, one of the guys on my discord has modelled one up recently so I can at least take a look at a model now and see how it would fit.
@@cncdan I 100% understand the design challenges of going smaller. It's not just a couple inches smaller, it's volumetrically just harder in every way. I'm still 100% following along with and in love with the current design and build. Keep it up and keep having fun! Rooting for you!
Thanks, will do!
Nice work mckenzie looking awesome
Looking good! Now I just need to build a huge external battery that I can wear as a backpack. 😂
Haha yes, love a good backpack battery. Just don't try flying anywhere with it!
Awesome video!
Thanks!
Nice video keep on going
Thanks! Will do!
Fantastic!
Glad you like it!
When do you expect to have a build version which we can do by ourself?
I’m really waiting for this 😊 keep going, I think this idea is amazing!!!
Couple more weeks for the controller PCBs hopefully. Unsure about the power management, I have an idea but I haven't got a prototype here to test yet. Each revision takes at least 3 weeks from fixing issues to testing the replacements so if I get it working within a revision or two, it shouldn't take too long.
@@cncdan I understand then I will try to school myself in patience and watch out for news from you 👍🏼
That's cool, i love it.... 😍
Thanks!
I'd say with a Wi-Fi dongle or built in wifi toggle this could make a fairly smart way to play Xbox Cloud Gaming. Currently I stream through my PC that isn't capable of gaming with Intel graphics through my web browser. Works well. This is more powerful than my PC I'm sold.
Do you sell the shells for people who don't have 3d printers or are you willing to sell them
Nope, I just couldn't do it cheap enough that anyone would think it was worthwhile. You could upload the STEP files to PCBway and get a quote on having them printed or machined. You may still need a technical drawing of the housing parts if you want them machined. I'll be working on uploading those in the next couple of days.
Ips goes crazy here 😮😮
Sure does! Looks much more impressive now I've got the lighting right!
Dan, do you intend on selling the PCBs and shells as a kit in the future?
No, unfortunately not! There has been a little talk of a group purchase of housings from PCBWay though to try and minimise costs so jump on the discord if you're interested!
Yay
Hey bro I know this is your personal pet project and I'm very impressed do you think that you can make a version where the right joystick is in line with the left
I can say that this is definitely possible. It would require a new set of PCB's be designed for that side of the device and obviously a change to the front shell (which is a minor change, compared to the PCB's). I can't justify the time to do it myself yet as I'm still working on getting the power managament up and running, but when I do I may be able to design some different versions if someone else hasn't beaten me to it!
Funny thing, I'm primarily an Xbox guy but I hate it when handhelds have offset sticks. We're all special 😅
I think the design is great, but I also think it would have been more ergonomic if the D-pad and the right stick had been offset at an angle instead of putting them directly under the left stick and the buttons
Yes, there were lots of little decisions like that to make when I was designing it. I've done one with offset sticks/buttons before and didn't really find it any better. It probably depends entirely on your use-case. I personally don't use the dpad a lot except for navigating menus so that's not really an issue for me. The location of the right joystick could perhaps have been more comfortable if moved inwards a bit but its already pushed over as far as I can so in order to do that the whole console would've had to be wider which I just didn't want to do.
You’re amazing
Thankyou! I do my best!
Hi CNCDan, loving the series so far! Any chance I could get in contact with you for some collaboration & potential support for your channel?
You're welcome to send me a message on the email listed on my profile. I can't promise I'll have time for anything since I'm pretty flat out but shoot it through anyway and I'll get back to you when I can
I'm sorry if this has been asked before but why haven't you tested Steam OS on this?
I did give Holoiso a go on it a few months back but the driver support for this old Intel CPU just isn't there unfortunately! I've been informed that there's a few other options now so once Ithe project is complete I'll test some of the other options!
Any plans for an arm version?
I've done plenty of ARM based designs in the past, just before I really started uploading to UA-cam. In the future I am planning to cover what changes would be required to get this thing running with a raspberry pi in it as I know quite a few people are keen to use it that way. It should only really require a couple of changes to some resistor values on the power management, maybe a buck/boost for 5v supply and a new back cover designed to fit the pi.
What ecran did you use?
I put "ecran" into translate and it came out as "screen" so I'm going to assume that's what you mean.
There's links to everything I used on the github but here's the screen I used: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005315348504.html
Could you make a video of it running steam OS.
I could if I could get it to run. I tried holoiso but the driver support doesn't seem to be there for this older Intel CPU. I'll have a bit more of a mess around with it once I've got some spare time but at the moment I'm just trying to get all the design work finished so people can start building it
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Amazing project, though I am a bit sad that the NUC will draw up to 4 times the power draw of the steam deck in the same game.... Wonder if a Ryzen mini computer would do better or worse assuming the same performance and settings
This NUC is 6 years old, a lot has happened in that time in terms of performance and efficiency. Using a newer model or one of the many AMD versions would definitely make this more efficient, especially on the higher end games! I'll likely swap it out for something a bit newer once the project is complete but I couldn't justify the huge cost upfront for a newer version on the off chance I couldn't make it all work.
How about AMD?
Sure! Any "NUC" form factor mini PC should be able to be used. I picked this older intel model purely as a cost saving exercise. Once the project is complete and everything works I should be able to justify an upgrade to something better!
Nice gameplay but nintendo is NUC-king to your door it you know what I mean😅
Yeah, slightly concerned about that but I doubt they'll even see it unless the video blows up! Plus I own physical copies of all the games I demo on my channel so I should be right!
@@cncdan yep good to know you have the copy nintendo don’t support any emulation for their roms. Well it run smoothly good job. 😁😁😁
If it plays doom it can play anything
How can I buy one coming from a steam deck owner
Thanks! Unfortunately it's not likely to ever be for sale but once the project is complete all the files will be available to build your own!