I am really excited to watch the playlist! The extra screen with all the battery life and controller mapping is such a cool feature, and I wish we'd see that kind of thing on manufactured devices. Seems incredibly useful.
Thanks! Yeah I'd love to see a feature like that on every handheld game console. Doesn't need to be anything flash but being able to see your remaining battery life without having anything interfere with your game has to be an advantage!
I've just set up a discord server for the project so head on over and join up if you want to be part of the community! I'll be using it to share some progress updates and pictures as I work on things and eventually some early releases of the files to build this thing! discord.gg/dBpDWgs625
@@cncdan I think invites might have a timeout by default? I think you can get a permanent invite link if I'm not mistaken. Awesome work btw. Your molding process in your latest video blew me away, I wish i could source the materials but I'll search the web if I can find them in small quantities so that shipping costs aren't too high. Adapting this for something like an rpi zero or similar could be interesting for retro gaming optimized for battery life and put the rest of the budget in a nice screen too.
Keep up the amazing work! Really excited to see where this is headed 😀 P.S: I know you keep getting comments about your on-camera presence, but frankly it's a little thing when considering the scope of the project itself that you're tackling. A teleprompter will come in very handy if you want to step that aspect of your videos up, but honestly I think a large majority of your viewers don't mind that kind of stuff when you're doing such fine work with the NUCDeck itself!
@@cncdan If I am not mistaken DIY Perks UA-cam channel turned a laptop and a couple of mirrors essentially into a teleprompter of sorts, his goal was to be able to look directly into people's eyes during a video call.
@@cncdan De nada! If UA-cam manages NOT to remove this very own comment I just typed, the video of his I mentioned would be this one; ua-cam.com/video/2AecAXinars/v-deo.html
Teleprompter for sure if you're going to do any talking to the camera from a script. Not because of you specifically, but because everyone reading a script should use one.
@@cncdan To be completely honest, that's also beyond my abilities as well. I'm more suggesting it as a long term goal for much later, rather than soon. Off-the-shelf parts are working nicely for me for now. Speaking of which: since I'm also using a NUC, I managed to get the GameCube games I cared about, including funny Pikmin mods, running without a graphics card. I'm happy to know that my integrated graphics work fine on Linux without issue. Guess I should save the Graphics Cart for native PC games, then.
Such a big and amazing project. I look forward to following this, but can you please tone down the music by a lot so it's actually just a very light ambiance? Much bigger channels skip on the ambiance music all together these days. Your teleprompter should also be relocated closer to the camera or use a camera much further back with some zoom. Some channels don't even have a face in the video, like AVE as an example.
Thanks for the feedback! Music too loud, noted. The teleprompter is just a piece of paper and if It was any closer to the camera you wouldn't be able to see me 😂 I don't have many options for lenses yet and if I want a nicely defocused background I need to be quite close to the camera. I think until I can justify the cost of a lens that can be moved further back, I'll just have to try and go without a script for the parts I'm on camera for
@cncdan Thank you for taking my feedback positively, and that's fair. You could then preplan and build in pauses in your script just in case you need to re-shoot the partions you want to be on camera for. Or do a B roll and an A roll, where the B roll is mostly a dry run, but 80% good to go. Then the A roll is "good to go" although nothing is ever perfect this way you get two shots to pick from for a better look. In Thor Love and Thunder during the black and white seen they devices a system that strobed 24 different stadium lights arranged all around in a circle but timed so only one was ever on yet fast enough to look like they where all on as normal. Then they shot the scene with a high speed camera for the sole purpose of being ablen to pick from 24 different frames with lighting angle for every single frame of that single frame while the actors only had to do one good take.
pretty cool project, good to see someone representing australia on the channel. How do you find getting parts or you like myself and source from china?
Yeah China is often the only option unfortunately! There's a couple of local online stores that I use, littlebird, core electronics and RS components to name a few. As soon as you start talking about more unusual stuff though China becomes the only option. Wouldn't be so bad if the minimum shipping time wasn't 2 weeks!
@@cncdan two weeks.is.great, I'm lucky in bris to get anything less than 4. Digikey is pretty good, min spend 60.AUD for.free.courier from the US in a week. But even then I find it hard to navigate and you have to know what you want.
@@3rutu5 I've done two digikey orders in the last week alone haha. They are great, just wish there was a cheap shipping option for smaller pacakges when I don't need $60 worth of stuff. I'm in Brisbane too so our shipping times should be similar on most things. I ordered my replacement display driver a week ago today, so I've probably still got at least a week to wait before I'll see it. Lucky I've got a pile of plastic here to start machining otherwise I'd be making no progress!
Curious to know will the final build support Gyroscopic motion controls like those on Nintendo Switch joycon/procpntrollers or PS4/PS5 controllers. It'll help tremendously for handheld games playing shooters or mouse simulations Other then that this is looking fantastic!
Yep, that's my intention! I have wrongfully called it "aim assist" in this video but yes, I'm planning to have the option of gyroscopic aiming which will be fully adjustable/configurable through the GUI on the info display
Not yet. I want to make sure that I've test fitted everything properly before I start releasing files. The power supply section of the build is probably going to take a while to get right so it could still easily be a couple of months until I'm close to having something complete that people can start building. The actual 3D model of the parts however shouldn't take that long
i have so many questions, you on any Facebook groups? I would like to know about the PCB's and getting the various triggers/joys etc working with the NUC as i would love to have a go a a RPI version or a orange PI, but dont want to stink up your messages on YT.
This is a 7th Gen Intel NUC. Intel's website has a full 3D model of every generation of NUC available so you can look it up there if you'd like! As far as I'm aware, besides the NUCs with GPUs they are all pretty much the same form factor. One day hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on a newer AMD NUC and see if I can make it fit!
Nice video! I'd like to give you a bit of feedback though, the music during the timelapse was very loud, and secondly you should probably not call the gyro-aiming "aim assist" since it makes it sounds like something that would automatically help you aim which well its not automatic so that doesn't make sense. Just calling it "gyro" or "gyro-aim" is a lot clearer to what it is.
Thanks, appreciate the feedback! I'll do a better job of matching the volume next time. I only called it aim assist because I thought I'd seen the steam deck call it that. Gyro aim or something along those lines definitely makes more sense. I'll see what I can come up with!
Hi, can someone tell me how did he used 2 analog joystick with GP2040 firmware, i read the documentation and the addon that makes it possible to connect analog joysticks says that the pi pico only has 3 ADC pins and the sticks need 4. I'm building a cloud gaming handheld with a orange pi zero 3 4GB and it would be cool if i made the controller myself. Thanks!
I didn't use the GP2040 firmware, I wrote my own. Having said that, the code is available on the github so you could use some of my code but it is full of extra stuff for the battery managment display so if you aren't interested in modifying the code its probably not your best option!
When the project is complete I'll have a full list of the components used and where to buy them along with all the files needed to build your own! These videos are pretty much in realtime as I work on the project so I'm not much further ahead than what you see in the videos currently. Stay tuned though as I'm working on the next progress update now!
@2:39 that PCB is too fat, make it out of flex pcb , pcbway does that. much flatter and the heat goes faster to the connection points AND use a stencil for the solder paste, to put it on the flex
Would love to, but they are a bit out of my price range at the moment! I haven't looked at the dimensions so don't quote me on this but I reckon there's a reasonable chance it would fit.
This is a multi-part series so not everything is in the one video. I'm still working on the next video but I will show how it all goes together. There is also an assembly guide on the github that shows how it all fits together: github.com/dmcke5/NucDeck/blob/main/NucDeck%20Assembly%20Instructions.pdf
Yeah I know. I'm sure with more practise I'll get better at memorising what I want to say but at the moment I forget how to function as soon as there's a camera in front of me 🤣
@@cncdan All of us nerds are absolutely here for the amazing work you're doing. Little bit of stagefright isn't gonna make or break your videos. You could even just do a voice over if that was more comfortable for you. Keep on keeping on.
@@Tibeardius Cheers! I am trying to cover up as much as I can with B-roll anyway but I won't get better unless I practice so I'm trying to get my face in there sometimes too!
Great little project. I would love to feature this in my weekly handheld news video. If you would like to connect further on this just reply here and we can get in contact over email. I could probably better represent it in the video with some clarifications and also help drive some interest to your project and channel. Let me know! Either way this is pretty cool and I’ll be following it.
I love that you add what didn’t work and how you were able to try to work it out. Definitely think I will give this project a go
I am really excited to watch the playlist! The extra screen with all the battery life and controller mapping is such a cool feature, and I wish we'd see that kind of thing on manufactured devices. Seems incredibly useful.
Thanks! Yeah I'd love to see a feature like that on every handheld game console. Doesn't need to be anything flash but being able to see your remaining battery life without having anything interfere with your game has to be an advantage!
I've just set up a discord server for the project so head on over and join up if you want to be part of the community! I'll be using it to share some progress updates and pictures as I work on things and eventually some early releases of the files to build this thing!
discord.gg/dBpDWgs625
Didnt appear to work for me?
@@3rutu5 give it another go. A few other people have been able to join so the link should be working. Not sure what else to do about it otherwise!
@@cncdan Hi it just says invalid invite
@@3rutu5 discord.gg/FrQf8JNk try this
@@cncdan I think invites might have a timeout by default? I think you can get a permanent invite link if I'm not mistaken. Awesome work btw. Your molding process in your latest video blew me away, I wish i could source the materials but I'll search the web if I can find them in small quantities so that shipping costs aren't too high. Adapting this for something like an rpi zero or similar could be interesting for retro gaming optimized for battery life and put the rest of the budget in a nice screen too.
Keep up the amazing work! Really excited to see where this is headed 😀
P.S: I know you keep getting comments about your on-camera presence, but frankly it's a little thing when considering the scope of the project itself that you're tackling. A teleprompter will come in very handy if you want to step that aspect of your videos up, but honestly I think a large majority of your viewers don't mind that kind of stuff when you're doing such fine work with the NUCDeck itself!
Thanks, appreciate the support! Yeah a teleprompter is probably a good idea. Maybe even the topic for a future project?
@@cncdan If I am not mistaken DIY Perks UA-cam channel turned a laptop and a couple of mirrors essentially into a teleprompter of sorts, his goal was to be able to look directly into people's eyes during a video call.
@@JoaoPedro-ki7ct interesting, thanks. I'll check it out!
@@cncdan De nada!
If UA-cam manages NOT to remove this very own comment I just typed, the video of his I mentioned would be this one; ua-cam.com/video/2AecAXinars/v-deo.html
Teleprompter for sure if you're going to do any talking to the camera from a script. Not because of you specifically, but because everyone reading a script should use one.
Amazing work, thanks for keeping us in the loop!
Wow its looking great looking forward to seeing some more updates👍
I saw this cool project on my home page, looks cool!
This is a really cool project dude. Cant wait for more content!
Thanks! Got an update coming early this week so stay tuned!
Awesome - can't wait to give this a go once its ready!
Me too! Was so dissapointed about the display driver. I desperately want to get it running with everything crammed in the housing!
Love seeing the progress! Keep up the amazing work! Your get this 100% fully functional in no time
This is really an awesome project man.
Cheers!
Great work, can't wait for it to come together
Looks awesome!
This ones exciting! Gonna be great!
nice work
Its awasoome 👏❤ look better than steam deck
deserves much more subs and likes
I love this series
Keep up the excellent work! I hope you can eventually make your own PCB once the time is right.
You mean instead of using a NUC? That's definitely way beyond my ability levels at the moment unfortunately!
@@cncdan To be completely honest, that's also beyond my abilities as well. I'm more suggesting it as a long term goal for much later, rather than soon. Off-the-shelf parts are working nicely for me for now.
Speaking of which: since I'm also using a NUC, I managed to get the GameCube games I cared about, including funny Pikmin mods, running without a graphics card. I'm happy to know that my integrated graphics work fine on Linux without issue. Guess I should save the Graphics Cart for native PC games, then.
nice work!
Such a big and amazing project. I look forward to following this, but can you please tone down the music by a lot so it's actually just a very light ambiance? Much bigger channels skip on the ambiance music all together these days. Your teleprompter should also be relocated closer to the camera or use a camera much further back with some zoom. Some channels don't even have a face in the video, like AVE as an example.
Thanks for the feedback! Music too loud, noted. The teleprompter is just a piece of paper and if It was any closer to the camera you wouldn't be able to see me 😂 I don't have many options for lenses yet and if I want a nicely defocused background I need to be quite close to the camera. I think until I can justify the cost of a lens that can be moved further back, I'll just have to try and go without a script for the parts I'm on camera for
@cncdan Thank you for taking my feedback positively, and that's fair. You could then preplan and build in pauses in your script just in case you need to re-shoot the partions you want to be on camera for. Or do a B roll and an A roll, where the B roll is mostly a dry run, but 80% good to go. Then the A roll is "good to go" although nothing is ever perfect this way you get two shots to pick from for a better look.
In Thor Love and Thunder during the black and white seen they devices a system that strobed 24 different stadium lights arranged all around in a circle but timed so only one was ever on yet fast enough to look like they where all on as normal. Then they shot the scene with a high speed camera for the sole purpose of being ablen to pick from 24 different frames with lighting angle for every single frame of that single frame while the actors only had to do one good take.
Que gran video, muchas gracias por tus conocimientos, es un excelente video el que subiste, mucho exitos para todos tus proyectos
pretty cool project, good to see someone representing australia on the channel. How do you find getting parts or you like myself and source from china?
Yeah China is often the only option unfortunately! There's a couple of local online stores that I use, littlebird, core electronics and RS components to name a few. As soon as you start talking about more unusual stuff though China becomes the only option. Wouldn't be so bad if the minimum shipping time wasn't 2 weeks!
@@cncdan two weeks.is.great, I'm lucky in bris to get anything less than 4. Digikey is pretty good, min spend 60.AUD for.free.courier from the US in a week. But even then I find it hard to navigate and you have to know what you want.
@@3rutu5 I've done two digikey orders in the last week alone haha. They are great, just wish there was a cheap shipping option for smaller pacakges when I don't need $60 worth of stuff. I'm in Brisbane too so our shipping times should be similar on most things. I ordered my replacement display driver a week ago today, so I've probably still got at least a week to wait before I'll see it. Lucky I've got a pile of plastic here to start machining otherwise I'd be making no progress!
I loved it, thank you!
most videos from others aren't that good keep going you are going to make it
Curious to know will the final build support Gyroscopic motion controls like those on Nintendo Switch joycon/procpntrollers or PS4/PS5 controllers.
It'll help tremendously for handheld games playing shooters or mouse simulations
Other then that this is looking fantastic!
Yep, that's my intention! I have wrongfully called it "aim assist" in this video but yes, I'm planning to have the option of gyroscopic aiming which will be fully adjustable/configurable through the GUI on the info display
Cant Wait early releases of the files , Any good news ?
Not yet. I want to make sure that I've test fitted everything properly before I start releasing files. The power supply section of the build is probably going to take a while to get right so it could still easily be a couple of months until I'm close to having something complete that people can start building. The actual 3D model of the parts however shouldn't take that long
It’s a steam deck without the steam 😂
deck
an actually portable version of the Shit brick
Asus rog with steam is the same that steam deck
i have so many questions, you on any Facebook groups? I would like to know about the PCB's and getting the various triggers/joys etc working with the NUC as i would love to have a go a a RPI version or a orange PI, but dont want to stink up your messages on YT.
I am aiming to build a smaller Steam Deck maybe have an expert take apart mine and transfer the parts to a smaller shell
What are the dimensions on the nuc you’re using? Would you require a chassis redesign for one of those newer ryzen nucs?
This is a 7th Gen Intel NUC. Intel's website has a full 3D model of every generation of NUC available so you can look it up there if you'd like! As far as I'm aware, besides the NUCs with GPUs they are all pretty much the same form factor. One day hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on a newer AMD NUC and see if I can make it fit!
Nice video! I'd like to give you a bit of feedback though, the music during the timelapse was very loud, and secondly you should probably not call the gyro-aiming "aim assist" since it makes it sounds like something that would automatically help you aim which well its not automatic so that doesn't make sense. Just calling it "gyro" or "gyro-aim" is a lot clearer to what it is.
Thanks, appreciate the feedback! I'll do a better job of matching the volume next time. I only called it aim assist because I thought I'd seen the steam deck call it that. Gyro aim or something along those lines definitely makes more sense. I'll see what I can come up with!
Hi, can someone tell me how did he used 2 analog joystick with GP2040 firmware, i read the documentation and the addon that makes it possible to connect analog joysticks says that the pi pico only has 3 ADC pins and the sticks need 4. I'm building a cloud gaming handheld with a orange pi zero 3 4GB and it would be cool if i made the controller myself. Thanks!
I didn't use the GP2040 firmware, I wrote my own. Having said that, the code is available on the github so you could use some of my code but it is full of extra stuff for the battery managment display so if you aren't interested in modifying the code its probably not your best option!
@@cncdan Thanks i take a look at it!
Can we have a full vid
ND link to buy the parts plz
When the project is complete I'll have a full list of the components used and where to buy them along with all the files needed to build your own! These videos are pretty much in realtime as I work on the project so I'm not much further ahead than what you see in the videos currently. Stay tuned though as I'm working on the next progress update now!
Are these 3D printed shell parts blueprints available online?
Yep, I added the link for the GitHub project in later videos. Here's the link: github.com/dmcke5/NucDeck
@@cncdan UR the goat
How much is it for one of your nuc decs
@2:39 that PCB is too fat, make it out of flex pcb , pcbway does that. much flatter and the heat goes faster to the connection points AND use a stencil for the solder paste, to put it on the flex
How did you do the screen lens?
It's a touchscreen from a kids tablet that's the correct size for the screen. I've got a link for it on the GitHub page for the project!
Where can we get the STL from?
There is a link to GitHub in the description of the 5th episode, that's where the files are
Latte panda sigma? 🤔
Would love to, but they are a bit out of my price range at the moment! I haven't looked at the dimensions so don't quote me on this but I reckon there's a reasonable chance it would fit.
can i have the print files
How to install the motherboard into the case?
WTF.. there is no way to do this,,,
The video does not show,..i have the best CNC machine.
This is a multi-part series so not everything is in the one video. I'm still working on the next video but I will show how it all goes together. There is also an assembly guide on the github that shows how it all fits together: github.com/dmcke5/NucDeck/blob/main/NucDeck%20Assembly%20Instructions.pdf
I can see you reading your script
Yeah I know. I'm sure with more practise I'll get better at memorising what I want to say but at the moment I forget how to function as soon as there's a camera in front of me 🤣
@cncdan lol you'll get better but I'm loving the progress. Keep it up👏🏽
@@cncdan All of us nerds are absolutely here for the amazing work you're doing. Little bit of stagefright isn't gonna make or break your videos. You could even just do a voice over if that was more comfortable for you. Keep on keeping on.
@@Tibeardius Cheers! I am trying to cover up as much as I can with B-roll anyway but I won't get better unless I practice so I'm trying to get my face in there sometimes too!
@@cncdan Good shit. Looking forward to the next one.
Great little project. I would love to feature this in my weekly handheld news video. If you would like to connect further on this just reply here and we can get in contact over email. I could probably better represent it in the video with some clarifications and also help drive some interest to your project and channel. Let me know! Either way this is pretty cool and I’ll be following it.
Sounds good! I've added contact information to my channel so shoot me an email when you're ready!
Make sure you ping Russ @ Retro Game Corps about your project!
I'm trying to hold off annoying too many other channels about it until I have something a little more complete to show!