Thanks, glad someone noticed! I've upgraded a piece of equipment for every episode and I'm starting to feel a bit more relaxed in front of the camera too
I've avoided being in front of a camera for pretty much my entire life up until this point. I know I'm rubbish at it but I'm only going to get better by doing it. Thanks for watching anyway!
@CNCDan this is an awesome project! Would love to see how the emulation performance compares to one of the newer cheap mini pcs, maybe one with an Intel N100 as the price seems similar to the NUC that you chose. Could potentially be a good way to reduce power consumption too
Cheers! Yeah the N100 is an impressive little processor. I believe the i5 in my NUC does slightly better than it on the benchmarks, but it's definitely pretty close. I only picked the older Intel NUC because they have fantastic documentation meaning I could guarantee it would fit before I committed to purchasing parts for the project. I will be doing a small bit of game testing/emulation in the next video in a couple of days time so stay tuned!
Great work, really interesting to see a CNC machine at work with a project like this. Any reason you chose CNC over a large format Resin printer? Looking at getting the Elegoo Saturn 8K for projects like this personally. I'm sure you've already thought of this during your design phase, but make sure those beautiful front firing speakers are not going to be covered or edged by the meat of the thumb whilst holding the case. This is something I picked up from one of RetroGame Corps videos and thought it was a great point. Another thing with Ergo's would be making sure that the back grips have enough "meat" to hang on to comfortably for long gaming sessions. RGC has said that one of his favourite handhelds for Ergos is the Logitech G Cloud. Again, you've probably already gone through this and considered these points, but I guess it's part of the community conversation :)
Great question! Honesty I'd be really interested to see how it goes on a big resin printer. I've seen a few people have issues with large flat objects though but if you can get it to print I reckon it would look great! I choose the CNC simply because I already own it and know I can get a fantastic result using it. As for the speakers, they are definitely close to your palms when holding the device but they are far from covered (at least with my hands). I tried lots of different locations because I didn't want them blocked by your hands or downwards facing and this was the best I could come up with. I would've preferred them up the top but because of the battery monitor screen and the touch screen ribbon connector there really isn't enough room. As for the grips, it's definitely a personal thing. My grips are definitely nice and chunky because I wanted them to be slightly higher than the NUC cover to help with airflow when sitting on a flat surface. Once I had the general shape designed I printed prototypes and adjusted the shape and button positions until I was happy with the feel.
@@cncdan Cool looking forward to seeing more. As for printing in Resin, it should be fine as you would angle the print rather than trying to print it flat on. But I guess I'll find out and let you know when I get the new printer and you release your files :D
I did the same thing like this project, I use a chinese tbao mini pc powered by Ryzen 3 2200u because of steam deck not available in my country. But I cancelled it after doing the battery part because now I have a steam deck. But I will consider doing it again because it is fun like you do.
@@cncdan I see, you mentioned you have a big one at work, so probably makes sense, as someone who build one I went with grbl as mach 3 has quite an interface to figure out ;] I wish I would have access to a big cnc so I can redo mine with milled aluminium parts instead of 3d printed, but will happen at one moment as so far not satisfied with the stiffness at all ;] nice to see that someone done it right
Not only do I have a big one at work, but we actually manufacture CNC machines. As you may have guessed I'm part of the design department but I got my start in the manufacturing end of things so I've got a fair bit of experience running machines too!
@@cncdan nice, one Ive used the Nikodem Bartniks idea but placed it in a small server cab where a cab is part of the case, but 3d printed parts are just not strong enough so will be redoing it ;]
I've always thought that Windows 10 and 11 would only support down to 1024x768 and all the documentation I've ever seen say that's the limit, so I thought it weird you would use a 1024x600. Google searching shows that MS DID add support for that resolution, so it's weird that that's not being touted as the limit.
Yeah, it can run at 1024x600 (and even lower, too). But I doubt they'll ever say its fully "supported" since some of the UI elements within the settings menus become inaccessible. The display driver actually does a reasonable job of scaling down a higher resolution signal though so for setup purposes I've just bumped the resolution 1280x768 and let the display driver do the scaling. Once windows is set up, everything else is perfectly happy running at 1024x600 besides a handful of games that have limited resolution options which I either just run at a scaled down resolution or find a hack that allows custom resolutions. The unfortunate reality of building things like this on a small scale (as in, not mass produced) is that you have to use what you can actually get and screens are one of those things that are only readily available to hobbyists in a couple of sizes/resolutions.
I really want a portable gaming windows machine that use Nintendo style circle pads instead of traditional joystick. Allows better portability and analog stick accuracy.
Yeah I think so. Intel provides 3D models for all of their NUC models so besides perhaps needing a larger back cover it should be pretty easily doable!
@@DavidFilskov The mainboard has been pretty much the same overall size since the first revision as far as I know. They definitely moved some of the mounting points on the PCB at some point and the cooling solution has gotten bigger with almost every new revision. It seems like its settled down a bit in later revisions so hopefully not too much of a change needed from my 7th gen to make newer ones work!
Cool project You seen quite tense, relax, maybe move camera a bit further. Also reading from the script while its a GREAT idea-doing it on record first tryi is not the best way to do it, try reading couple of lines and then repeating them without looking on text but in camera Also there is no shame in holding a script in hand befire camera, dont be shym you have a great mind and cool project. funny thing but my name is Dan as well(Dane'el)
Thanks for the tips. I am reading from a teleprompter on this one but it is pretty close to my first go with it, so I should get better as I do more videos in the future. As for seeming tense, that's an accurate assumption. I've never liked being in front of a camera but I'ev always wanted to make youtube videos and this is something that will only improve with practice, so I've just gotta keep trying!
It's all going to be open source! The 3D model files are already up. There's a GitHub link in the later videos. I'm still working on some changes to the PCBs but they'll go up soon too!
Teleprompter was an awesome addition to your on camera presence.
Yeah it helped a lot!
love diy handhelds. like to see more of them
Sounds like you're in the right place then!
This video has a huge quality increase from your last one. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, glad someone noticed! I've upgraded a piece of equipment for every episode and I'm starting to feel a bit more relaxed in front of the camera too
Looks excellent! Good work :) - and with the possiblity of swapping the D-pad and left joystick - that's my favorite D-pad position.
Keep up the excellent work on this project!
Thanks, will do!
thanks for the update! looking sick!
Let's gooooo! Always a delight to see new videos from you
Cool project! Looking forward to seeing more.
Ayo Dan let's go! Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Will do!
You're crushing it! Keep up the awesome work!
Excellent job bro.
Been planning to build my own handheld too. Been thinking of nuc machine too
Do it! NUCs are a pretty good candidate IMO!
Good Job. I had same idea years ago, but no skills. Wish you good luck to finish the project. Kind regards from germany
Amazing job.
wow good work buddy before 🎉🎉🎉
im so excited to follow along and maybe make my own!!
Lets go 🎉
keep up the good work!
Will do, thanks!
Que gran video, muchas gracias por tus conocimientos, es un excelente video el que subiste, mucho exitos para todos tus proyectos
Relax brotha try to talk to the camera like it's your friend, you're doing a good job it's a cool project keep it up
I've avoided being in front of a camera for pretty much my entire life up until this point. I know I'm rubbish at it but I'm only going to get better by doing it. Thanks for watching anyway!
top work mate!
Thankyou!
@CNCDan this is an awesome project! Would love to see how the emulation performance compares to one of the newer cheap mini pcs, maybe one with an Intel N100 as the price seems similar to the NUC that you chose. Could potentially be a good way to reduce power consumption too
Cheers! Yeah the N100 is an impressive little processor. I believe the i5 in my NUC does slightly better than it on the benchmarks, but it's definitely pretty close. I only picked the older Intel NUC because they have fantastic documentation meaning I could guarantee it would fit before I committed to purchasing parts for the project.
I will be doing a small bit of game testing/emulation in the next video in a couple of days time so stay tuned!
Yea boi!
Very cool!
Great work, really interesting to see a CNC machine at work with a project like this. Any reason you chose CNC over a large format Resin printer? Looking at getting the Elegoo Saturn 8K for projects like this personally.
I'm sure you've already thought of this during your design phase, but make sure those beautiful front firing speakers are not going to be covered or edged by the meat of the thumb whilst holding the case. This is something I picked up from one of RetroGame Corps videos and thought it was a great point. Another thing with Ergo's would be making sure that the back grips have enough "meat" to hang on to comfortably for long gaming sessions. RGC has said that one of his favourite handhelds for Ergos is the Logitech G Cloud.
Again, you've probably already gone through this and considered these points, but I guess it's part of the community conversation :)
Great question! Honesty I'd be really interested to see how it goes on a big resin printer. I've seen a few people have issues with large flat objects though but if you can get it to print I reckon it would look great! I choose the CNC simply because I already own it and know I can get a fantastic result using it.
As for the speakers, they are definitely close to your palms when holding the device but they are far from covered (at least with my hands). I tried lots of different locations because I didn't want them blocked by your hands or downwards facing and this was the best I could come up with. I would've preferred them up the top but because of the battery monitor screen and the touch screen ribbon connector there really isn't enough room.
As for the grips, it's definitely a personal thing. My grips are definitely nice and chunky because I wanted them to be slightly higher than the NUC cover to help with airflow when sitting on a flat surface. Once I had the general shape designed I printed prototypes and adjusted the shape and button positions until I was happy with the feel.
@@cncdan Cool looking forward to seeing more. As for printing in Resin, it should be fine as you would angle the print rather than trying to print it flat on. But I guess I'll find out and let you know when I get the new printer and you release your files :D
CNCDAN - HOw to integrate the motherboard & which part of the video do you put it in in?
I did the same thing like this project, I use a chinese tbao mini pc powered by Ryzen 3 2200u because of steam deck not available in my country. But I cancelled it after doing the battery part because now I have a steam deck. But I will consider doing it again because it is fun like you do.
this is certainly amazing, I would love there was more small sbc but that are x86 so we can do more and easier projects as this one. Keep it up
Yes me too. Bring on the x86 SBC's!
I'd love to watch the timelapse mentioned at 2:34, as its own video.
I'll see if I still have the raw footage. I don't have a whole heap of storage space yet so can't guarantee I've kept it unfortunately!
No biggie, I understand why you scrapped it for the video.@@cncdan
is your cnc using grbl ? also what are you using to generate such a complicated gcode ? and mate this is seriously cool
Thanks! No, my CNC is running mach 3 with an ethernet smooth stepper for motion control. Gcode is all generated in fusion!
@@cncdan I see, you mentioned you have a big one at work, so probably makes sense, as someone who build one I went with grbl as mach 3 has quite an interface to figure out ;] I wish I would have access to a big cnc so I can redo mine with milled aluminium parts instead of 3d printed, but will happen at one moment as so far not satisfied with the stiffness at all ;] nice to see that someone done it right
Not only do I have a big one at work, but we actually manufacture CNC machines. As you may have guessed I'm part of the design department but I got my start in the manufacturing end of things so I've got a fair bit of experience running machines too!
@@cncdan nice, one Ive used the Nikodem Bartniks idea but placed it in a small server cab where a cab is part of the case, but 3d printed parts are just not strong enough so will be redoing it ;]
I've always thought that Windows 10 and 11 would only support down to 1024x768 and all the documentation I've ever seen say that's the limit, so I thought it weird you would use a 1024x600. Google searching shows that MS DID add support for that resolution, so it's weird that that's not being touted as the limit.
Yeah, it can run at 1024x600 (and even lower, too). But I doubt they'll ever say its fully "supported" since some of the UI elements within the settings menus become inaccessible. The display driver actually does a reasonable job of scaling down a higher resolution signal though so for setup purposes I've just bumped the resolution 1280x768 and let the display driver do the scaling. Once windows is set up, everything else is perfectly happy running at 1024x600 besides a handful of games that have limited resolution options which I either just run at a scaled down resolution or find a hack that allows custom resolutions.
The unfortunate reality of building things like this on a small scale (as in, not mass produced) is that you have to use what you can actually get and screens are one of those things that are only readily available to hobbyists in a couple of sizes/resolutions.
I really want a portable gaming windows machine that use Nintendo style circle pads instead of traditional joystick. Allows better portability and analog stick accuracy.
You mean like the slider from the DS? Definitely enough room for them and the project is open source so feel free!
Vc tem os arquivo da case
Nutdeck
Dude dont stare at the camera 😂
Would e.g. an expensive NUC13ANHI7 fit too?
Yeah I think so. Intel provides 3D models for all of their NUC models so besides perhaps needing a larger back cover it should be pretty easily doable!
Terrific! - so the different NUCs have different dimensions :|
@@DavidFilskov The mainboard has been pretty much the same overall size since the first revision as far as I know. They definitely moved some of the mounting points on the PCB at some point and the cooling solution has gotten bigger with almost every new revision. It seems like its settled down a bit in later revisions so hopefully not too much of a change needed from my 7th gen to make newer ones work!
That's awesome :)
Sheesh
Cool project
You seen quite tense, relax, maybe move camera a bit further.
Also reading from the script while its a GREAT idea-doing it on record first tryi is not the best way to do it, try reading couple of lines and then repeating them without looking on text but in camera
Also there is no shame in holding a script in hand befire camera, dont be shym you have a great mind and cool project.
funny thing but my name is Dan as well(Dane'el)
Thanks for the tips. I am reading from a teleprompter on this one but it is pretty close to my first go with it, so I should get better as I do more videos in the future. As for seeming tense, that's an accurate assumption. I've never liked being in front of a camera but I'ev always wanted to make youtube videos and this is something that will only improve with practice, so I've just gotta keep trying!
@@cncdan glad to hear, keep it up!:)
@@cncdan Keep going man! Each one gets better :D
Are you planning on releasing/selling the models?
It's all going to be open source! The 3D model files are already up. There's a GitHub link in the later videos. I'm still working on some changes to the PCBs but they'll go up soon too!