Development Library
The purpose of this post is to capture the high level plan for the Game Tin development library. The API specification is not presented, but planned functionality is described. The Game Tin...
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Early Prototype
Game Tin boards and parts have arrived. Both PCBs were ordered through OSH Park. The display PCB is a 2 layer board and the mainboard PCB is a 4 layer board. I also ordered stencils for each board...
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Silicone Switch Performance
A custom silicone keypad with epoxy coated keys is planned for the primary Game Tin controls. The keypad will have a D-Pad and action buttons. The buttons will be modelled after the Nintendo DS Lite...
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Poofy Adventure Baseline Power Consumption
The STK3700 Starter Kit provides the capability to measure power consumption of both the onboard MCU as well as external boards. In accordance with Energy Micro AN0027, the MCU on the STK3700 was put...
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Face Plate Mock-up
Currently the silicone buttons are adhered to the PCB with hot glue. The plan is to have a custom silicone button pad made that secures to the PCB without adhesive. However, it has become apparent...
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Game Boy Emulator Community Project
The purpose of this post is to address the inevitable question of whether the Game Tin can play Game Boy games. In short, yes, it should be possible with some caveats. I’ll lay out a path forward...
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The Game Tin is primarily a personal project with a secondary goal of be sellable to some degree. I was sick of building things that other people wanted and thus I chose to focus on building something...
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Solar Charger Testing
The Game Tin contains two IXYS KXOB22-12X1L solar cells wired in series with the output connected to a TI BQ25570 energy harvesting chip. The BQ25570 is configured to charge a 10F ultracapacitor on...
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USB Charging and Ultracapacitor Runtime
The Game Tin contains uses a TI TPS62570 buck converter to charge the ultracapacitor via power supplied from USB. The image below shows the voltage measurement across the ultracapacitor as it is...
View ArticleAutomated Food Production and Preparation
Ambronite / soylent fruit/vegetable preservation drying,canning,freezing shelf life nuritional value automated production storage energy processing energy...
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