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40 lines
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Title: The Wiitop<br>
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Icon: /favicon.ico<br>
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Style: /styles/newLight.css<br>
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Description: I'm working on making the first prototype Wiitop*<br>
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Author: SuperbeeLavaman<br>
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Content:
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<div class="article-content-block">
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<h1>Preparation for making the Wiitop</h1>
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<p> As you may have noticed, I have an 88x31 button leading to Wii-Linux.org. One of the projects they have is a laptop that uses a Nintendo Wii
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as the main computer portion of the laptop. As you would expect, several modifications are expected to be performed to the Wii that is being
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used in the Wiitop.
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<br>The Wiitop is specified to be a 14" laptop, with a trimmed Wii inside. The publically available spec is quite out of date from what has been
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talked about in the Wii-Linux server, and unfortunately while it specifies an 854x480 screen, those are effectively impossible to get. As
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<i>Lily lily lily lily</i> recommended, 720x576@50 letterboxes cleanly into 800x600, which is a slightly more common LCD resolution.
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<br>Since I'm likely to be the first person to actually construct a Wiitop, my decisions will likely have a strong effect on how the design is
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finalized. A 4:3 aspect ratio makes sense for a device that often displays 4:3 content, and a 4:3 laptop makes certain components easier to
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arrange. Since I've never done a Wii trim before, I'll be using the <a href="https://bitbuilt.net/forums/threads/the-definitive-wii-trimming-guide.198/">OMGWTF</a>
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trim. For the power supply, I will be designing a custom board that includes an STM32-based CrOS_EC, a BQ25703A charge controller, and various
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regulators, which will be controllable from Linux.
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<br>The following is written during or after the actions listed above.
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<h2>The Wii to use</h2>
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I have an RVL-CPU-40 wii that has gone through a lot.
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<br>At one point, it was running with no shell and no heatsink, in a freezer. During that time, it was nicknamed <i>Friizer</i>, and continues to
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retain that name.
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<br><abbr title="Friizer in the freezer."><a href="/Images/projects/wiitop/friizerfreezer_large.jpg"><img src="/Images/projects/wiitop/friizerfreezer.jpg" alt="Friizer in the freezer" class="fitinpageplease"></a></abbr>
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<br>Recently, I delidded the CPU and SoC of Friizer. I then decided to prepare for trimming and do research for what I would need to do to make the Wiitop.
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<br><abbr title="Friizer has been delidded."><a href="/Images/projects/wiitop/friizerdelid_large.jpg"><img src="/Images/projects/wiitop/friizerdelid.jpg" alt="Friizer has been delidded." class="fitinpageplease"></a></abbr>
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<br><abbr title="Marked for the OMGWTF trim"><a href="/Images/projects/wiitop/friizermarked_large.jpg"><img src="/Images/projects/wiitop/friizermarked.jpg" alt="Marked for the OMGWTF trim" class="fitinpageplease"></a></abbr>
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<p>a few months later I haven't done anything new to this page, also I found a typo that was completely fucking up formatting, idk how browser engines ranging from "ancient af" to latest modern browser were handling it fine<br>
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I'll work on this more when I have a job to afford buying parts for this.</p>
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<br>
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<br>[THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
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<br><abbr title="construction."><img src=/Images/underconstruction.gif alt="construction." class="fitinpageplease"></abbr>
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</p>
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</div>
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