SNES case (WIP) and dual-LED

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rv6502
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SNES case (WIP) and dual-LED

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It's still a WIP.
I got the dimensions close enough to assemble it with a bit of hand grinding:
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The PCB is upside down. I flipped and rewired the P2 controller to become P1.
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Trying to get the connectors off with the reflow gun didn't go so well. Had to switch back to the soldering iron. That was fun (not)



I've put a 2nd LED on the same pin as the power LED but in reverse (going to VCC instead.)
So high is red, low is blue, with all the PWM shades in-between.

And setting the GPIO pin to input mode make them both glow very dim (about 1/8th brightness thanks to the voltage drop).
50% duty cycle PWM is much brighter.

So it's still possible to (almost) turn it off for a stand-by mode indicator or whatever.

You can see the LEDs in action:



Holding reset puts the pin back to input mode / high-z.
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Re: SNES case (WIP) and dual-LED

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More photos (silly limit)
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PLA still bends too much at the corners.
Good time to give PETG a try.
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Re: SNES case (WIP) and dual-LED

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Very nice!! :mrgreen: Cool to see you crammed all that new stuff in there. I like the simple approach for the dual color led, pretty clever I say. And kudos for the top buttons that actually works. Did you put a toggle/slide switch to turn it off?
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Re: SNES case (WIP) and dual-LED

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I used microswitches similar to these with a longer shaft:
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They click when you hit the shaft sideways.
It's not really how they're meant to be used but it works.

The case prevents pushing too hard on them.

I need to tweak a lot of things on that snes case. I had to grind & melt and cut too much stuff.
Need another pass but it's 5 hours just for the top piece so I have to wait for times I can keep an eye over the printer.
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