Small update to the macro. I dremeled down the case, and did the first application of bondo. Pretty rough so far. But I hope it looks good. Right now I think I’m going to paint it grey.
The SMT resistors came as well, so I just replaced that resistor with a tiny one. So far so good!
Update 4/23/2015
Sanded and ready to paint. I should finish this very soon. I’m not sure if I should drill the speaker holes before or after painting. Guess I’ll figure that one out.
I then found the most high tech way to drill evenly spaced speaker holes
Update 4/25
Primed!
Man, I would love to get my hands on one of these. If you’re not planning on selling some, I’ll be forced to make my own.
Found this on Kotaku.
I also have a broken ds lying around here, gonna try to do it to, only thing i miss is solder tin 🙁
idk if you read this, but how did you find the speaker connection by using a multimeter?
The DS Lite has a ribbon cable going to the top screen where the speakers also are connected to. So it was just a matter of probing those connections and finding them on the board!
ow lol that sounds easier then i expected 😀
ty, gonna try to make the macro to.
worst case scenario: i got a few new scrap leds+speakers for other projects.
Hi there! This is such an awesome idea and I’d love to try it out. What kind of Bondo did you use to finish the case? I see there are several different kinds. Thanks so much and thanks for making such an awesome tutorial!
Evercoat is the way to go imo.