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Short Stack: World’s smallest Nintendo Wii
World's Smallest Nintendo Wii, using a trimmed motherboard and custom stacked PCBs - loopj/short-stack
I designed a couple of boards which solder directly to the front of a trimmed Wii motherboard to provide power and data, which help avoid a tangled mess of wires. Periphlex is a flex PCB which breaks out the Bluetooth, USB and GameCube controller data lines, as well as the power, shutdown, and reset GPIOs. Assemble main board and front panel PCBs I recommend using a solder stencil and a hot plate or reflow oven If using a hot plate, hand solder the headphone connectors after reflowing the rest of the components Secure two 3 x 1mm magnets inside the holes on the front panel board using a dab of CA glue
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