Sourcing a Nintendo multi out socket?

You guys are right, single hole should work. Here are the dimensions.

 

I will have the pcb designed later today.

 

I bet the reprap I have access to might be able to print that out. Might not be the prettiest thing ever.

 

Ok I have it all to spec now here is what it will look like. I made pin 1 Octagonal and pin 12 square so they're easy to point out. Send me a PM so we can discuss the details of the gerbers.

 

Excellent! I've PM you.

 

Very cool, although a Wii AV one would be nice *hint*.

 

just a note

the screen print on it I would move the 1 and 11 along a bit so the line coming down hits the centre of the square


btw is pi n 5 and 6 supposed to be joined?

 

Baby steps first... Wii's connector is similar in construction but with 18 pins. Let's see if the 12 pins version works or not first. Thanks to Helder's assistance I should find out in a few weeks.

Pin 5 and 6 are ground. Are you taking about the silkscreening for 1 and 11 indicator? Honestly when the board gets installed into the socket, they will be obstructed.

 

Before I had actual specs I had plenty of room to fit the number by the pins and since I didn't know how small the Fab House could make the silk screen. So I just made something to point what was what besides stating that the pin holes 1 and 12 where different shape and also having TOP written on the board to help discern its orientation. The joined pins where what was in the detailed schematic he posted and that's what I used.

 

This is also why the mounting hole is off-centered, so the screw can't go through if the board is flipped. Unfortunately with 2x6 header installed, more silk-screening will be covered too, it's the price to pay to get the board as compact and cost effective as possible. Needless to say, if an user plug or solder the wiring wrong all these mistake proofing efforts will go out of the window.

 

Wii socket variant designed!

 

Wow! That is amazing. I imagined doing this for the SNES and then stumbled on this thread before.

How long did it take you to get good at drafting these sorts of things for 3d printing?

 

BuffaloWing and I are in the talks of making a replacement SNES Multi A/V with a replacement AC input jack that is more universal than the proprietary plastic piece of shit it currently has.

 

I did started with the SNES panel as mentioned on the earlier post, my original intentional was to make a mount where I could mount five RCA jacks for component out when that was a thing.

As for drafting and 3D printing, I've started doing 2D drafting for 3 straight years and 3D drafting 5 to 6 years on and off. As for 3D printing, I've known about it for a long time before it was somewhat mainstream, but only starting to use it last year. The tricky part is really to design the part around the constraints of the technology. You can model pretty much anything on computer, but they don't always print out the way you expected.

 

This would also be cool. My idea was to use something like a USB charger and build it inside and then use the power jack from a playstation so I could use a universal AC cord.

I had been thinking of the same thing. I originally though about doing 5 rca jacks but then figured the wii connector would do everything I wanted. If it's setup right it could do component, s-video, and composite using standard wii cables which I found really appealing.

Wow that's a lot of work experience. I've wondered how some things would be printed. I've seen a few projects where it incorporates scaffolding to print raised portions and then you remove it when your done.

 

Here's the said SNES panel sans DC jack. As you can see, with five RCA jacks there's no room for another type of connector. Once you are committed to component there's no way to connect via s-video or fall back on composite.

 

Yeah. That's where the wii multiav comes in connect the component and svideo to the wii connector so both can be used with standard cables. What you just pictured was what I was originally thinking too but figured would take too much space.

 

These are really nice I've always taken the multi outs from old broken consoles. What would be the cost of these

 

Thanks. I'm currently waiting for the the prototype parts to arrive so it's going to be too premature to discuss cost.

 

If you use a trrs jack then adding component would be simple.