Roboticist by Trade, Robot by Character - Creator of GCNET, an Aftermarket GameCube Network Adapter
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We’ve stepped in to take control of the Collector’s Edition situation, and we're coordinating directly with the logistics company to get every CE preorder shipped to customers. Please comment when your shipping notification arrives! Any preorder questions still go to Rock It. 🐊
Croc Legend of the Gobbos Collector's Editions start shipping today! 🐊
The majority of orders will go out by the end of next week, US orders first and international right behind. Watch for your shipping notification email.
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I've been experimenting with motorizing a LEGO MILS plates without increasing its height. Using Splat Gears, I fit a gear train entirely inside the plate, allowing the motor to be hidden elsewhere. Here's a proof of concept driving an elevator.
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I was able to figure out how to speed up the refresh rate and improve the memory/ram management to do longer gifs/videos.
Someone asked me if I could animate one of the larger printed screen pieces. The layout from the LEGO Spaceship and Asteroid Discovery set was perfect for it.
Since it’s printed (not a sticker), I had to scan the original, separate it into layers, and rework the graphic to fit.
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Custom Lego Wi-Fi Display
3D-printed insert fits perfectly. Spent all day writing the driver from scratch and building an image conversion tool so everything renders properly. 🚀
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Update on the Raspberry Pi USB3 Hub reverse-engineering: got delayed a month, but I finally placed the order today. Not cheap… maybe I should open up for donations🤔
So I have an update on my mysterious SOT-23-6, I had VIN and Enable switched; and technically the VOUT is an inductor switching node (LX). So this is some sort of Synchronous Step-Down Buck Regulator such as the: RT8097, SY8009, AP3445, etc.
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Slowly getting there, I'd say about 90% routed, I've figured out most components, but can't track down the TSOP-23-6 adjustable buck regulators (I'm guessing), same component for 1.2V and 3.3V, different resistor values for Pin 6. Marking: 9B2iG
A Zero Ohm resistor wouldn't make sense in this case, so a very tiny inductor that my tools can't sense. Component L2 in the schematic.
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Raspberry Pi: “It’s the best USB 3.0 hub on the market today.”
If the design is so great…
Why isn’t it open?
I believe this captures most of the traces. Still leaning toward it being a 4-layer board, with ground and power on internal layers and only a few extra signal traces. You can spot one of those where the top layer got pulled up during desoldering.
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SP1 prototype shells arrived, these are out of black resin but I'm considering changing it to improve durability.
I think this is my last batch. I can’t keep costs down, and rather than raise prices due to tariffs and shipping, I’m shifting focus to a potential new product. Huge thanks to everyone who supported this along the way.
