<i>Since the GameCube controller connectors on the original Wii wouldn't fit cleanly on a build of this size, I use TRRS headphone connectors instead.</i><p>Word of caution: many electronics are not designed for the shorts between connections which occur if you hot-plug one of those.
This was messing with my head for a minute, I thought maybe they had figured out a way to use mini CDs (like the GameCube) to make that tiny disc drive functional, but it appears to just be decorative.
This is damn impressive. There's also a slightly more detailed build log in this forum thread: <a href="https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/project-short-stack.6020/" rel="nofollow">https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/project-short-...</a>
Here's a similar project with a PlayStation 1 if people like this kind of thing: <a href="https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/ps-hanami.6279/" rel="nofollow">https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/ps-hanami.6279...</a>
How long before someone goes all the way by designing a completely custom motherboard and transplanting the key components onto it I wonder? It's been done for older systems but the BGA parts in the Wii would be a challenge.
Reminds me of this video where someone put a wii into a gameboy form factor.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh1vNDcXZbA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh1vNDcXZbA</a><p>It's so cool that you can just chop up the motherboard like that and it still works.
This makes me miss the days when computers were ~12 watts and (basically) passively cooled. This would not be possible on any newer system. I'm also not counting the 1" fan on the back of the wii which was replaced by a heatsink.
It was great seeing this in person at MGC this year. Every year the Bitbuilt guys seem to somehow make the Wii smaller and smaller. It's insanity.
If your boss asks why you're reading about short stacks at work, I am delighted to report that it's also a poker term: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_poker_terms#S" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_poker_terms#S</a>
This YouTuber does similar mods where he shrinks consoles. This video is for Dreamcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJuqtHW2o9w" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJuqtHW2o9w</a>
He has also done ps2 and N64
Do the custom controller connectors introduce any amount of input lag? Would love to try and make one of these for Melee tournaments if it doesn't.