How do I make my own "Plug and Play" Wiikey Fusion?

[jc118899]

I have a gamecube (obviously) and it has a broken dvd drive. I plan to eventually (that means maybe never) make a Gamecube Portable. So I bought a wii key fusion to put into my gamecube, but I don't want to have to solder on all of the wires to the motherboard as I am not too good at soldering.

So instead what I wanted to do is take off the male connector/port on my broken dvd drive. This way the wiikey can easily be taken out if I want to move it to another gc, or get a replacement dvd drive if the wiikey annoys me. I looked at the forums here and I can't find a diagram of just the male dvd drive connector/port. I believe this is all Ashen did for his WODE/Wiikey "plug and play" adapter (viewtopic.php?f=26&t=624)

so instead of soldering to the motherboard I want solder onto the dvd's male connector/port. Where can I find a diagram/schematic for this? Also if there is a diagram and I happened to miss it (first off, sorry) and do the pinouts have the same numbers as this tutorial? (http://made-by-bacteria.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=187) Specifically in these pictures...(http://bit.ly/MNrxzI http://bit.ly/MC7OQI)

[pr0ton]

I have a gamecube (obviously) and it has a broken dvd drive. I plan to eventually (that means maybe never) make a Gamecube Portable. So I bought a wii key fusion to put into my gamecube, but I don't want to have to solder on all of the wires to the motherboard as I am not too good at soldering.

If you can solder wires to the FFC cable, motherboard shouldn't be an issue . You already have in mind that you need to solder the other end of the wires too?

So instead what I wanted to do is take off the male connector/port on my broken dvd drive. This way the wiikey can easily be taken out if I want to move it to another gc, or get a replacement dvd drive if the wiikey annoys me. I looked at the forums here and I can't find a diagram of just the male dvd drive connector/port. I believe this is all Ashen did for his WODE/Wiikey "plug and play" adapter (viewtopic.php?f=26&t=624) so instead of soldering to the motherboard I want solder onto the dvd's male connector/port. Where can I find a diagram/schematic for this? Also if there is a diagram and I happened to miss it (first off, sorry) and do the pinouts have the same numbers as this tutorial? (http://made-by-bacteria.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=187) Specifically in these pictures...(http://bit.ly/MNrxzI http://bit.ly/MC7OQI)

I think Ashen provided pictures of these elsewhere, but this one from kel01 (pinout) can probably help you: viewtopic.php?p=10827#p10827

[jc118899]

I am not soldering the the fcc cable, I got this instead http://bit.ly/KRJ9K5 I know that I have to solder other parts too, but as little as possible it better for me. Also I just like the idea of being able to easily move the modchip if needed. I don't exactly have an income to buy more.

Also yes those are sort of the pictures I am looking for! Although I would prefer a picture without the board at all, just the back of the connection piece so I can feel assured I am not messing up :) . I am surprised you even found that as I spent forever on here modretro and benheck looking for something :D Thanks. This definitely helps a lot.

I have a question though, which are the ground and the others the 5 volts? From looking at the pictures that you gave that they would be to the right. I would need to know which on the left provide the power. This picture http://bit.ly/MNrxzI shows that the 4 red are 5 volts.

I need some help here, is that 5 volts each or combined? If it's not combined I was thinking that it means there is 1.25v per pinout so I could use three of them at 3.75v and reduce it to 3.3v for the chip and have the 1.25v go into the eject switch (or would lessening the eject switch button's voltage magically cause a problem?)

[pr0ton]

I have a question though, which are the ground and the others the 5 volts? From looking at the pictures that you gave that they would be to the right. I would need to know which on the left provide the power. This picture http://bit.ly/MNrxzI shows that the 4 red are 5 volts.

I need some help here, is that 5 volts each or combined? If it's not combined I was thinking that it means there is 1.25v per pinout so I could use three of them at 3.75v and reduce it to 3.3v for the chip and have the 1.25v go into the eject switch (or would lessening the eject switch button's voltage magically cause a problem?)

Every red line is 5v ofcourse, they come all from the same source. Even when they weren't, combining them wouldn't give you 5v, cause you aren't placing them in series. Same goes with the black ground lines.

You need 3,3v for WKF, easy way is directly of somewhere from motherboard of GC, there are easy big blobs to solder on. But this won't make it plug and play, so you have to be creative or use a regulator (5v>3,3v).

I don't know how much voltage pin 23 needs. So, make it yourself easy and buy the cheap switches . And before starting, make sure your GC is compatible .