Ryan Bates

Building things related to video games and tech.

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

project update! https://t.co/JzQOWgF4at

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

The Church Arcade in Pittsburgh, PA.

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

@RobertDaleSmith what if i loan you a set?

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

@natalie_thenerd have you ever tried replating (i think its nickel coating?) via electrolysis?

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

@salimbenbouz @Raspberry_Pi you are the next generation ben heck.

[Microchip Makes @MicrochipMakes]

.@RetroBuiltGames' ATmega32U4-based setup enables multimedia PC control using a cheap IR remote: https://t.co/4cCNavtNHN

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

@natalie_thenerd onshape = free+ cloud version of Solidworks. learning curve is on par for all 3d CAD. bit odd organization structure if you're coming from local disk drive CAD installation environments. good option overall. be wary of not owning any of your designs- they are public.

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@digikey yes! it's wonderful. but was inquiring on a platform that offers monetary kickbacks to persuade hobbyist crowd away from amazon.

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

tutorials that need your to order a PCB with gerber files but provide amazon links to buy all the passives. why? "As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases with no added cost to you." @digikey can you build incentives for better BoM and documentation?

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

@digikey no. asking you to help all of us. Build a creator incentive system (similar to amazon affiliate links ) so hobby projects learn to create BoMs using authorized suppliers and pick-up better engineering documentation habits in their technical projects.

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@DerekPascarella acetone neutralizes superglue, but test on a junk PCB to observe effects on the silk and soldermask.

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@RobertDaleSmith we are building this at work! any gotcha's you ran into?

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

jo-ann fabrics liquidation has Nintendo prints. 80% off

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

@WrestlesGaming Burst Error covered some weird 3DO games, more a showcase than research, but highly concentrated. https://t.co/tfyOTUV0d3

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

Printing off the Mail Station with some cheap hardware.
https://t.co/YGgupZ5yn0

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@Lunchb0x48 PNG (at ultra high resolutions), JPG, STL & other. What you're viewing is a proprietary format, something .zep? It can can output a STL mesh, the one pictured here is around 148MB, this machine extrapolation lots of height (surface roughness) data from optical scanning.

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More Keyence. Seeing some potential to use this more. This is not a render, but a 3D image stitched from optical scans.

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

Cool tool: Keyence VR-6000 (ignore the video quality, I screen shot as a gif bc computers).

[Ryan Bates @RetroBuiltGames]

@8BitDo (almost as good as an astro city)