OUYA Modding Working [ACTIVE]

THE HARDWARE:
OUYA (duh)
SilenX IXN-40C Copper Chipset Cooler
NF-A4x10 Fan
Arctic Silver 7g Premium Silver Thermal Cooling Adhesive
BELKIN F5U407 USB 2.0 4-Port Ultra Mini Hub
Logitech K400 Wireless Touch Keyboard
SYBA SD-CM-UAUD USB Stereo Audio Adapter
Transcend JetFlash 600 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive


THE SOFTWARE:
(list to come)

The goal of this project is to improve cooling, expand storage space, have analog audio out for headphones/speakers, and be able to use a wireless keyboard with a built in trackpad... Except having it be all internal :distracted:

PROGRESS:
Weights removed and mounts dremeled flat
Tegra3 lapped
Heatsink installed
Fan installed
Fan wires spliced to originals (only for the connector really)
USB hub gutted (no case, USB cable, or USB ports)
Removed the back of the Ouya USB shield
Re-routed onboard USB to hub
Routed USB from hub back to rear Ouya USB port
Gutted Logitech unifying RF receiver
Soldered RF receiver to hub
Gutted USB DAC
Soldered DAC to hub


I've also rooted the console and installed the Google Play store. I'm not really focusing on the software quite yet though. The DAC doesn't work at the moment but I've been reading they are working on including USB audio drivers soon. I also need to get the flash drive to mount as an SD card and to do it automatically at boot before I remove the USB connector and solder that internally to the hub as well.

By the way, if you want to get a USB drive for your OUYA, this is the fastest 2.0 drive out there. I did a speed test and the results are pretty damn good.

Stock PCB

Minus heatsink and fan 

USB shield removed and leads cut

USB wires soldered on

Tegra lapped and USB wires hot-glued

Holding the heatsink in place while the thermal adhesive sets. I had to trim it a bit to fit in the case.

USB hub PCB

Removing the USB ports

Leads soldered onto DAC

Hub soldered and glued

RF receiver soldered to hub and glued

It didn't quite fit in. I ended up having to take out the weights and sanding the bottom flat

Test fit

Fan hot glued to heatsink

Wires spliced

All fits so far!

DAC soldered to board

DAC glued in place

Shot with everything installed so far

Reassembled with the keyboard I'm using

Keep checking in for more updates =)

Exdo Event Center / Tracks Night Club

Pre-White Party

Snow Blown

First Friday

Good-Will Fashion Show

Drag Nation

Our two Grand-MA light boards

Inventory and cleaning of our Trackspots and strobes

Making the custom multicable for the DJ booth in Tracks

We're using all new Neutrik connectors which allows us to use our own color code.

Red Boot: Audio
Purple Boot: 3 Pin DMX
Green Boot: 5 Pin DMX

Orange Sleeve: 5'
White Sleeve: 10'
Yellow Sleeve: 15'
Brown Sleeve: 25'
Grey Sleeve: 50'
Blue Sleeve: 100'

Arduino and ArtNET

I've bought all the parts to for an Arduino based ArtNET to DMX node! Once I get it working I hope to remove all the unnecessary pieces and get some custom PCBs made. Hopefully I can make nodes for under $50ea!

A Useful Idea

If anyone of you have used mobile stage before I'm sure you've run into the problem of your cable runs getting tangled and snagged under the stage. I came up with a cheap, easy solution! Home Depot sells offbrand 4" spring clips for $.99 and they are PERFECT for holding up all the slack. I bought 50 of them and they're strong enough to hold up coils just fine. Look how much cleaner it all looks! No more unplugging things when you're throwing shit under the stage last second!