Hawks PSP Mod, VU display,Rumble and More

[0000Hawk0000]

Heya Peeps

Version 1 Died due to wires braking,

here's version 2

I have since added sound reactive Yellow leds under each button pad.

the rumble is from a Samsung Phone connected to the VU chip Via a transistor.

I will post a LED VU installation guide here if anyone is interested..


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For anyone wanting to attempt this i have put this together.
if you dont understand part of it just let me know and ill try elaborate and edit this first post.






Time:-This mod in total took me about 7 hrs

Tools Required:- Fine tipped soldering iron, Dremmel, Hot Glue Gun, lots of Patience

I have only done this mod sucessfully on psp 2000's with white case as it is Translucent enough for the light to be seen without drilling through.

other cases require you to drill holes where the leds are placed.

Parts Required


VU Mod:- LB1443N, pnp transistor, 10k potentiometer, 10k resistor, SMD Leds
Rumble Mod:- rumble motor, pnp transistor


Get some 0.3mm copper wire OR a piece of very thin copper strip, and solder your smd leds ( positive end ) on to it evenly spaced.
now use the 0.2mm wire and connect them together as the red lines show.
also solder a wire to the copper strip.

If you try use any thicker wire here you will struggle to get the psp cover back on.




now take the psp front and dremmel out enough plastic so the leds sit in holes and leave the copper strip flush.



Notice all the wires running out of the top left.

Now get your hot glue gun and run it down the whole strip. 1. to keep it in place and 2. to stop the copper strip touching the screen back as the copper strip will be permanent Live.


Now strip the rest of your psp down to remove the main board.


place chip and potentiometer as in the picture ( rumble motor If Required )




OK Now go make a coffee and take a Brake.................



take a pnp transistor and wire as follows.

collector:- to chassis ( ground )
base:- to Power LED drive transistor ( See Pictures Below for location )
emitter:- to pin 5 on the VU chip

and place in space here....



now run a wire from Battery positive to pin 9 on the VU chip.


connect the 10k resistor across pins 5 and 7 of the VU chip

connect pin 8 of the VU chip to wiper of the 10k potentiometer.

connect one side of the 10k potentiometer to ground and connect the other side to the right hand pad of the right hand speaker.


now connect LEDs as follows:--





RUMBLE MOD:- connect pnp transistor as follows

collector:- pin 9 of VU chip
emmiter:- positive wire of rumble motor
base:- to resistor ( value dependent on pnp transistor type )
resistor to pin 4 or 6 of the VU chip
rumble motor negative to Chassis ( Ground )










Data sheet for the VU chip can be found here

http://www.leeds-laptop-repairs.co.u.../datasheet.pdf





Good luck

Hawk

[Hgaara]

I would be interested in a tutorial. Also if you could post links to where you can buy most of the stuff that would be awesome. I'd really like something like this for my PSP, make it unique and different from my friends PSPs. Also around how much would something like this cost in total?

[sonamta]

Very cool man....a tut would be awsome.

[0000Hawk0000]

Will post a tut just as soon as i have the required post count .....

[wrcsti]

Wow! That would be AWSOME for racing games.

[0000Hawk0000]

Originally Posted by Hgaara

I would be interested in a tutorial. Also if you could post links to where you can buy most of the stuff that would be awesome. I'd really like something like this for my PSP, make it unique and different from my friends PSPs. Also around how much would something like this cost in total?

I have some VU chips in stock PM ME IF YOUR INTERESTED

all the rest is standard bits you can buy from your local electronics outlet.


total cost is no more than £20 - £30


Hawk
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Originally Posted by wrcsti

Wow! That would be AWSOME for racing games.

yup. rumble kicks ass too on racing games..




Hawk

[crzyaznkdxd]

That speaker in the back is insane. Excellent work man.

[soopergooman]

Nice mod, I had a rumble mod a few years back, sold that psp. wish I still had it now...

[0000Hawk0000]

ill go try post the tut for it now

[gmc_730]

can this be done for PSP PHAT?

[soopergooman]

I figure it can because th one I did was a phat...

[I-am-nobody]

Yes tut would be nice. Great work

[duckula67]

Wow it looks awesome. Especially the rear speaker.
Would be very interested in a tutorial please please.

[0000Hawk0000]

Originally Posted by gmc_730

can this be done for PSP PHAT?

Originally Posted by soopergooman

I figure it can because th one I did was a phat...

cool ... Wheres the Vid ?????? ....



The answer to your Question gmc_730 is, YES IT CAN because i have done it, ( but it looked **** with a drilled out black case ).


Tutorial on first post



Hawk

[dizzy_chicken]

nice mod. Can you post a simple circuit diagram because some pictures are a little hard to see. I am going to attempt this mod for my phat.

Oh can you post the tpye (with number) of your transistors of the one you used along with circuit diagram? or does it not matter?

Also is the potiental meter absolutely essential/ what does it adjust? because the ones i can get at my local electronics store are pretty big?(ill try find smaller ones)

*edit Whats the green thing?

[nickxab]

Nice guide

[0000Hawk0000]

Originally Posted by dizzy_chicken

nice mod. Can you post a simple circuit diagram because some pictures are a little hard to see. I am going to attempt this mod for my phat.

Oh can you post the tpye (with number) of your transistors of the one you used along with circuit diagram? or does it not matter?

Also is the potiental meter absolutely essential/ what does it adjust? because the ones i can get at my local electronics store are pretty big?(ill try find smaller ones)

*edit Whats the green thing?

hi m8 the green thingy is a potentiometer, the transistor is a PNP pn2907a.

no the pot is not essential but youll need to play around with resistor values.

look at the pdf link at the bottom of the tut there is a simple circuit at the bottom,


good luck

any q's feel free to ask

Hawk

[dizzy_chicken]

trim pots work the same as normal pots right?(i never used one, its why i ask)

[0000Hawk0000]

Originally Posted by dizzy_chicken

trim pots work the same as normal pots right?(i never used one, its why i ask)

yeh they all work the same ( or there abouts )

if choosing go for a linear one it will make adjustment easier and a little less critical.



the adjustment strays as the battery voltage decreases. i found it work best if adjusted when the battery is about 85%


Hawk

[dizzy_chicken]

nice thanks for that....oh btw do you have/know a site where to get 2 of those vibrator modules? cuz i ordered from www*sw-box*com and www*emixt*com but payment didnt go though (somthing about using a verified paypal acc)...i plan to replace the internal speakers with the modules

[0000Hawk0000]

sorry m8.


i just had a phone here so took the hammer to it for the vibrator and blue smd led's, expecting it to be the usual weighted motor and found that instead.

it was a E330 phone and the vibrator lived in the lid.


BTW i experienced some strange vu issues with the rumble connected to it .. ive since removed it from the VU chip and im looking to connect it using another circuit.

ill post details of it when ive done it .


Hawk

[Benben97233]

I am interested. I want 2 LB1443N

[tratil]

And can give a chart !!!!!

[dizzy_chicken]

Hey im attempting this mod right now. I composed a diagram of what i can understand from the tut. Please let me know if it is incorrect ASAP as i only have a few days to complete it. Also what is the "power led drive transistor"? (is it just a "+" 5v connection?)

Vu Mod Diagram: img18.imageshack.us/i/vumoddiagram.jpg/

Vu Mod Diagram + Rumble : img329.imageshack.us/i/vumoddiagramrumble.jpg/

[sn00chi3]

Such a cool tutorial! Thanks! I wish I could do this tho.. >,>

[0000Hawk0000]

Originally Posted by dizzy_chicken

Hey im attempting this mod right now. I composed a diagram of what i can understand from the tut. Please let me know if it is incorrect ASAP as i only have a few days to complete it. Also what is the "power led drive transistor"? (is it just a "+" 5v connection?)

Vu Mod Diagram: img18.imageshack.us/i/vumoddiagram.jpg/

Vu Mod Diagram + Rumble : img329.imageshack.us/i/vumoddiagramrumble.jpg/

hi m8

these images dont exist ( or im doing something wrong )

the transistor i used was a PN2907a PNP switching transistor.

look forward to seeing your completed mod.

you may be interested in following this thread.

Hawk..... A Mod In Progress. VU Lights and More.


Hawk

[dizzy_chicken]

Originally Posted by 0000Hawk0000

hi m8

these images dont exist ( or im doing something wrong )

the transistor i used was a PN2907a PNP switching transistor.

look forward to seeing your completed mod.

you may be interested in following this thread.



Hawk

Ill try reuploading:
img18.imageshack.us/img18/9923/vumoddiagram.jpg
img329.imageshack.us/img329/5406/vumoddiagramrumble.jpg
(i cant upload images directly cuz i dont have enough posts but they work for me....)

OHHHH lol i though you were soldering to a transistor on the psp not the base sorry my bad (my diagram will be wrong then at the transistor base) but can you still check it out anyway?

Thanks for keeping on with me

[0000Hawk0000]

hi DC

the only problem i see is

drawing 1:- the common for the leds is + not ground

drawing 2:- Pins 4 and 6 linked, you only need to take a drive from pin 4.

i removed the rumble from the VU and reconnected it on its own transistor direct to the speaker output, it caused some strange things to happen to the VU lights..


Hawk

[dizzy_chicken]

ok so basically all i have to do is to link the positive common copper strip to pin 9 instead of pin 5? and the base and collector of the transistor to the same ground point? then i should be all set right

[0000Hawk0000]

hi DC

the transistor base needs to go to the Power LED drive, easiest place i found is the SMD transistor on the main board just above the Power board socket.


Hawk