What we learned so far designing a Retro Gaming Console

It is astonishing what you can learn if you take on a project like this. Things you never thought of 🙂

• 3D Design
• PCB Design
• Ordering “Batch Size 1” PCBs from China
• The Customs Call: Making sure they know you aren’t building long-range missiles.
• Power Routing on PCBs: Managing power traces effectively.
• Design Rule: Never route Ground (GND) under an SD card reader.
• Calculating Springs with ChatGPT: (And actually ordering them).
• Hardware Bugfixing
• Capacitors and their Form Factors