J’ai fabriqué la Xbox 360 Portable ! (2 ans de projet)

Summary

The video details the creation of a fully-functional portable Xbox 360 console. It provides background on the 2 year process, including reverse engineering the motherboard, designing custom PCBs, modeling the casing in 3D, and implementing battery power and integrated controllers. Challenges like overheating and power draw are discussed. While complex and time-consuming to build, the end result is a handheld version of the Xbox 360 console that can play any game natively, showcasing an impressive technical achievement.

Takeaways

• 😲 It's the first ever portable original Xbox 360 Slim, with no emulation inside
• 🛠️ Took almost 2 years of research and hard work to complete this very complex project
• 🔋 Custom designed battery system provides 1 hour of gameplay
• 🎮 Plays all Xbox 360 games natively
• 🌡️ Custom cooling system keeps temperatures very stable
• 💵 Total project cost was around 8,500 euros
• ⏳ Over 200 days spent working on this project
• 🚀 Learned many new engineering and fabrication skills
• 🤝 Great community support throughout the project
• ❌ Not a commercially viable product, focused purely on the engineering challenge

Q & A

How long did it take to complete the portable Xbox 360 project?

It took almost two years of research and hard work to complete the project.

What was the main motivation behind creating a portable Xbox 360?

The main motivation was the technical challenge it represented and to make interesting videos that I would have loved to watch and that could hopefully inspire others to take on their own projects.

What kind of customizations were made to the Xbox 360 motherboard?

The motherboard was reverse engineered to know where to cut it and make custom circuits to miniaturize certain parts and improve others.

How much battery life does the portable Xbox 360 have?

It has about 1 hour and 5 minutes of battery life, which was a compromise between weight and battery life.

What security features were implemented in the portable Xbox 360?

It has overheating protection that will shut it down if it gets too hot. It also has battery protections for overcharge, undercharge, overcurrent, overvoltage, short circuit, etc.

What was the total cost of materials and machines for the project?

The total cost was 8,566 euros. About half was financed by sponsors. For just the materials in the final portable Xbox 360, the cost was around 1,600 euros.

Would it be viable to commercialize the portable Xbox 360?

No, between the R&D time and cost to create the first prototype and the legal complexities, the retail price would have to be over 100,000 euros to be profitable, making commercialization not viable.

What are some ways the portable Xbox 360 could be improved in a version 2?

Possibilities include better ergonomics for the integrated controllers, a slimmer console body, an external HDMI port, a Bluetooth audio module, consolidating circuit boards, fixing issues in the case design, etc.

What was the biggest challenge or downside to the project?

The massive amount of time and work it required, working almost non-stop for two years, was mentally and physically taxing and unsustainable.

What are the key skills learned or improved through building the portable Xbox 360?

Skills include reverse engineering a motherboard, resizing voltage regulators, building custom heatsinks and heatpipes, microsoldering, 3D design and modeling, C++ coding for microcontrollers, troubleshooting, and more.