>raspberry pi >want to build a handheld emulation device

>>57074178
learning CAD stuff would be cool but there are sites like thinkiverse that have free 3d printable files

i dunno where you live but the US has a lot of Hackerspaces where people can get free access to 3d printers

soldering is super easy. i taught myself very recently and cant believe i didnt learn sooner. if you can hot glue, you can solder. all you do is push a hot iron next to what you want to solder and feed some supercheap solder onto the iron from the other side of the component. thats actually all there is to it

dunno what to say about a rechargeable battery but thats the only thing that doesnt have an entry level solution here

>>57074249
Hi, thanks for the reply. Do you mind telling me how I would learn to make a handheld emulation device> I'm assuming the raspberry pi is the easiest way to do this. I was thinking of the Pi 3 Model B because it's the most powerful of them. I have found a nice 8 inch screen on Ebay, the case I can surely get a company that 3d prints to print it for me, and the buttons I have found on Amazon (didn't make sense to buy a £30 controller just to tear it apart).

What's breaking me is the battery. I would like to seal it up and never have to open it again, but if needs be I would settle with non-rechargeable batters. However, I don't like them because they are a waste and it's expensive to replace constantly.

Do you reccomend any books to use? I prefer them over videos because youtube videos are mostly terrible for learning. So I would need to learn electronics?

Do you have any idea how complex programming emulators is?

>>57074178
You 100% don't need a 3D printer for a case, m8. I was working with a Pi last summer and made a case for it out of printer paper in 15 minutes. If you bought some strong cardboard and used a similar design I'm sure it would be good as long as it didn't get wet.

Soldering is easy and I don't think the iron or solder is very expensive; you could just buy a small rechargeable battery for quite cheap and not worry about making one.

Maybe this would still be more expensive than a snap-on controller, but you'd learn more and probably have more fun this way.

>>57074422
>However, I don't like them because they are a waste and it's expensive to replace constantly.
lol nigga get a battery charger and a couple sets of batteries so you can put one set in while the other is in the charger