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I designed a Game Boy that stores micro SD cards: each cartridge holds 5, turn the wheel to pick one, press B and it pops out
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I designed a Game Boy that stores micro SD cards: each cartridge holds 5, turn the wheel to pick one, press B and it pops out

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I designed a Game Boy that stores micro SD cards: each cartridge holds 5, turn the wheel to pick one, press B and it pops out

After my floppy disk SD card holder, I wanted to try something with more moving parts. This is the Card Boy.

How it works:

  • Each cartridge holds 5 micro SD cards, and the cartridge label becomes the "screen", so every cartridge can look different
  • Turn the side wheel to pick a card (the counter on the screen shows which one), press B and that card pops out
  • The D-pad and the other buttons are just clicky fidget buttons
  • No supports and no hardware: no screws, springs or magnets

Fitting the selector, the ejector and the clicks into something this size took a lot of test prints. Printed at 0.12 mm, about 68 g of PLA+. There's a multicolor version (AMS or similar) and a single-color one with raised lettering. I didn´t use AI in any part of the process.

It's a paid model, files here: https://than.gs/m/1629345

Honest feedback welcome: would you actually print one, or is it more of a "cool to watch" thing?

submitted by /u/kilomeaters
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