JVC3100r inspired retro TV case for the Waveshare ESP32-C6 2.16" AMOLED

A small retro television built around the Waveshare ESP32-C6-Touch-AMOLED-2.16. The head tilts open on a friction hinge, the screen powers on in snow, and a knock on the cabinet tunes the picture in. Your phone is the remote: the set serves its own web page, so there is nothing to install.

Firmware, wiring and assembly notes: https://github.com/dannyow/jayveeTV

Ready-made firmware image (always the newest release): https://github.com/dannyow/jayveeTV/releases/latest

What you need

• Waveshare ESP32-C6-Touch-AMOLED-2.16 (SKU 34202): https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-c6-touch-amoled-2.16.htm

• A pair of USB-C power pigtails, 2 wires, 24 AWG: a male plug on ~70 mm leads (into the module) and a female 2-pin panel socket on ~100 mm leads (in the base). Search for "USB-C pigtail 2 pin 24 AWG". The ones used here, from Amazon.pl: male https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0CZHBV3YG, female https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0CZH79C5W

• Heat-shrink tube or tape for the two joints

• No screws, no glue

The pigtails carry power only, so flash the module before you build it into the case.

Parts

• jayveetv-white-base-head.stl: base and head together, print in place (white)

• jayveetv-black-head-lid.stl: head lid (black)

• jayveetv-black-base-lid.stl: base lid (black)

• jayveetv-black-button.stl: button cap, print 3 (black)

Printing

Every file is already placed the way it prints.

• Base + head: one print, the hinge comes off the bed working. The clearance along the hinge arm is 0.2 to 0.25 mm and tighter in a few spots, so the head holds any angle.

• Head lid: outer face on the bed, clips up. No supports.

• Base lid: outer face on the bed. The underside has an undercut, so turn supports on for this one.

• Button caps: flange down, stem up. The chamfer under the flange is there so they print without supports.

Material: PLA. Tested on 0.4 mm and 0.6 mm nozzles; on the 0.6 mm nozzle with 0.32 mm layers the hinge came off the bed working.

Assembly

1. Flash the module first (the GitHub page has a one-file image and the esptool command).

2. Press the female USB-C socket into its seat at the back of the base.

3. Run the leads through the channel in the hinge arm and join them colour to colour, red to red and black to black. Solder or twist them, then insulate.

4. Drop the three button caps into the head from the inside; their flange keeps them in.

5. Plug the male USB-C into the module and seat the module in the head, screen out.

6. Press the head lid and the base lid on.