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Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:36 am
by abrugsch
moosepr wrote: oooh maybe we could arrange a swap for 2.8" ili9341 goodies
I could go for some of that
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:56 am
by moosepr
Sephiros wrote:That's really cool, I like the simplicity of this.
Did you learn circuit design by yourself or are you working in that industry?
Thanks man, simplicity was the main goal.
I have just been teaching myself really. I have a basic grasp of electronics, and a plan of attack, and built it up from there really
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:17 am
by moosepr
so i was having a little play with my super accurate power meter
the highest i could get it to go, was while just being sat in the retropie menu. a quick sonic speed trial actually dropped it to 0.15-0.17ma so we could easily cope with a tiny drone battery
maybe 400mah to get 2 hours
as a sideline, i have already been playing with some other ideas to go even smaller still!!! pushing the boundaries a little with this screen!!
maybe 96x64 is no good for gaming!
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:45 am
by abrugsch
No but 128x128 is workable... Especially with pico-8 running natively at that res
How did you set the iled screen up by the way?
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:12 am
by moosepr
abrugsch wrote:No but 128x128 is workable... Especially with pico-8 running natively at that res
How did you set the iled screen up by the way?
i used the good old fbtft. need to play with the speed, you get flickery 'brighter' lines
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sudo modprobe fbtft_device custom name=fb_ssd1331 gpios=reset:25,dc:24 speed=16000000
Just running it on a pi3 as a quick test of the Chinese wares
but can you spot the deliberate mistake?
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:47 am
by abrugsch
moosepr wrote:but can you spot the deliberate mistake?
I can spot a missing image...
or did you mean the reversed screen in the first tetris pic?
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 7:24 am
by moosepr
abrugsch wrote:
I can spot a missing image...
or did you mean the reversed screen in the first tetris pic?
hmm seems my image didnt upload properly!! I can still see it, but maybe nobody else can
yeah the image is reversed. apparently its down to the initialization command on the screen. Sure adds another layer of difficulty to playing games
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:18 am
by abrugsch
Just reverse your left and right and you'll be fine
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:34 am
by moosepr
abrugsch wrote:Just reverse your left and right and you'll be fine
now there's an idea!! you can fix it by tweaking the code apparently, but im not sure im happy with the screen.
Re: My take on a GBz
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:39 pm
by moosepr
I have fixed the switch issue, so you would be able to turn it off without the protection kicking in.
Rounded the corners, put holes in all the corners, made it look a bit better.
I wont be ordering any of these, will be hanging on until i add safe shutdown and the like, but if anyone wants to play, feel free
https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/sYgn53n6