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Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 7:36 am
by peoplesbeer
If he/she doesn't want it, I'll take it! ;)

Edit:
That hammer "mod" was clever, I almost threw that piece of junk away yesterday, flipping over all the time. But that's Biltema in a nutshell.

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:15 am
by Muon
alexln wrote:If you want one of the speakers i'd gladly ship it to you free of charge if you live in (northern) Europe :)
That's a kind offer thank you, I'll take you up on that! :) I'll send you a pm.

I haven't started my project yet as there's been interesting developments whilst I've been hanging on for Helder's latest AIO board. I think I'll probably end up trying to build a couple, one RPZero based and one RP3 Based. :)

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:25 am
by alexln
So i received Helders AIO board yesterday and was so excited, that i spent most of the day working on the gameboy! I can't finish it yet, as i'm still waiting on Cambles safe shutdown and new speakers (as the old were too big to fit).
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What a beautiful sight
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I bought some Kafuter 704 silicone rubber for my permanent adhesion. It will hopefully keep better than hot glue.

I mounted my DS-lite cartridge, external USB, and an internal USB accessible from the battery compartment, as well as a JST-connector accessible from the battery compartment.

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I made some L1 and R1 buttons.
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I hooked it all up, but my screen is flickering. Can someone check if i messed up some wiring? I'll try testing the screen by itself tomorrow. Hopefully i haven't damaged anything :cry:
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Also, i am running out of space. I can't get the case closed. I'll change the wires from the 5v input to a thinner gauge and do some cable management. But it's a tight fit. Now i understand why people insist on removing the battery compartment.

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:44 am
by Muon
Looking pretty good so far! Quite tidy :)

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:10 am
by DylK
Looking good. I'm at about the same stage with mine which is the same screen/AIO combo. Have you had any luck getting it together? I can't find a spot for the Pi because of the display board placement.

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:12 am
by alexln
DylK wrote:Looking good. I'm at about the same stage with mine which is the same screen/AIO combo. Have you had any luck getting it together? I can't find a spot for the Pi because of the display board placement.
I have the exact same problem. I ended up glueing the pi in place atop the DS-lite cartridge (see below). I can now access the mHDMI from the battery compartment and moved the second USB up to the contrast port. I've had it closed, but it is a tight fit. I might have to move the wires from the DS-lite cartridge a bit. They are the biggest interference atm.

Right now i am stuck. I can't get the 2xUSB or the buttons on front to work in retropie. I just get the "No gamepad detected" error :x. I've tried resoldering almost all wires. Any ideas what could be wrong? Maybe i should use thicker gauge wires for the data? And what are the "VVC" and "JP2" soldering holes on the AIO board? Should i use these for something?

Update: I've installed ipad speakers (which i can't test out yet :roll: ) and i've ordered Kite's new Super AIO :D

Also, i didn't update my PayPal address when i ordered Camble's safe shutdown switch (rookie mistake). So this build will likely be without this.
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Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:49 pm
by DylK
Are your USB data wires on the Pi shorting on each other? It's hard to tell from the pics but they look awfully close.

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:26 pm
by alexln
DylK wrote:Are your USB data wires on the Pi shorting on each other? It's hard to tell from the pics but they look awfully close.
They shouldn't be. I've tried resoldering them several times. I've even changed the cables once as well.

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:48 pm
by alexln
For anyone interested, I am currently selling this GBZ along with another.

Check out my sales thread: http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3866

Re: Alexln's Game Boy Zero

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 10:08 pm
by YaYa
The speaker is 16ohm, be careful not to burn your amp !