gameboy zero by the noobest guy

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by cobramike » Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:58 pm

VeteranGamer wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:47 pm
Wolverine wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:38 pm
Helder wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:26 pm
Get a better battery with at least 2000mAh or better. 400mah is way too low to power everything for any extended period of time.
Hi Helder,
My fingers are no more answering this evening.
I forgot a zero.
Battery is 4400 mAh. I will correct my previous post.
I also tryed with a 6600 mAh

Thx
get something thats tried an tested....

i know its tempting to get something cheaper or sounds like it does the job..... but most times its a flop


try one of these....

https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/powe ... 3226459969

https://www.banggood.com/37V-Liion-Batt ... 28948.html


no more head scratching.....
I agree with veteran. I have in all my builds the bangood one. I like that one the most. Easy to mod and a verry small foot print
Whooo Stop befor ask in a post. First use the search or the wiki befor you make a topic.. Just saying.........

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by Wolverine » Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:16 pm

VeteranGamer wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:47 pm
try one of these....
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/powe ... 3226459969
https://www.banggood.com/37V-Liion-Batt ... 28948.html
no more head scratching.....
Thx for your advice. I saw these in the wiki a few minutes ago.
I guess these PCBs replace the two I mentionned above ?
I have to check which one is better. There is a huge price difference.

Thx again for your help.

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by VeteranGamer » Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:30 pm

Wolverine wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:16 pm
VeteranGamer wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:47 pm
try one of these....
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/powe ... 3226459969
https://www.banggood.com/37V-Liion-Batt ... 28948.html
no more head scratching.....
Thx for your advice. I saw these in the wiki a few minutes ago.
I guess these PCBs replace the two I mentionned above ?
I have to check which one is better. There is a huge price difference.

Thx again for your help.

there both about the same in performance....

one is branded and has slightly better wiring options and a low battery indicator led, (adafruit)

the other is a generic power boost/supply, but works just as well (banggood/generic)


personally i would recommend the generic/banggood, i've used it (so have many others) its great for the price, size and functionality and may be easier to get hold off.... as the adafruit is mainly sold via certain suppliers that all seem to have juicy postage costs (depending on where you are)

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by Unicornflakes » Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:17 am

I wanted to try a few things this morning but after giving a white screen on first boot, the screen niw seems to not work at all ( all this before I changed anything). The pi still work as expected via hdmi...

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by VeteranGamer » Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:21 pm

Unicornflakes wrote:
Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:17 am
I wanted to try a few things this morning but after giving a white screen on first boot, the screen niw seems to not work at all ( all this before I changed anything). The pi still work as expected via hdmi...
check the ribbon the cable....

also post a pic......

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by Unicornflakes » Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:17 am

Once again you were right the screen control board ribbon was not connected properly. I feel stupid again :)

I'm waiting for the case to be delivered to go to the next steps now, thanks again.

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by Unicornflakes » Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:32 am

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I'm starting to look into the controls I was hoping to recycle a chinese snes usb controller I already have. Looking at the pad board it is more complex than the on i saw in tutorials. I don't get what is ground, i was expecting some common path. Anyone can give me a lead ?

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Re: gameboy zero by the noobest guy

Post by VeteranGamer » Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:44 am

Unicornflakes wrote:
Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:32 am
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I'm starting to look into the controls I was hoping to recycle a chinese snes usb controller I already have. Looking at the pad board it is more complex than the on i saw in tutorials. I don't get what is ground, i was expecting some common path. Anyone can give me a lead ?
personally i would not bothered with that....

if you cant get hold of an AIO (and i know at this time most are sold out)

then get one of these, there available on ebay, amazon and some specialist stores

Image

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nintendo-Game ... Swc-tY3DTT


and depeding on how you wanna hook it up (both methods are about the same difficulty, which is not that hard)

GPIO

viewtopic.php?t=57


via Micro Controller

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=612

Image

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mini-Le ... 747e001e17




depending what you want, either method will require about the same amount of work (just some soldering, and installing pre-written code)

it might be a better option to go down the pro micro route (you will posibly need a usb hub as well)
plus it technically a usb controller (it can be removed and put in another build, once the pro micro is programmed)

they are tried and tested methods and help is out there for which route you take.....

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