jellybelly first GBZ project

[jellybelly]

Not much time this weekend really but got it temporarily stir in to test fit everything



I need to remove some more of the battery compartment to fit the pi in its position so will do that this week

[jellybelly]

so more wiring done



and its all working




issue is im not happy with the wiring tidyness so am gonna look at it again

also i cant get retropie to boot from the sd cartridge shell so need to spend some time on that also

[jellybelly]

so more work over the festive period

got things running without the cart sd card



i found the issue with the cart sd card was the wiring

it needs to be around 3 inch mark, all of equal length, and seperated and after this it now works

so the whole thing was closed up



its now a functioning thing which ive been play but it still need things to be finished off

*i'm still waiting on the switches from china to be able to connect the battery
*i need a safe shutdown of some description
*screen protector

im sure theres more to add to the list but thatll do for now

[jellybelly]

got round the sorting my screen protector out

i went to a local sign printers with my file and got them to reverse print on some clear vinyl

i also bought from aliexpress some glass screens an uses acetone and a scraper to remove the silk screen from them
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5pcs-Fo ... 0.0.a93ff5

you could always have bought the plain finish glass from kitsch bent but postage for the uk is pricey





very please and i have a glass screen which will last alot longer than any acrylic

[RogerX]

I love the logo/design you put on the glass screen!
For those who are looking for a cheap alternative glass lens that are ready to go with black, grey or white borders, I have bought these and they have adhesive around the edge for GBZ use: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/gl ... nt-screens

[abrugsch]

I need a slightly different design made since I'm using a 2.8" screen. Do you think you could have your print shop make some up for me If I send you the design? (or if I modified yours)
I want a few doing so having more than one made isn't a problem...

[jellybelly]

So after using this for a week slot it's made me realise the temp the screen gets to do need to look at some form of cooling for inside the case

I've also installed the switch so the battrry is not fully working so am pleased with that

Part of me wants to pull it all apart and improve things tho so we'll see about that

[Camble]

How about some tiny little heatsinks for your PowerBoost?

[jellybelly]

How about some tiny little heatsinks for your PowerBoost?

They are cool might look into that

I think the heat is from the screen tho

[YaYa]

really annoying that your pictures does not show anymore. I found your profile on photobucket but i only get thumbnails, if i click one picture to get it bigger, it always says update account for 3rd party hosting... I think you've used all the bandwidth for free accounts.
I was interested in the necessary cutting of the shell to fit veco speakers without other modification.