Depends on your needs. If you're going to use it a few times for your build then a regular Radio shack style no temperature control pencil soldering iron should be ok. If you have other electronics hobbies like quadcopters or ham radio then you might want to spend a bit more and get one with tempera...

Don't let an expensive Tinkerboy board be your first attempt at soldering. Find some broken electronics and practice de-soldering and soldering it's through-hole components first. Or get a cheap ebay electronics kit on ebay for practice. Or practice solding resistors to perfboard.

PaulineSinclair wrote: ↑

Sun May 19, 2019 10:34 pm

I think more games should be created on Game boy zero

You can always make your own
Novice Coders Can Create Classic Game Boy Games

Silverker wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:22 am

P.S.2
I watched diagrams on TinkerBoy site but can't find PowerBoost wiring diagram.
Please Help.

https://www.tinkerboy.xyz/wiring-guide- ... ller-v1-1/

Any inside layout pics? I'm considering going the common ground route(I'm cheap) but I'm a bit concerned about ending up with an overstuffed Nintendo burger oozing wires and hot glue

correia5022 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:55 am

That controller board, is just a common ground and pwm traces, or it has place for the amplifier?

If I had to guess I'd say it looks like the Aliexpress pcb

You could also boot a windows computer into a version of linux on a thumb drive. This is a useful skill to have anyway in case windows crashes or gets infected. Once in linux you will be able to read your SD card
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-mult ... b-creator/

Gameboy Zero Classic Red DMG Buttons Shell Kit (ask for back buttons to be cut) -$68- (https://galaxygaming.co.uk/shop/shell-kits/gameboy-zero-classic-red-dmg-buttons-shell-kit/) Game Boy Zero Pi black screen cover -$18.50- (https://yaya-design.com/index.php/category-layout/screen-covers/gbz-black-...

What I have not seen, is soldering a teensy/promicro, directly. other than some complication with the USB connectors, this seems like a good way to avoid some wiring. I had much the same idea as you. While looking on Thingiverse user "kapakahi" page I saw this https://cdn.thingiverse.com/renders/7d...

Has this been abandoned? Seems like a good option for budget builders