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by Masato
Wed May 25, 2016 12:00 pm
Forum: Guides
Topic: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ
Replies: 362
Views: 272758

Re: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ

I assume the transistor and pull up are because you need to translate the LB output into an active low? I believe there are two reasons for this. One is yes, it needs to be translated to an active low. But the reason the LED signal is used instead of the LBO signal (which goes low when battery is l...
by Masato
Fri May 20, 2016 11:39 am
Forum: Show-off Corner (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Retroheads GB2
Replies: 31
Views: 30810

Re: Retroheads GB2

I agree, the black looks a little out of place on the bottom left. Is it comfortable to use? :) Yes it's pretty comfortable to use. Just need to figure out how to wire these up. Anyone know if it's possible to wire a analog stick to the gpio port? The Pi has no analog, so you'll have to wire it to ...
by Masato
Fri May 13, 2016 12:09 pm
Forum: Guides
Topic: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ
Replies: 362
Views: 272758

Re: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ

Added in a hard reset to my previous schematic:

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by Masato
Fri May 13, 2016 11:24 am
Forum: Guides
Topic: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ
Replies: 362
Views: 272758

Re: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ

After further thought, I think that having the Low Bat signal directly shutting down the RPI might be a bad idea. Nothing more frustrating than not having saved in awhile and your game turns off without notice! Still having a visible indicator light is absolutely necessary in this case. The PowerBoo...
by Masato
Tue May 10, 2016 4:57 pm
Forum: Guides
Topic: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ
Replies: 362
Views: 272758

Re: Tackling Graceful Shutdowns on the GBZ

When you flip the main power switch from ON to OFF, mechanically nothing will happen. But, because that switch is mapped as a GPIO input, and there will be a daemon running on bootup, listening for edge changes to that GPIO port, it will be triggered in software. Then, it will instruct the RPI0 to ...
by Masato
Fri May 06, 2016 4:46 pm
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Pi Zero
Replies: 2
Views: 3937

Pi Zero

Just wondering if anyone has contacted any of the Alibaba sellers that advertise having Pi Zeros in stock? I've had decent success ordering from Aliexpress, but never tried directly from Alibaba, so maybe someone here has some feedback.