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It looks like i’m not getting ground to the up button, even though everything else had ground. Feel kinda stuck at the moment where the only option could be to separate the pcb and the pi and try again.

Helder wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:35 pm

See if the GPIO is grounded, check continuity to any GND to see if it has continuity if not then do what rodocop suggested.

I think you hit the nail on the head again: up doesn't appear to be grounded.

So my question is, How can I go about fixing this?

New Problem: I can't seem to get the "UP" button to function. I've tried reflowing the GPIO pin. I added a pin connector directly into the pin, soldered it and added a jumper directly to the up test lead. Passes continuity tests every time, but no response on any conductive pad I have access to. I e...

Shouldn't have doubted. Turned out I needed to reflow one of the connections between the PCB and the pi. screen works, as advertised. Carry on.

BTW, be willing to pay the asking price. This project isn't cheap when you add up all the necessary parts, if you're trying to compare it to something you'd find at GameStop.

Thanks. I'm getting a connection on all those test points in your image. Are you suggesting that I reflow the pins anyway?

Can anyone tell me which pin here on the 18 pin connects to the LED? I'm having issues getting the screen to work. All the continuity pads are showing a connection in my tests, so the only thing I could find was that I couldn't get a connection between the LED on either continuity pad and the 18pin ...

Thanks, VeteranGamer. I read through your entire build and got the answers I was looking for.

I'm doing the same! I've been looking at the rest of the completed project for some ideas when everything gets here. I love the headphone jack idea so I'm going to try to add that in mine. I also took Helder's advice on the Discord chat and ordered some practice boards since my solder game may not b...