Excellent hack. I'm no electrical engineer but I was under the impression that you'd need a 555 timer or something to PWM the LED backlight enable pin. I guess not?

Nano Pi Fire 2a or 3. Works fine but uses a proprietary communication protocol ("FriendlyARM’s one-wire technology") for some of the commands. Supposedly, the driver is open source. Setup instructions: http://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_Fire2A#Connect_NanoPi-Fire2A_to_FriendlyARM_LCD_...

The RetroStone folks have put a new Kickstarter up for a "metal edition" gaming handheld. Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/583173617/retrostone-metal-edition-ultimate-retrogaming-cons front_d0f27bb84ac893a2ed1b5863ddc6d60d_original.JPG It appears to use a custom PCB with an Allwinn...

Very clean! One small change request if you do intend to sell them: please, please, please update the PCB's directional pad contacts to be like the old NES/SNES/Genesis PCB contacts. This small change should greatly help with games that require precise diagonal inputs. Compare old style vs new: cont...

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Just wanted to share this link -- someone wrote a custom display driver for the RPI to achieve 60FPS using the SPI bus: Blazing Fast Raspberry Pi Display Driver Will Melt Your Face then Teach You How https://hackaday.com/2018/10/21/blazing-fast-raspberry-pi-display-driver-will-melt-your-face-then-te...

Version 1.2A and above features a JST (4pin 1.0mm) connector for a USB port which you can wire up a USB to SD adaptor for and place wherever you want. As for the on board one there are no solder points unless you use the legs of the CM3 slot. I can only assume you are trying to use the CM3 with emb...

Does the CS expose pads for soldering on a microsd adapter?

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but I was under the impression that AllWinner H2/H3 chips didn't support DPI. Just something to consider if you wanted to drive the LCD directly.

Hi JPE, Could you take pictures of your screen mounted inside your case? I ask because I have not been able to find a 640x480 screen that fits inside the GB case. This includes removing the screen's metal casing and sanding down the inside of the case to help. Furthermore, the screen, once installed...