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by Robvp
Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:46 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Just corrupted an SD card in my Pi Zero
Replies: 12
Views: 10132

Re: Just corrupted an SD card in my Pi Zero

That sucks, i've been fearing that day will come since i've been doing a lot of cold shutdowns, I haven't had time to work on the power switch, gonna put it on my priorities
by Robvp
Sun Jun 05, 2016 8:56 pm
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Collecting information on alternative displays - please contribute
Replies: 706
Views: 758557

Re: Collecting information on alternative displays - please contribute

A little late on this but the screen I got from amazon.com seller Niceshopping was exactly the same as the BW "Ver 1" screen from amazon.de on the wiki, same pcb and required same mod to get it working with 5v
by Robvp
Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:53 pm
Forum: Show-off Corner (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Rob's GBZ WIP
Replies: 15
Views: 14320

Re: Rob's GBZ WIP

Btw, the case has been washed and treated with that hair dyeing thing, had a bottle of 30vol from when the GF used to dye her hair red and used that, results were acceptable
by Robvp
Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:44 pm
Forum: Show-off Corner (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Rob's GBZ WIP
Replies: 15
Views: 14320

Re: Rob's GBZ WIP

Finally gave myself some time to work on this. Screen has been modified to work with 5v, this is the end result: http://i.imgur.com/umIHEPm.jpg Soldered to the Pi: http://i.imgur.com/5Tyu4gi.jpg After I soldered it to the Pi all I got was a white screen, solved it by soldering a ground cable into th...
by Robvp
Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:31 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Alternative battery charger (£0.99)
Replies: 16
Views: 17024

Re: Alternative battery charger (£0.99)

The charger board doesn't seem to have the 5v output, just input, I've found the charging circuits inside the powerbank batteries to be decent replacements for the powerboosts, I have one that outputs 1a and powers the pi just fine, the other circuit linked above is pretty good too. There are some p...
by Robvp
Fri May 27, 2016 8:32 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: GBZ cartridge reader
Replies: 6
Views: 6523

Re: GBZ cartridge reader

I just ordered a couple of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141715887555 I haven't got them yet, but someone on Reddit recommended them. (I had to order them from Australia, because for some reason suppliers in the US can't ship them to Ireland...... :shock: ) Further investigation shows that i'll pr...
by Robvp
Fri May 27, 2016 8:28 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Play it Loud! Buttons
Replies: 3
Views: 4450

Re: Play it Loud! Buttons

Try ebay or kitsch bent, you can find all colors of buttons in there
by Robvp
Wed May 25, 2016 10:38 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Pi Zero back in stock! [09:38 GMT 25/05/2016]
Replies: 7
Views: 6507

Re: Pi Zero back in stock! [09:38 GMT 25/05/2016]

Neither will let you buy just the Pi anymore, they want you to get their overpriced accessory packs
by Robvp
Mon May 23, 2016 10:42 pm
Forum: Show-off Corner (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Rob's GBZ WIP
Replies: 15
Views: 14320

Re: Rob's GBZ WIP

Screen is here, sadly It does not work out of the box with 5v, will do some modding this weekend and hopefully start to shape it up, still haven't found a hub that will work
by Robvp
Mon May 23, 2016 10:41 pm
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Collecting information on alternative displays - please contribute
Replies: 706
Views: 758557

Re: Collecting information on alternative displays - please contribute

Got the Amazon.com screen from niceshopping, does not work with 5v out of the box, worked great with a 12v ac adapter from my router though

PCB
http://i.imgur.com/Kaa9mnu.jpg

plugged into 12v
http://i.imgur.com/XPXrkqd.jpg