Hawker's Gameboy Zero

[Maxxerd]

Hey Maxxerd,

The screen is working off 5v, I had to solder the single wire as per below, My solder job isn't my best work but its working:
I did make a bad decision of fitting the screen before drilling my extra buttons and the drill grabbed the ribbon and damaged the back lit. Just waiting on another one to be delivered.
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Here are some ebay links for the screen
Australian Seller:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/162080512374 ... EBIDX%3AIT

Chinese Selller:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/361517362869 ... EBIDX%3AIT

Thanks for the reply

Damn, that sucks! The extra wire is not a big deal i guess. How long did you have to wait last time for the screen to arrive?

I'm currently in China so I hope that will take some time off the delivery lol

[hawker180]

Damn, that sucks! The extra wire is not a big deal i guess. How long did you have to wait last time for the screen to arrive?
I'm currently in China so I hope that will take some time off the delivery lol

Delivery only took 5 Business days from the Aust seller which suited me! You should be all set then.

[Maxxerd]

Delivery only took 5 Business days from the Aust seller which suited me! You should be all set then.

Ok sounds great, thanks for the info

Good luck on the build!

[hawker180]

Update, I have the SD card working and also the audio is all wired up, ready to test

[krombopulos michael]

do you have a link where you got your multi colored wire spool? and is it thick enough for the power to the usb and pi?

[username 123]

I have the same lcd screen. Good screen but, I wished it had brightness control. Sometimes I find it to bright at night and it would help with battery battery life.

[hawker180]

do you have a link where you got your multi colored wire spool? and is it thick enough for the power to the usb and pi?

I just got that from my local supplier, its just breadboard jumper wire with the ends cut off:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/1115182 ... 107&chn=ps

Yeah probably a bit too thick actually especially for the SD card and Teency

[hawker180]

I have the same lcd screen. Good screen but, I wished it had brightness control. Sometimes I find it to bright at night and it would help with battery battery life.

Yeah I agree on the brightness, but for the price of the screen it isnt too bad. I am pretty happy with mine, i do need to scale the resolution back to make the fonts a bit easier to read.

[username 123]

I have the same lcd screen. Good screen but, I wished it had brightness control. Sometimes I find it to bright at night and it would help with battery battery life.

Yeah I agree on the brightness, but for the price of the screen it isnt too bad. I am pretty happy with mine, i do need to scale the resolution back to make the fonts a bit easier to read.

I did that and the game list is readable now and changed the color to be even more readable.

[hawker180]

Some updates, I have had such a hard time trying to get this thing to close, I have re-shuffled and moved components around like crazy trying to get the case to close.

My top case mounts keep breaking even though I am using epoxy to glue them. I just got a friend of a friend to 3D print wermy's brackets so that should help.

Its very much a work in progress at the moment. I had issues with the USB hub as well and that is damaged beyond repair.

I also scaled the screen down to 320x240 and also altered the carbon retropie skin font size which is so much better to read the rom list now. Also I setup GBA emulator by adding the bios and mucked with the controls, seems to be working now.

Issues:
No USB hub atm
If you put pressure on the screen the screen turns off
L rear button not working (R is ok)
Case needs the bracket for the top to close correctly.