Mike's GBZ with Kite's SAIO and HoolyHoo's Bracket

mwx · Post by **mwx** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:25 am

Hi,

I just finalised my first Game Boy Zero and it is a lot of fun to play around with all the old games. I used Kite's SuperAllInOne board and HoolyHoo's 3d printed bracket which make the whole build really straight forward and clean. The only thing I screwed up are the LED holes. They are not aligned and ugly and I decided to insert a translucent 3d print 'window' here. This has the little benefit that you can also see the green Raspberry PI LED.

Mike

drafterITA · Post by **drafterITA** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:59 am

Very nice.. Can you show us the internals?

mwx · Post by **mwx** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:09 am

I'm sorry but I have no pictures from the internals. I have just started with the second build and I will make more pictures this time.

mwx · Post by **mwx** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 7:57 am

As promised I started the second build and I will make here a little photo documentation of some steps.

First I prepared the front, made the bracket and drilled the holes (this time I did not fail with LED holes)

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I found some low profile switches and made a 3d printed base for the switch.

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.. more coming soon

inches · Post by **inches** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:03 am

Looks great buddy. Thanks for sharing your build and some of your issues.

Your solution to the LED fixture looks great! Are you going to post your 3d files for others to replicate what you did there?

mwx · Post by **mwx** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:18 am

Here the 3d files for the switch base:

SwitchBase.zip: (2.59 KiB) Downloaded 592 times

The bracket is here: http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2553

The low profile switch here: http://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/138 ... 1202-1-pcs

mwx · Post by **mwx** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:27 am

Some new pictures! The front half is now finished and anything is tested together with the backboard. Everything is working and the rest of the build will be a pleasure. On the pictures you can see how I have mounted the LED's and you can see how perfect Kite's SAIO and HoolyHoo's bracket fit (I have slightly changed the size of the bracket, now there is no more tolerance for the bracket and the display with the result that the display is automatically perfect aligned)

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mwx · Post by **mwx** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:40 am

One more tip, I have coloured the border of the display cutout black, this looks much better with the screen protector attached.

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Post by **HoolyHoo** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:48 am

mwx wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:40 am
One more tip, I have coloured the border of the display cutout black, this looks much better with the screen protector attached.IMG_8317T.jpg

Yep. That's what I did. Used a black oil paint marker. This was a must since my case was white. It looks very nice.

mwx · Post by **mwx** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:02 am

Here another 3d printed part. This one is just for closing the cartridge slot.

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Mike's GBZ with Kite's SAIO and HoolyHoo's Bracket

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