sudomod

Well, one more. I'm following the same color scheme as Hoolyhoo in his storm trooper gbz, I love the look so far.

This one is using a helder 2.2 AIO (bought from dryja123) along with a 3.2" SPI screen with moosepr's tiny spi adapter, and custom screen bracket from veterangamer. I'll be using the banggood powerboost and I have a white cartridge, with stickers from YaYa.

I'm still waiting for a battery, so for now I'll use a 1500 mah I have on hand.

After installing the screen border you can still see some white edges on the spi screen. I'll either print veterans custom screen decal or just use a sharpie to color it black. (I used some tape to cover this up.) i'm going to try to get a hold of some vinly paper so I can print a custom decal like veterangamer, but for now it will stay as is.

I also made one mess up with cutting out the screen...dremel slip. Not too happy about that. But I'll manage.

It's now all done, other than waiting on a new bigger battery. I have not many internal pics, i'll post a few the next time I open it up. (it isnt closing fully on the top corner, so I will need to open it up to investigate why, and get it closed properly.

I have added status LED's inside the middle screw holes, green for fully charged, and red for charging. I have also made some shoulder buttons brackets using perfboard again.

I have left the powerboost inside the gameboy this time, but ran the micro USB to the top of the cartridge for charging.

I have also skipped the volume wheel, and will need to find something to cover the blank hole with. for now it is open.

Since I am using helder's all in one I was able to use HoolyHoo's gameboy zero battery monitor script, with on screen display, and a safe shutdown button in the old power port.

What do you do with so much Gbs? Looks very good.

rodocop wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:19 pm

Well, one more in the works. I'm following the same color scheme as Hoolyhoo in his storm trooper gbz, I love the look so far.

After installing the screen border you can still see some white edges on the spi screen. I'll either print veterans custom screen decal or just use a sharpie to color it black.

looking good so far.....
(double digits, just around the corner)

welcome to the 3.2 SPI family, you wont be disappointed.....
i'm going to be making a couple more of these (for family & friends).....
apart from the odd tearing in menus, the screen performs pretty flawlessly in games (looks a lot better than the 3.5" composites)
the only real downside so far (and this could just be me being picky) is the start up of the screen.....

for the screen i would try the sharpy and see how that works (you wont damage anything).....
another option is to add some black insulation tape (electrical tape) to the edges of the screen surround (see how it looks, can be removed)


also liking the white cartridge (i might have to pinch that one)


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moooarcuuuus wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:20 am

What do you do with so much Gbs? Looks very good.

Thanks, as for what I do with them...i sell them...depending how this one turns out i may keep it. I haven't had much time for gaming but I do enjoy building!

VeteranGamer wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:54 am

looking good so far.....
(double digits, just around the corner)

welcome to the 3.2 SPI family, you wont be disappointed.....
i'm going to be making a couple more of these (for family & friends).....
apart from the odd tearing in menus, the screen performs pretty flawlessly in games (looks a lot better than the 3.5" composites)
the only real downside so far (and this could just be me being picky) is the start up of the screen.....

for the screen i would try the sharpy and see how that works (you wont damage anything).....
another option is to add some black insulation tape (electrical tape) to the edges of the screen surround (see how it looks, can be removed)


also liking the white cartridge (i might have to pinch that one)

Thanks. I think I'll be happy with the screen and my first option will be the marker! I've been happy with the minty screens so I think this will be good.

As for the cartridge. Check eBay, 99 cents for a used tamagotchi cart from Japan 4 you. Shipping was 5$ but I bought some other gameboy games to make it worth It.

Awesome looking build! Always thought a white shell and black buttons would look sharp.

rodocop wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:24 am

I haven't had much time for gaming but I do enjoy building!

I understand that.

Looking good!

whats the story with these SPI screens ive heard so much about?


any links for more info?

RAYDEO wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:50 pm

Looking good!

whats the story with these SPI screens ive heard so much about?

any links for more info?

Thanks. As for spi screens, it's what the minty pi uses and they seem to work well with gbzs too.

A little more work. Since you need to solder more wires. (8 from the screen to the pi). And an 18 pin ribbon if you buy a bare screen. But it's pretty simple to set up using moosepr's guide. They are all guaranteed to run o 3.3 to 5v too so no need to modify an existing board. And without the big driver board they don't take up nearly as much space. Pretty great.

https://sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2312

As for screens you can buy anything like these, lots to choose from on eBay and aliexpress. (Make sure it is 18pin and an ili9341)

http://s.aliexpress.com/AbeUr6bM

And use this board too, screen ribbon solders to this and then breaks out into easy to solder holes for the pi. ( you will also need to solder a resistor to the board too)

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/zUNmnlLF

It looks like the pitch of those 'pins' on the screen ribbon cable are 0.8mm has anyone found a ZIF connector that works, I assume I may have to cut the ribbon cable a little on the ends or maybe a 20 pin connector and omit pin 1 and 20 on the connector.
I was thinking about having a board that was basically 2x20 pin header (to the pi) had a 18 pin ZIF connector for the screen, 5 pin header for the I2S amp and 13 pads for connection to button PCB.

well, first post is updated, it's done, other than needing a larger battery.