My first GBZ build, I learned a lot! SNES themed, huge mess inside.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:52 am
Pics below! Thanks to this community for all your work - I spent hours and hours combing these forums during this build process. A special thanks to Goosewerks for putting together a kit and a build guide for noobs like me. The kit was great, and the piecemeal nature of everything really taught me a LOT about what's going on with these things. Next time, I'd love to try an AIO or at least a Tinkerboy PCB, but this was an invaluable experience.
I used usb audio but did not include a full usb hub. Hopefully that won't come back to bite me later. I went through two controller boards for the screen, and had to get a second screen after stupidly accidentally slicing right through the ribbon. I also had a slight issue with the B and Start buttons not functioning correctly at first, this seemed to be due to some errant solder for both connections on the Pi that bridged the two. Quick removal and resolder, and everything worked perfectly.
I already have a need to open it up and make a few changes. For one, I feel like I should wrap all wires that are in contact with the TV/composite wire to the screen to minimize slight interference. Secondly, I want to turn the potentiometer up a slight tad to see if I can get a slight volume boost (that is what would happen, right?).
I'm still getting "mixer elements not found" error no matter how many times I try every fix available on the internet short of altering and recompiling emulationstation on my own, which I'm not too comfortable with. Purely an aesthetic thing, but it *is* annoying.
I wish I'd gotten a label for my cart before modifying and gluing it in, but not a big deal.
I'm pretty new to all of this handheld building, although I've built several retropie consoles and a picade. But this was my first handheld. I'm sure there's mistakes, and I don't *really* know everything I need to still, and may sound a bit confused lol. But it was a fantastic experience! Thanks again to everyone who has contributed in any way to the GBZ project, this is one of the best reasons for the Internet existing.
I used usb audio but did not include a full usb hub. Hopefully that won't come back to bite me later. I went through two controller boards for the screen, and had to get a second screen after stupidly accidentally slicing right through the ribbon. I also had a slight issue with the B and Start buttons not functioning correctly at first, this seemed to be due to some errant solder for both connections on the Pi that bridged the two. Quick removal and resolder, and everything worked perfectly.
I already have a need to open it up and make a few changes. For one, I feel like I should wrap all wires that are in contact with the TV/composite wire to the screen to minimize slight interference. Secondly, I want to turn the potentiometer up a slight tad to see if I can get a slight volume boost (that is what would happen, right?).
I'm still getting "mixer elements not found" error no matter how many times I try every fix available on the internet short of altering and recompiling emulationstation on my own, which I'm not too comfortable with. Purely an aesthetic thing, but it *is* annoying.
I wish I'd gotten a label for my cart before modifying and gluing it in, but not a big deal.
I'm pretty new to all of this handheld building, although I've built several retropie consoles and a picade. But this was my first handheld. I'm sure there's mistakes, and I don't *really* know everything I need to still, and may sound a bit confused lol. But it was a fantastic experience! Thanks again to everyone who has contributed in any way to the GBZ project, this is one of the best reasons for the Internet existing.