Rodocop's 19th GBZ

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Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by rodocop » Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:06 am

Well, 19 complete now.

This one is using the gearbest 3.5" screen, pi zero W, and a glitch'd gaming common ground PCB.

Other items:

USB audio, headphones, speaker, and volume wheel
ADS1015 for battery monitoring with hoolyhoos mintybatterymonitor script
Dark purple shell, and black buttons, and screen glass all from Retromodding
3D printed black cartridge
3500mah battery, with micro USB charge port in the old EXT port (no external USB on this one, since I used USB audio and did not think it necessary to add a USB hub just for the external USB)
Green LED in the old DC port, which will illuminate when the battery is fully charged.
Generic power boost used in this one.

I really like the color combo on this one!
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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by demodummy » Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:51 am

The colors! Amazing!

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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by Effin Enjeffin » Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:24 am

Any inside layout pics? I'm considering going the common ground route(I'm cheap) but I'm a bit concerned about ending up with an overstuffed Nintendo burger oozing wires and hot glue

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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by rodocop » Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:17 pm

Effin Enjeffin wrote:
Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:24 am
Any inside layout pics? I'm considering going the common ground route(I'm cheap) but I'm a bit concerned about ending up with an overstuffed Nintendo burger oozing wires and hot glue
It's hard to get the inside super clean. Mine are usually okay. But I've seen cleaner for sure. It's all about wire management, and placement of parts. Here is this builds internals.

I could have cleaned this up a bit more, or shortened a few wires. But it closes nicely.
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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by MrErickson » Sat Feb 23, 2019 8:40 pm

Looks great man!

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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by Refusor » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:38 pm

Hi Rodocop's,

Great work as usual! You're a real GBZ machine builder :lol:

Excellent choice of color!

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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by infinitLoop » Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:25 pm

rodocop wrote:
Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:17 pm
Effin Enjeffin wrote:
Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:24 am
Any inside layout pics? I'm considering going the common ground route(I'm cheap) but I'm a bit concerned about ending up with an overstuffed Nintendo burger oozing wires and hot glue
It's hard to get the inside super clean. Mine are usually okay. But I've seen cleaner for sure. It's all about wire management, and placement of parts. Here is this builds internals.

I could have cleaned this up a bit more, or shortened a few wires. But it closes nicely.
what do you have tucked in the sides of the battery compartment? the audio amp and the battery monitory?

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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by rodocop » Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:12 pm

infinitLoop wrote:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:25 pm
rodocop wrote:
Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:17 pm
Effin Enjeffin wrote:
Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:24 am
Any inside layout pics? I'm considering going the common ground route(I'm cheap) but I'm a bit concerned about ending up with an overstuffed Nintendo burger oozing wires and hot glue
It's hard to get the inside super clean. Mine are usually okay. But I've seen cleaner for sure. It's all about wire management, and placement of parts. Here is this builds internals.

I could have cleaned this up a bit more, or shortened a few wires. But it closes nicely.
what do you have tucked in the sides of the battery compartment? the audio amp and the battery monitory?
Yeah, in the pics, the left side is a USB sound card, right side is the ADS 1015. those spaces are normally empty, so it's handy to be able to use them for something.

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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by correia5022 » Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:40 pm

rodocop wrote:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:12 pm
Yeah, in the pics, the left side is a USB sound card, right side is the ADS 1015. those spaces are normally empty, so it's handy to be able to use them for something.
Dont you get interference in the sound output?
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Re: Rodocop's 19th GBZ

Post by rodocop » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:43 pm

correia5022 wrote:
Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:40 pm
rodocop wrote:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:12 pm
Yeah, in the pics, the left side is a USB sound card, right side is the ADS 1015. those spaces are normally empty, so it's handy to be able to use them for something.
Dont you get interference in the sound output?
Not that I have noticed. All seems well to me.

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