Lphillimore wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:19 amReally tempted to buy one of these screens now for the next GBZ....dammit!!!
the screen itself (quality of display) is the way forward.... those composite screens just dont compare...
modifying the screen is also fairly straight forward (5v out the box) and only the board needs to be trimmed a little...
you could do what i did and go a little extra and remove the usb socket and switch, which cant be accessed once the screen is fitted in (but its not major if you dont)
setting up the screen is not even an issue also (just overscan settings need to be changed), i know people have raised issues about pixels but the benefits outweigh this (and most probably unnoticeable)....
the biggest issue with this screen is (and most probably reason you've never really seen a build finished)....
is the adapter they provide with the screen is slightly too big for the game boy case
(you could butcher the life out of the back case to get it to fit, but thats way to much work and makes things awkward in the case)
this issue i suspect is not only with the adapter, i've got another one of these on order (the first never arrived, the reason why the delay in the build)...
but the delay, got me thinking and i foresee a similar issue with this as the height of the adapter that goes into the screen is also about the same as the one thats provided by kedei with the screen...
Now i'm not the one to give up on anything i start (a bit stubborn like that)... i got thinking again (alot of thinking, this cant be healthy)
this is the same screen that 1UP uses in his builds, how is he able to fit the screen in and also a Pi3 (even though his cases are also a little butchered)
well the adapter he uses is different.....
you'll be surprised, the couple of mm less makes all the difference....
so I contacted 1UP, asking if he would be willing to supply the adapter... he wasnt interested....
so the I asked the member on sudomod who is selling the 1UP builds (tohome87) if he could help... 1UP was willing to supply him with the adapter at a cost of $7 and then he was willing to ship it to me for that plus the shipping cost of around $23.... (thats $30 for the adapter)
again not to give up....
im gonna make my own (it will cost alot less than $30 and thats for a batch of prototypes)
thats where i'm at... too be honest i'm kinda a bit out of my depth with this (but i'm persevering)....
i havent asked any members with experience in pcb design as they seem busy with their other projects (but that might be needed)
still also waiting on the fpv flat cable....