[tinkerBOY] Game Boy 3 - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [COMPLETED]

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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by tinkerBOY » Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:29 pm

fdeluxe wrote:
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Could you give some infos about the display refresh rate? I am using a DPI display in my current build and while I am avle to reach playable refresh rates they are still far from the ones I reach with composite or HDMI. I always wondered how Kite made his display run so smooth
I think i read somewhere that it can do 125fps. If it's in dpi mode and you made it work it should just perform smoothly. Are you using a different lcd than mine?
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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by fdeluxe » Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:46 pm

@tinkerBOY I just noticed that DPI and SPI are two very different things and I am stuck with the worse option of them: http://www.watterott.com/en/RPi-Display-B-Plus

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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by chaosratt » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:07 pm

fbdelux, there's a trick called FBCP (FrameBuffer CoPy) that can alleviate some of the issues with SPI, but its not simple to implement. You might want to ping Will.I.Am on Discord, as I think he is working on it for another project.

Otherwise, adafruit has an article here about for her LCDs (which use SPI too): https://learn.adafruit.com/running-open ... itft-setup

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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by YaYa » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:44 pm

I suggest you fdeluxe to open a thread here not on discord and ask about fbcp. People will be happy to help and the replies will be available to everyone :D
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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by Hex » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:04 pm

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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by tinkerBOY » Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:35 pm

Update: Finished my Game Boy 3!
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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by YaYa » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:05 pm

All blacks huh... are you from NewZealand ? :lol:
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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by tinkerBOY » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:12 pm

YaYa wrote:
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All blacks huh... are you from NewZealand ? :lol:
No I'm from the most beautiful country in the world, Philippines. :D :mrgreen: :D
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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by moooarcuuuus » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:35 pm

Looks great. Nice build log.
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Re: [tinkerBOY] Game Boy Three - RPi3 and DPI screen in 24-bit mode [WIP]

Post by razer.93 » Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:59 pm

So good!! Great job!

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