Quantity | Component name | |
1 | × | Adafruit Powerboost 1000C USB boost circuit with integrated charger http://www.ebay.de/itm/282083284436?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | USB Mini breakout board This breakout is used for my charging input http://www.ebay.de/itm/282073486859?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Old tetris cartridge Just an old classic gameboy cartridge which was just used to later on cover up the Raspberry Pi, which sits inside the compartment. (I had this game here already, but I am sure you can find old games very cheap either locally or on eBay) |
1 | × | Tactile switches These are used for my L1, L2, R1 and R2 buttons, as well as my safe shutdown switch http://www.ebay.de/itm/291371993802?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | 3-pin slide switch This is the main power switch to turn the gameboy on and off http://www.ebay.de/itm/140714113454?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Leonardo pro micro This little board is used as my USB gamecontroller which needs to be programmed manually. http://www.ebay.de/itm/301951688967?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Volume wheel potentiometer This is used to regulate the audio volume http://www.ebay.de/itm/322281495072?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | 64 GB Samsung EVO micro SD card This is an SD card which has been confirmed to work in a Raspberry Pi, so I took this as my storage http://www.ebay.de/itm/251970254487?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&var=550837487484&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Common Ground DMG+ Control Panel with X, Y, L1 & L2, R1 & R2 from Kitsch-bent This is a pre-made control panel to make things a little bit easier to install for the front buttons http://www.ebay.de/itm/191968449407?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
2 | × | Gameboy classic buttons Original gameboy DMG buttons, because I have additional front buttons (X and Y) in my build, I needed another set of buttons, so I ordered 2 http://www.ebay.de/itm/182258143348?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Gameboy Speaker This is a speaker for an Gameboy advance, it is a bit smaller, but it has more beef than the original, so I took this one http://www.ebay.de/itm/181950378790?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
2 | × | Gameboy classic rubber pad set This is the conductive rubber pad set which is needed to make have the keypresses made registered, again 2 sets, because of X and Y http://www.ebay.de/itm/181814606804?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Spare USB port This is used in the place of the 'EXT' port of the original gmaeboy, so I can plug in external devices if I need to http://www.ebay.de/itm/130707477798?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Headphone jack w/ switch This is used so you can plug in headphones. The switch is there so it shuts off the amp, and thus the speaker http://www.ebay.de/itm/161337167416?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Audio amplifier This amplifier is used for the speaker. It is based on an PAM8403 chip http://www.ebay.de/itm/322283374092?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | 3.5' TFT screen w/ controller This is my main 3.5' screen, you also can get this one from gearbest http://www.ebay.de/itm/162128950289?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | Complete gameboy classic shell This is an aftermarket case for an original gameboy. I went with the transparent blue http://www.ebay.de/itm/331975728644?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&var=541023217090&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
1 | × | 2500 mAh 3.7V battery This is a phone's battery, but if hooked up correctly, it works as well http://www.ebay.de/itm/391585262102?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
2 | × | PSP 1000 analog stick I used analog sticks in my build, because I personaly liked the way of having one 'main' stick to walk around for example, and the other as 'Control stick', sort of like the Nintedo Gamecube. This sticks can also be gotten from adafruit as far as I know http://www.ebay.de/itm/361351958328?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
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Gameboy Dmg Backlight
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A very quick look at where I've got to on this project.
Gameboy Dmg 01
I've got a common ground button PCB.
I removed the cartridge jack from the motherboard, and stuck it on some flying leads. there is an Acrylic adapter that makes it the same as the DMG version.
Screen hole has been embiggened to suit the SP's screen. I'll get a new facia printed at work, hopefully.
![Case Case](/uploads/1/2/6/0/126032942/925877989.jpg)
Gameboy Dmg 01 Backlight Kit
Still to do:
Wire buttons. Should be easy, need to work out where the shoulder buttons are going.
Wire and mount Switch, Volume and Link port. And Headphone jack and Speaker.
Work out charging. And Batteries.
Work out how to fit both DMG and Advance cartridges.
Mount Motherboard.
Work out how the case will fix together - some screw holes were removed to fit the screen.
Paint?