I still need to make a new shell but I did confirm this version works with the eReader.

I'm currently in the process of creating a Zaparoo integration for home assistant and I'm looking for some feedback. If you're not familiar with the project, Zaparoo is the open source universal loading system that lets you launch games and media instantly using physical objects.

What this integration allows you to do from home assistant is launch and stop games, query currently running media, and listen to Zaparoo notifications to trigger automations (eg. if I launch Point Blank on the Mister, turn of the Christmas tree).

As of right now there is no branding (pull request is open to the brands project) and requires installing as a custom repository or manual installation.

Highlights: Tilt, Gyroid, and Solar Sensors. Save states and cheat support.

My first GBA was a white model so I decided to go nostalgic on this one. Did a full recap, IPS screen, and installed the bucket amp.

I made some posts on console repair going over all the repairs that went into this system. In addition to those, it now has an IPS screen and this uv printed shell.

https://lemmy.world/post/38581805 https://lemmy.world/post/38534905

So after the volume was fixed I discovered the board . Turns out there were multiple issues. First the charge led was dead (tested with multimeter in diode mode) so that is swapped out with a blue one. Then EM8 needed a reflow to get a good connection across. The final issue was a bad trace under the cartridge slot from F2 to D1. For that I added the bodge wire seen in the photo.

Picked up a fairly cheap sp that had lots of corrosion on metal parts (power switch, charge port, and volume slider). After cleaning it all up and replacing the volume slider and audio cap, it still had low volume.Turns out there was a broken trace between the volume pad and the U6 (There should be continuity from the via I solder to, over to the via right next to the s in SW11). Adding the bodge fix the issue.

I am currently in season 8, and had to build up one of these.

I've been watching Adventure Time so I had to do this build. BMO definitely needed the DMG form factor but I wanted the color screen so the DMGC was the perfect choice. https://github.com/MouseBiteLabs/Game-Boy-DMG-Color

My most recent build. Removed the CPU and RAM from a very corroded board.

My post on Console Repair has some closer pictures of the soldering.

All the soldering was straight forward on this one. Just used j-tip iron with leaded plus lots of flux. The one pin that was partially corroded had enough left, so it only has to be bent back.

Big news for N64 fans.

Definitely a donor board, the other side was worse (you can see the power switch to the right, it just fell off).

Had to replace this ribbon connector to get the drive working reliability again. It probably could have used a little more solder but everything is solid so I'm not messing with it further.

Installed this clock mod (over and under) into my SuperGameboy CPU modded Dmg. Now I can play games up to 1.5x faster with that faster boot time.

The CE is a lower power version of what is now called the 4k Pro. It is priced at $475, which puts it more in direct competition with the morph paired with a analogue bridge (I think that bundle would be $350ish). RetroRGB has a nice break down of the differences (link in the article).

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23576994

No NFC, actually reading a file off the floppy drive

No NFC, actually reading a file off the floppy drive