{"id":327,"date":"2016-09-25T12:31:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T12:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dcnigma.eu5.org\/?p=327"},"modified":"2019-06-10T19:05:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:05:28","slug":"how-2-make-a-gameboy-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcnigma.eu5.org\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Howto make a GAMEBOY PI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutorial Time \ud83d\ude42<\/h1>\n

For awhile I have been trying to make a GAMEBOY and Raspberry Pi Mod.
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My last post showing some real progress and installation of the software.<\/p>\n

Today I will write a better guide for myself and others so they can learn from my mistakes.
\nIf you follow this guide for setting up your SD cart this progress will take about 1,5 h to complete.
\n(guide is below show and tell \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

Warning:<\/span> I still have to remove a error that i getting but i din’t find a solution for this atm:
\n<\/strong><\/em>”At random times i get: alsa lib pcm.c 7843: (snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nnot when playing a game only if i am in the front end and during boot….<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lets start with show and tell:<\/p>\n

Hardware used:
\nGameboy case, wires, tact switches, empty PCB, power bar, cheap speakers and a Dremel<\/p>\n

And of course a
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Below\u00a0are some pictures of my GAMEBOY Pi that is mostly finished.
\nThings todo build in the speaker and power bar remove some plastic form d-pad because its fits to well…
\nBut thinking of making a custom cartridge to slide in to the slot of the Gameboy.<\/p>\n

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This cartridge will have a SD cart and the power-bar build in
\nso i can power the Gameboy just by sticking the cartridge in it \ud83d\ude42 …
\ndid a test using a cheap power bar it will give me over a hour gameplay.
\n(then my raspberry started acting strange so could be longer….)<\/div>\n

Pictures:
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Build in Wifi and dongle for keyboard for now, in the future I gone extend one port to the side.
\nEthernet is still available but don’t use a High-end cables, my own made utp cable works perfect \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The mod of the case….<\/h3>\n

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I started this project awhile back so if you want to do this. Do little things, one thing at the time.
\nDon’t start doing lots of things at\u00a0once because in the end you will need to change or rework it again…
\n(Tip from Ben Heck and now from me \ud83d\ude00 )<\/p>\n

The Arivale of the FFC extender and extra Cable<\/h3>\n

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After i got the ffc-cable to extend my PiTFT 2.8 inch from ada fruit.<\/div>\n
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Also i made some video’s that show the different stages of the build :
\nRetroPi and PiTFT from Ada fruit test!
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