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by Arlanthir
Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:06 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: [SOLVED] Screen behavior
Replies: 9
Views: 8655

Re: Screen behavior

Well this was a very newbie mistake. I was connecting the shielding ground of the yellow RCA to the RPi1B because I didn't have a plug for the RPi3 port. I didn't know it made a difference but the ground needs to be from the same Pi as the video signal. I improvised a connection between the yellow R...
by Arlanthir
Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:01 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: [SOLVED] Screen behavior
Replies: 9
Views: 8655

Re: Screen behavior

Same exact result with all variants of config.txt. Let me stress that I'm not using an RCA cable on the RPi3, I'm trying to connect PP24 from the RPi3 to the screen, is that what you're doing as well with your Pi3? Check the red circle in my photo for a RPi1B equivalent. So right now my hypothesis i...
by Arlanthir
Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:22 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: [SOLVED] Screen behavior
Replies: 9
Views: 8655

Re: Screen behavior

Both Pi work fine with HDMI and I'm using the same SD Card to test them, so I doubt it's config.txt's fault. Full disclosure: because I'm using a Rpi3 Retropie image, the old Pi falls back to terminal on boot, stating "Illegal instruction". I'm not too concerned because it's precisely that same Pi t...
by Arlanthir
Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:41 pm
Forum: Support (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: [SOLVED] Screen behavior
Replies: 9
Views: 8655

[SOLVED] Screen behavior

Hi everyone, I'm just starting out my very first build but I would love some help with the screen connections. I'm using a Raspberry Pi 3 and I soldered PP24 to the yellow cable of the screen. No output. In an effort to debug it, I tested the connection with a Raspberry Pi 1 Model B (I only have a c...