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by Tainio
Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:41 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

I now have the battery and finally found some time to play. I have the screen working from the powerboost but I still have the same problem with flickering. Is there anything else I can try?
by Tainio
Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:39 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

I will wait until my battery arrives. I wanted to have everything in place but guess i can wait.

Thanks for your advice.
by Tainio
Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:56 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

My battery hasn't arrived yet so will have to wait.
by Tainio
Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:54 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

I used an old aux av cable Yes my soldering is a mess. I have since tidied it up. I did setup the circuit with the switch and a little powerboat but taken it apart just to try and get the screen working. I have it connected directly yo the screen https://ibb.co/jZ8o9a The powerboost keeps fluctuatin...
by Tainio
Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:39 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

I've wired the banggood powerboost as per this thread - viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1715 - I don't have a battery connected yet. I have the poswerbooast connected via micro USB to the mains.
by Tainio
Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:30 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

So I changed to an av cable as per this thread - http://sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2850&hilit=shielding+wire here are the pics - https://ibb.co/cZvhkF https://ibb.co/eJExKa It is still flickering. I've connected the power back to the pi for now so I'm guessing it is either a power issue o...
by Tainio
Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:42 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

I shortened the wires and got some sheilding from an old usb cable (I have not idea if this will work is is sufficient?) and it's still flickering. I've tried running the screen directly off the banggood powerboost but the screen does not turn on? I've checked with the multimeter and it is getting p...
by Tainio
Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:56 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

I will try that thanks.
by Tainio
Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen
Replies: 34
Views: 24507

Re: Total Noob and I need help with V.9 Screen

https://ibb.co/eAYjFF
https://ibb.co/mep22v

Here's a couple of photos of the screen. Very hard to read and it flickers in a kind of wave motion.
by Tainio
Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:49 am
Forum: General Chat (Game Boy Zero)
Topic: DIY SD reader, kernel panic: not syncing
Replies: 7
Views: 6805

Re: DIY SD reader, kernel panic: not syncing

Did anyone find a solution to this please?