I bought two of these BW screens from Amazon and both works just fine.

And another one from Aliexpress which is better than the two BW Screens. Consumes less current and works with 5V out of the box.

The 5v mod on all these screens are very easy.

Here is my first Game Boy Zero build. I'm using the GPIO pins for the buttons instead of the teensy which I think is very easy to setup. IMG_1407.JPG IMG_1408.JPG I placed the micro usb charger port just under the audio jack which makes it hardly noticeable. The PWM Audio is built using this guide ....

by default, if you start the pi with a TV on the HDMI, it will connect to that. no HDMI connected it will revert to composite connection. i am not aware of a way to switch it while you are up and running, but a quick reboot to switch it either way isnt too bad Yes i already know this. This wil work...

Is there a way to automatically switch to an hdmi resolution when i plug an hdmi tv/monitor and also switch back automatically to a composite resolution (320x240) when hdmi is off or unplugged?

1) Have the pot after the amp output. This will only give mono sound to both headphone jack and speaker. Yep, this is what I did. You only get mono in headphones, but I never wind up using that so I didn't mind. The pot controls the volume on both headphone jack and speaker. You can still get stere...

I'm just wondering how hot does your gameboy zero gets after playing for 30 minutes onward? I get around 63 degree Celsius. Is this normal?

You can check yours by entering this command:

I have the same screen.

Please see picture on how to do the 5v mod.

Its better to charge first before playing. Otherwise you need a heatsink and a fan to dissipate the heat.

cobramike wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:11 am

I have the same screen. And the same problems. I still dith the mod and i use composit cable and i dont have the problem anny more. And i dont now how to do the controles. Because its not there.

What do you mean by "dith the mod"? What mod?

Thanks!

I bought a 3.5" lcd on aliexpress that does not come with a brightness controll. Is there any mod to adjust the brightness?. The one i bought is http://s.aliexpress.com/fmYBVjiA. although its different from the actual item i received. There's also a little flickering issue on the screen for some col...