Buttons for LCD Screen

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Buttons for LCD Screen

Post by Simon » Tue May 10, 2016 10:29 am

What buttons were used to adjust the contrast/brightness/colour on the screen? I think I read somewhere that wermy used:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00974 ... UTF8&psc=1

But they seemed kind of large?

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Re: Buttons for LCD Screen

Post by Fleder » Tue May 10, 2016 11:46 am

Those are buttons that came with the display, not some he did himself.

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Re: Buttons for LCD Screen

Post by Simon » Tue May 10, 2016 12:57 pm

If you look at https://imgur.com/a/jyjmG and scroll down, you will notice three buttons that look like he attached to a protoboard to control the colour/contrast/brightness from the battery compartment. Was curious what size buttons he used here/ or where he got them.

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Re: Buttons for LCD Screen

Post by Fleder » Tue May 10, 2016 1:02 pm

Yes, as i already wrote, those came with the display.
Those are not buttons he soldered on or something, they are part of the display, on a separate board.

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Re: Buttons for LCD Screen

Post by codacious » Tue May 10, 2016 1:17 pm

Fleder wrote:Yes, as i already wrote, those came with the display.
Those are not buttons he soldered on or something, they are part of the display, on a separate board.

I could be wrong but I think there is some confusion here. I don't think the adafruit display comes with buttons. But even if it does I think what
@Simon is referring to is way back on @wermy 's second blog post (http://sudomod.com/game-boy-zero-guides-and-giveaway/) where he details the giveaway, if you look in the comment section someone asks the same question regarding these buttons and @wermy responds with a link to these buttons (http://www.amazon.com/uxcell%C2%AE-Mome ... le+buttons) saying they are similar but he never specifies whether or not his screen came with any.

@Simon
Most people are getting their screens from the backup camera displays and those do have a little separate controller board that has the 3 needed buttons on it. They are rewiring those into the battery compartment for easier access. I do not know if that is the same method @wermy used or if he used new switches like the ones he linked to on amazon.

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Re: Buttons for LCD Screen

Post by Simon » Tue May 10, 2016 1:26 pm

@codacious

Thanks that answers my question. :)

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Re: Buttons for LCD Screen

Post by Fleder » Wed May 11, 2016 12:19 am

@Simon
I am sorry, i was wrong.
He really DID make them himself, as seen in the new video.
I just thought those looked too professional to be diy,
and all my screens already came with this board.
I have to learn to keep my mouth shut :D

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