Chedda's #3 gameboy pi build

[kendon]

Any update here? Would you mind giving us details about your battery? The link in OP does not work anymore...

Also, might be me being thick, but I can't find your Youtube videos, if you could post a link here that would be nice

[Chedda]

Any update here? Would you mind giving us details about your battery? The link in OP does not work anymore...

Also, might be me being thick, but I can't find your Youtube videos, if you could post a link here that would be nice

The battery is about a 4000mah battery but advertised as 10000mah. The dimensions are 59.87 x 49.27 x 9.88. It is the same battery I used for my last gameboy build.

pics of the battery itself and fitment.

http://imgur.com/a/iO3L4


I went searching around again for a battery. The closest I can come to without asking for a custom battery again is this one.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/113450- ... 16227.html

[VeteranGamer]

i had been searching for a battery for a while.... because im trying to keep the battery compartment in tact....

i found thiis one (before the custom lipo was listed in the buy,sell, trade)

its 3000mah and fits in the compartment perfectly












https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Dual-ha ... 3325f98c31


the price goes up & down on this i paid around $13 for mine... so if you like order it

[Chedda]

I just bought 3 of those. My battery person flaked out and took the $16 USD. Oh well. Live and learn I guess.

[kendon]

Thanks for the infos so far. I am currently waiting for a Zero and Zero W to be delivered, then I will take some more measures. So far the Pi3 seems to be taking between ~400mA (playing Super Mario and Tetris on Gameboy) and ~500mA (Mariokart64). GB reading was about an hour, 64 reading was only 20 minutes. Idle in Retropie menu was ~260mA. Idle without, playing with Xbox360 controller dongle attached.

Anyway, those numbers seem reasonable to me for the Pi3 to work with a 3000mAh battery, now I am waiting for the screen...

That 3000mAh battery looks good, definitly considering it (haven't ruled out the 2x18650 idea yet, not sure about the space though... I am using quite a few of these in various flashlight, they pack quite a punch and are quite easy to handle).

[The_Ginger]

Hi @Chedda,

I really like your build so far and your part list and videos are really handy (I'm planning to do the same with a pi zero).
But, there is one thing that i miss in your list (or I'm just too blind to see it), where do you find/buy the rubber thingies for the 3th & 4th button? And are the aliexpress lithium batteries safe (and really 3000mAh)?

[Chedda]

Hi @Chedda,

I really like your build so far and your part list and videos are really handy (I'm planning to do the same with a pi zero).
But, there is one thing that i miss in your list (or I'm just too blind to see it), where do you find/buy the rubber thingies for the 3th & 4th button?

I bought extra pads when I bought the hard buttons. I messaged the seller for more.

And are the aliexpress lithium batteries safe (and really 3000mAh)?

If the batteries have the safe charging board, sure it will be safe enough. The ones without I would be very wary of them. It's hard to go higher than 3000mAh for the size. I would need to do a power draw and battery depletion test to figure its real mAh.

[Brandonmel]

will you be posting the rest of your videos on youtube?

[coopman]

@Chedda so you haven't had any issues with powering the pi3 properly with the powerboost 1000c? I thought it could only supply 1A. I thought the pi3 required more than that.

[Chedda]

It powers it up and keeps it going. The problem I have experienced relating to power is having usb ports or adapters not supplying enough power. It gets super glitchy.