GBZ - Reproduction parts only

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GBZ - Reproduction parts only

Post by Flowlance » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:04 am

Hi,
I was thinking about doing this project, but without killing my functional DMG (I don't have one that doesn't work).
Gathering information for the parts i need, preferably as cheap as possible. This is what i've found so far:

Housing (white) with all buttons: http://www.ebay.com/itm/381658072586
Amp: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152115494474
Speaker: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181958461531
Headphone jack: http://www.ebay.com/itm/331158030641
Volume control potentiometer: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291570644492
SD Card reader for cardridge (I'm going full easy-mode): http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/kk_gb_zero_b
Cartridge pin connector (gba slot from a DSL, but should be able to fit it somehow?) http://www.ebay.com/itm/262231840180
Controller board: http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/co ... -y-version
2 extra buttons - from a cheap usb NES gamepad: http://www.ebay.com/itm/201388971154
Arduino (instead of Teensy, although I might wire it directly to the gpio to skip this): http://www.ebay.com/itm/140972980117


I haven't decided on the screen or batteries yet. I already have the Pi Zero.

Any comments would be appreciated. Especially if some of these parts aren't compatible somehow, or if I'm missing something (which I probably am, after doing this research late night :D ). I'm especially curious about the headphone jack and cartridge pin connector.

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Re: GBZ - Reproduction parts only

Post by Oxodao » Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:08 pm

That's a decent list. I don't like headphone jacks, I don't think they will shut off when you'll plug a jack inside...

For the screen, every cheap screen on the wiki are working so just pick one in there.
For the battery don't pick it on ebay, most of them are fake and not even have a quarter mah of what they says...
So don't go cheap for this, find it on a reliable supplier like Farnell, Adafruit and such
Arduino sketch for the gamepad (Teensy replacement): http://github.com/oxodao/GBZGamepad

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Re: GBZ - Reproduction parts only

Post by Flowlance » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:14 pm

Oxodao wrote:That's a decent list. I don't like headphone jacks, I don't think they will shut off when you'll plug a jack inside...

For the screen, every cheap screen on the wiki are working so just pick one in there.
For the battery don't pick it on ebay, most of them are fake and not even have a quarter mah of what they says...
So don't go cheap for this, find it on a reliable supplier like Farnell, Adafruit and such
Thanks. For the headphone jack, you mean the feature that disconnects the speaker while the jack is plugged in? Thought it was a standard feature. Gotta keep looking for another one then. Do you know if there's any available on the Internet somewhere? :lol:

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Re: GBZ - Reproduction parts only

Post by Oxodao » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:17 pm

Oh I'm not sure, maybe it is I have never looked at it that much... But I don't think it is standard :u
Let's hope I'm wrong that would be interesting
Arduino sketch for the gamepad (Teensy replacement): http://github.com/oxodao/GBZGamepad

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Re: GBZ - Reproduction parts only

Post by Fleder » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:45 am

I may be wrong, but i think all 5pin jacks have this feature, the 3pins do not.
But as i said, i may be wrong.

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Re: GBZ - Reproduction parts only

Post by Flowlance » Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:56 am

Fleder wrote:I may be wrong, but i think all 5pin jacks have this feature, the 3pins do not.
But as i said, i may be wrong.
I ordered it, and will report back if it has this feature :)

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