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August 7, Modification to monitor

A project log for Cubone! (Retropie encased in Gameboy DMG shell)

Gameboy handheld form factor capable of playing all emulation up to about a Playstation 1. I've been calling it Cubone.

nicholas-hillNicholas Hill 08/08/2017 at 20:050 Comments

Unsolder red lead from video driver circuit card, solder onto the third post on the left of the voltage dropper.

Sudomod wiki has many more models of these little TFT screens and how to modify for running on 5 volts.

http://www.sudomod.com/wiki/index.php?title=GBZ_Screen

Reference shot that I doodled on to show where to move the input voltage lead to

Ignore the burn marks on the heat shrink, I over heated it a little...

Immediate tests show it works fine with a 5 volt input from my desktop power supply. Pulls about a third of an amp by itself.

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