Yeah the dev will. He always releases cores publicly when they are out of beta.
There could be a market, since there are probably people who could do the mod but don't want to deal with 0603 components. The biggest barrier is going to be competition with Modzville. He is very well known in the community and is developing the adapter board as the project continues. He'll most likely have them for sale at some point.
Another Extender Option
Just another option for people looking to buy a extender (though really consider investing learning how to build one yourself). InsideGadgets is very well known in the community for the GBxCart Flasher and their flash carts so no risks on quality in my opinion.
Disclaimer: I am the developer of the project and have not been compensated in any way from InsideGadgets.
Also bought mine off AliExpress. It was one of the fake pokemon shell models, so that feels a little cheap but looks nice. Otherwise the unit functions perfectly, no scratches on the screen and buttons are responsive.
Time To Play Some Night Trap
Limited Run Games did preorders last April fools 2023. No actual gameplay, just the movies in quality similar to the GBA video carts.
Rom is 256mb. It doesn't load in the Mister, OpenFPGA, or mGBA.
It's going to be pretty hard to properly clean the button without opening it up since there isn't a good way to get cleaner into them.
Well there are tons of 3d printed stands, as well as the classic nail polish stand. Lots of options out there.
Curious about what cartridge is inside the shell. Is it an emerald cart, bootleg, or flash cart?
I saw someone posted that in BennVenn discord. He is apparently waiting for his FPGBC to come in to see if it's possible to fix via code.
Great video. His content is great, I just don't agree with his use of brasso to clean carts.
Flickering like this usually occurs when the controller and lights are not using the same ground.
More pictures are always useful. Assuming the pins in the connector aren't bent out of shape, your issue sounds more like a problem with the game. A common issue is that some pins need to be reflowed on the rom and ram chips. Here is an example video of what I'm referring to https://youtu.be/Hg21VeFM-_Y
I would make sure to clean the cart and the slot. A quick way for the slot is to load up the cart contacts with ipa and insert it a few times. For the game itself, I'm a fan of using a white pencil easer, followed by ipa.
For the lines, it could be the contrast wheel is dirty. Adding a few drops of ipa and working the wheel could help, though long term deoxit would be better.
Beyond that, more pictures of the board would help.
Built two of these awhile ago. It works very well. https://lemmy.world/post/9910910
Etsy Seller Making Open Source Cart Extenders
To add context, I'm the developer of this PCB and in no way affiliated/compensated by the seller. Selling is permitted by the license so that's all cool. I do think you're better off learning basic soldering if you really care about original carts and doing fully diy, but there is now an option for buying.
There are and they work very well(3ms latency). No mods required . https://shop.insidegadgets.com/product/wireless-gameboy-controller/
Another GameBoy Bluetooth Controller
I happen to have a board from my FunnyPlaying build so I figured I'd give it a shot. Used enamel wire to make the button contacts and got 3.3v from the cart slot. I also removed the caps as to not power any circuits that didn't need (CPU and RAM were donors to the other board). Power is provided via AA batteries.
Old Gameboy Shell As USB C Rechargeable Controller
Still very much a work in progress but it works reasonably well (about 8ms of lag). I want to ultimately create an easier to install PCB rather than the perfboard I used.
Avoid Aliexpress FRAM Upgrade
Bought this little kit for a few dollars on aliexpress awhile ago figuring it was an interesting project. I would not recommend it and I've already revered back to stock.
- It makes the cartridge bulge.
- The long term reliability is questionable (my chip seemed like a rebadge).
- It will not work correctly on the analogue pocket (and possibly the FunnyPlaying FPGA GBC).
Also I wouldn't use clips like this for the battery when you can use the HDR retainer. This was done years ago and I don't have any more of those on hand to replace it.
Update: SNES to Bluetooth Lag is now at 8ms and code is available
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An update to my previous post. I was able to improive the average lag by disabling the serial monitor, passing a reference of the controller to the polling logic (eliminating the need to loop over the current state and previous state to determine if buttons should be pressed), and adding a 1ms delay between loops (should have realized that the board need some down time between calls). I've added the code since I think 8ms is a perfectly good lag result for a diy project.
Black Gold GBA Motherboard Fully Complete
Took a badly marginal gba pcb and transplanted the CPU and RAM into this new motherboard. The soldering was a nice challenge but I had an issue with the cart slot. A pin was bent, so had to fix that before games would boot. Very happy with the result. I've uploaded a picture of the back of the shell as well. https://imgur.com/a/opXFA5B
Also in person, the plastic is not cloudy at all. The motherboard is here https://funnyplaying.com/products/gba-custom-upgraded-motherboard-replacement?variant=40990162059325
Wood 3D Printed GameCube Shell
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13199828
> Printed using hatchbox wood pla. I had a few issues with standoffs but a little glue fix those right up. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Just waiting on the release of flippy drive to call it complete. > > Links to all the models I used: > > https://www.thingiverse.com/tessa-wolf/designs > https://www.printables.com/model/469283-gamecube-jewel > https://www.printables.com/model/117561-gamecube-power-button > https://www.printables.com/model/280005-gamecube-reset-button > https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2644517
Wood 3D Printed GameCube Shell
Printed using hatchbox wood pla. I had a few issues with standoffs but a little glue fix those right up. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Just waiting on the release of flippy drive to call it complete.
Links to all the models I used:
https://www.thingiverse.com/tessa-wolf/designs https://www.printables.com/model/469283-gamecube-jewel https://www.printables.com/model/117561-gamecube-power-button https://www.printables.com/model/280005-gamecube-reset-button https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2644517
Not All Projects Work Out
This was my attempt to create a a SNES to Bluetooth adapter. It works but the average latency was 18.35ms, which I think is too much to be considered a good controller.
Dead SP Brought Back
This unit was just sold as a parts board. I bought it to use as a donor board but figured I could get it working first (this screen was from a different unit). Turns out someone had opened the power switch to clean it, but somehow a solder blob made it into the switch. That was jamming the power switch. Still a donor board through, the volume slider is pretty rusty.
Flashcart Conversion
Fun project to convert a Japanese cartridge to a Flashcart I assembled a while back. https://github.com/JRodrigoTech/FLASH-ROM-Adapter-for-GameBoy
Automating Retrotink 4k Examples
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11912700
> I added some documentation on how I'm automating remote control inputs on the 4k. Examples include a template for an IR transmitter, a python script to parse profile information off the SD card for use in automation, and an example of selecting a custom profile based on its name. Hopefully it can be useful, if only just to give some interesting node-red examples.
Automating Retrotink 4k Examples
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I added some documentation on how I'm automating remote control inputs on the 4k. Examples include a template for an IR transmitter, a python script to parse profile information off the SD card for use in automation, and an example of selecting a custom profile based on its name. Hopefully it can be useful, if only just to give some interesting node-red examples.
Be Extra Careful On Those Gameboy Micros
My hand slipped while disassembling the system (original goal was to replace shoulder buttons and plastic housing). I had to scrape away points on the board and use some 32 awg enameled wire to recreate the connections. Good news is every fits and is back in working order.
Gbscontrol Wifi Remote, First Release
A wifi pico w remote for the gbs-control. Contribute to v1605/gbs-remote development by creating an account on GitHub.
I've made the improvements I listed in my previous post. The GitHub link contains a link to the LCD I used in the project and basic instructions.
Gbscontrol Wifi Remote (WIP)
This is a small project I'm working on for the gbscontrol. It functions as a remote to change saved profiles via wifi using a Raspberry Pi Pico W. With the addition of filters to the analogue pocket dock, I wanted to be able to quickly change presets without having to launch the web UI. When its ready, it will be fully open sourced.
What's working well:
- Using the webui to configure gbscontrol hostname and adding wifi credentials.
- Loading profiles and scrolling via the joystick and buttons.
- Refreshing profiles via joystick press.
- Help messages when it can't connect to wifi or load options from gbscontrol
What needs improvement:
- More status indicators on the screen. It can appear frozen when it's working.
- Make UI more mobile friendly.
- Clean up the code base, I don't use python very often and it shows.
- 3D printed enclosure, guess I finally have to go beyond tinkercad.