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Game Boy Zero

Looking for a no frills multi system emulator that fits in your pocket? Look no further! This is it, Gameboy Zero - Handheld Edition!!!

This project is a collaboration between moosepr and 32teeth

We are live on KickStarter

Thank you everyone for your support.

Introduction

Gameboy Zero - Handheld Edition

Raspberry Pi Zero based arcade in you pocket

Features:

• 2.8" TFT LCD
• Gameboy button layout interface
• Raspberry Pi Zero
• Battery Charger
• Shoulder / Trigger buttons
• 60 frames per second display

Platforms:

The boards have been tested with the following platforms:

• Emulation Station
• Lakka
• RetroPie

Other platforms are yet to be tested.

Eagle CAD Library

With our project we have included a few custom Eagle CAD Libraries

• Displays
• Raspberry Pi Zero

3D Render

• white board with parts
• black board no parts
• holiday express no parts

Details

Version	Top	Bottom
Flat Screen
Composite Board
Holiday Express Board

Custom Silk Screen

if you plan on changin the silk design,

• use the gameboyzero sketch file
• all fonts required are in the fonts folder
• export artboard (with either 'TOP' or 'BOTTOM' group active as JPG)

converting jpg to 2 color bitmap

# imagemagick is required brew package
$ brew install imagemagick

# convert (replace with your file names and outputs)
# ex: convert "gameboyzero-top.jpg" -depth 1 -monochrome -colors 2 "gameboyzero-top.bmp"
$ convert "[jpg to convert]" -depth 1 -monochrome -colors 2 "[bmp to output]"

Import bmp in Eagle CAD.

• File > Import > Bitmap
• Select your bitmap
• Select only black color
• Change scale type to mm
• Change scale to 0.086 (disregard the scale in the images)
• Place it on layer layer 21 (tPlace) or 22 (bPlace)

Top	Bottom

Plexi Case

The design for the layered plexi case are in the case folder

It consists of 5 layers:

• TOP (optional for screen protection)
• SCREEN (fits over 2.8" TFT LCD)
• PI ZERO (fits around the Raspberry Pi Zero and TF4056 Module)
• BOTTOM (fits on top of the Raspberry Pi Zero)
• BATTERY (this is the layer to hold the LiPo battery in place)

Custom Config

If you do not plan on using the provided Raspberry Pi image, simply download the latest RetroPie pre made image for the Raspberry Pi Zero

Once you have installed RetroPie onto your SD card and mounted it on your Pi follow along with the Installation Instructions document provided

A word from our sponsor

kickstarter's Issues

No Pinout available!?!?!?!

Can't find a pinout diagram anywhere. Would it be possible to provide one so that we can see if there is conflict. I need to know if 3,5,12,35,40 are free for use. If so the Pimoroni Speaker PHat will be perfect for providing sound in a simple solution to our devices!

Plexi Case Thickness

Hi
What is the Plexi case's thickness?

Step 8 Issue in Installation

Hi
Following step 8 in installation.md file is a little problematic. Terminal GUI's not showing after adding commands to cmdline.txt file. It only shows Map: VT02 => FB0 line. Terminal GUI's needed for retropie configurations like audio, bluetooth, retropie setup etc.

Cannot find provided Raspberry Pi image

There are no search results returned when searching for the image mentioned here:
https://github.com/32teeth/Gameboy-Zero-Kickstarter#custom-config

[3D Models] what's in the sketchup files ?

[EDIT] Found the 3D Models on a related repo although those seems to be for another model

• Gameboy.stl
• GBPZ-top.stl
• GBPZ-bottom.stl

got mine today from tindie \o/ unboxing went well and I was looking for some 3d models to print a Gameboy Zero case /w buttons, but it looks like the "Gameboy Zero" platform name is kinda generic and over used on thingiverse 😭

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for this (already asked on tindie), but would any owner of a sketchup licence be kind enough to export the sketchup files into the non-proprietary STL format so github can display previews of what's in there?

https://extensions.sketchup.com/content/sketchup-stl

So far the Blender importer is the only solution I've found that doesn't require registration, but it requires versions of python and blender I don't use currently and can't upgrade without breaking my own scripts.

@32teeth if you're the lucky sketchup licence owner and author of these files, could you point me in the right direction, or eventually create a STL folder in this repo and populate it with the converted STL files?

Can't set up SD card

I've followed the tutorial on the Wiki, but I'm on a windows machine and cannot seem to set up the SD card. What's the best way to set it up using either the zip or the uncompressed file?

Case .dxf files

Opening any of the .dxf-files under /case in Autodesk gives me the following error:
TranslationWorker-InternalFailure Unrecoverable exit code from extractor: -1073741831
AutoCAD-InvalidFile Sorry, the drawing file is invalid and cannot be viewed. - Please try to recover the file in AutoCAD, and upload it again to view.

Using other services produces similar error messages.

Back PCB can't mount to front if female headers are added to Pi Zero

If you put female headers on the underside of the Pi Zero (as the video shows as one of two options), the headers are so tall that they keep the back 4 button PCB from mating with its pins on the front PCB as the female headers make the distance too much.

map: vt02 => fb0 - SPI display

add to rc.local before exit:
con2fbmap 1 0