[waveform]

Steve do you have a linky to the LCD?

The quality looks fantastic for something so low priced.

Originally Posted by Spacedog

10 euro S-video LCD!!!!!

I had planned to use a PSP LCD --> custom breakout board with an FPGA video processor --> Pi (still waiting for my pi to arrive though)

I go all kinds of 'Space Pen' overkill and Steve SI pulls a pencil out of his pocket. LOL

Haha!

Was that actually true, or was it an urban legend?

Classic though!

[Steve SI]

Originally Posted by waveform

Steve do you have a linky to the LCD?

The quality looks fantastic for something so low priced.


Haha!

Was that actually true, or was it an urban legend?

Classic though!

Yeah, here ya go:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/150715003190?...#ht_3052wt_967

It not the best quality now but for the price is decent. Games look much better on it than say the Pi OS.

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[o1s1n]

Holy **** Steve_SI, I've only just seen your recent pics and videos. That looks absolutely amazing. I hope you'll be able to mass produce these!

[Steve SI]

Originally Posted by o1s1n

Holy **** Steve_SI, I've only just seen your recent pics and videos. That looks absolutely amazing. I hope you'll be able to mass produce these!

Cheers, Hopefully I can get this one completed before I think about mass production
My only real issue is the software side of things as the main Pi OS's are still very basic and need lots of work(drivers, apps and emulators etc). Loads of people including myself working on the software so hopefully when this is complete I'll have an equally nice OS to stick on it that works well.

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[waveform]

Originally Posted by Steve SI

Yeah, here ya go:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/150715003190?...#ht_3052wt_967

It not the best quality now but for the price is decent. Games look much better on it than say the Pi OS.

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How does it compare to the other 3.5" LCDs, such as the one used for replacing the Game Gear's screen?

Might just order it right now.

Add a 9v battery and you have a portable tv, which would be very useful for testing retro consoles in shops, car boot sales etc...

[waveform]

And thanks a lot for the link btw.

That was the first thing I meant to put in the post but forgot!

[Steve SI]

Originally Posted by waveform

How does it compare to the other 3.5" LCDs, such as the one used for replacing the Game Gear's screen?

Might just order it right now.

Add a 9v battery and you have a portable tv, which would be very useful for testing retro consoles in shops, car boot sales etc...

Well, I think you mean the Nomad screen mod. That screen costs about 45 euro inc delivery from Deal Extreme (if you can get one, I've a couple ordered since the stone age). That Nomad screen is slightly lower resolution that this one but looks 100 times better and the lower res lends well to the Nomad output (and probably lends itself well to the small screen). EnterNow knows more about this than me as he's done that mod a few times and I've seen Andrews Nomad and the screen is a thing of beauty.

Also, on a Pi note. I'm currently running my Pi at 800Mhz with zero heat or performance issues (700Mhz is the stock speed). Just a warning, if you overclock it voids the warranty as it sets a permanent bit on the chip. So if you overclock and kill the Pi and send it back via warranty they will know its been clocked.

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[Steve SI]

Did some modding and other work on the RasPiBoy this evening and I must say I'm very happy with how its coming along.

Couple of quick pics and some vids to follow later.
Click for full size versions:





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2nd vid:




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[a5y]

So are you able to load custom backgrounds onto it?



I can't wait to see that particular shade of green. Perhaps shoop up something that won't get the soulless Nintendo legal team sitting up so straight though.

Retrovia has the same number of letters as Nintendo, doesn't it?

[Steve SI]

Originally Posted by a5y

So are you able to load custom backgrounds onto it?



I can't wait to see that particular shade of green. Perhaps shoop up something that won't get the soulless Nintendo legal team sitting up so straight though.

Retrovia has the same number of letters as Nintendo, doesn't it?

Yeah, I'll whip up something for a nice background at a later stage

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[EnterNow]

Looking good! Did you just change the screen geometry so you didn't have to cut the bezel?

[Steve SI]

Originally Posted by EnterNow

Looking good! Did you just change the screen geometry so you didn't have to cut the bezel?

I messed around with the overscan until it looked right. You make all those sort of changes in a text file that sits on the boot partition of the SD card (it reads that text file before doing anything else and is very handy).
I also changed the resolution to 320x240 as 640x480 (the LCD's native res) was a bit high for such a small segment of the screen and everything was to small to read etc.
I'd like to use the full size of the LCD but I think it looks better and more in keeping with the idea of the mod this way.

To fit the screen in as it was I had to Dremel out a couple of the plastic parts that allow you to screw the Game Boy closed. So I'll need to think of something else to do that now.

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[waveform]

Congratulations as always Steve.

It looks fantastic.

[Andrew76]

Originally Posted by a5y

So are you able to load custom backgrounds onto it?



I can't wait to see that particular shade of green. Perhaps shoop up something that won't get the soulless Nintendo legal team sitting up so straight though.

Retrovia has the same number of letters as Nintendo, doesn't it?

There's an easier way to get that screen, just leave the Gameboy as is!

Steve - have you decided what the device is going to do? As in will it have a sole purpose (like a handheld Mame device) or is it more a tech demo of what you can do with the Raspberry Pi chap? Will it be full controllable using the standard D-pad and buttons or do you reckon you'll need to use a keyboard or mouse etc?

[CiDeRmAn]

I have a feeling, just a feeling, that when this project reaches fruition...
It is going to rock, and not only that, but rock hard!

Good work Steve!
You have your own investor group here, awaiting results!