Game Boy Advance schematics now available thanks to Reverse Engineering
Game Boy Advance schematics now available thanks to Reverse Engineering
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Nice!
You could actually already buy completely custom boards for a few GameBoy models, only transplanting the SoC from an original board.
But those are sold with an unjustifiably high profit margin, by the "loved by the community but actually quite shady" retro modding stores.
77I just want a gameboy advance sp i can run some emulators on
28I bought a Retroid Flip and have been really happy with it. I grew up with the game boy and have owned pretty much every iteration. Authentic is good but I think the utility of the android-based handheld can’t be beat. Especially given the high cost of the originals.
10Looks nice but thats more of a DS than an SP
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I got a RG353VS off Amazon a few months back and am loving it. Good speakers, beautiful screen, USB C charging..... It came preloaded with a bunch of games.
6That’s not the form factor of an SP though :/ I want it to be able to close so it fits nicely in my pocket
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That's the dream!
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How come it took 20 years for a popular console? Sure, it probably takes some effort, maybe X-raying the boards, but a schematic can be created by someone with a desoldering oven and multimeter. Or sandpaper and flatbed scanner. At least they're free.
Edit: apparently includes full board recreation, that's better
23The information has been available for a long time. And the method to get it was done by sanding down each layer and making scans, and tracing each line.
Without looking to much into this, apperantly the main new thing here is the way this information is compiled. Which may be quite the improvement in accessibility
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Natalie the Nerd! <3
13I wonder if the shape of the button pads was chosen for functional or aesthetic reasons
8I'm pretty sure this has been available for a while. I was using this site when I was working on my senior project in GBA emulation a couple years back
7The outline kicad was uploaded 21 days ago
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Awesome
7Love that this exists, but since it's non-commercial only, I doubt it could really be useful for personal projects. Manufacturing boards like this isn't usually an option, unless you order several dozens, at a time
-5I mean, nothing stops you from just getting a pool going and then buying in more cost effective quantities
14I have participated in this with PCBs for keyboards and gamecube controllers (PhobGCC). It worked fine, but YMMV.
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It's not very expensive to order 5 boards.
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There's a lot of transgender in the hacking (reverse engineer) community....
-71Are you saying my modding hobby is going to lead to me mod my gender
40You know, sometimes I've wondered if that's why there's a weird correlation between the two. Engineers and scientists tend to grab physical reality in their hands and create something where there was nothing to change the status quo of existence.
Reverse engineering and modding are the applied version of that when it comes to rules and constraints. Who's to say these types wouldn't also be keen on changing their own mortal reality as they like it?
7open the curtain and the window, take a deeeep breath.
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Yes. There are, and it's fucking awesome because it's a space where we can say "the gender of the person who did all this great work has zero negative impact on the wonderful outcome!"
People can argue that trans actors can "feel out of place" or that trans athletes "ruin the spirit of competition." I don't agree with those perspectives, but I can see the (warped) logic behind them.
Here, there's nothing to possible complain about. Does the PCB function any differently because of who reverse engineered and recreated it? No. Should it impact one's experience gaming on this hardware? No, and if it does, said person has a problem disconnecting their personal beliefs from their objectivity.
30What the hell is this comment?! What has this got to do with anything?
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