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    • mooseprM
      moosepr
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      Awesome work! 😀

      want to get a tft into your project, look no further than here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7464/ili9341-tft-screen-guide

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        AluLagoa
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        Thanks!

        For about 2h of work is not that bad.

        Just did a cardboard case for it:
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          AluLagoa @moosepr
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          @moosepr
          How can i find the buttons that you used on you minimalistic build?
          Mine are really hard to the press and kind start to hurt my fingers after a while... Yours look soft to the touch...

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          • mooseprM
            moosepr @AluLagoa
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            @AluLagoa yeah they are soft. The only place I know selling them now is adafruit

            https://www.adafruit.com/product/3101

            I randomly found mine on eBay, but the seller doesn't have any more

            want to get a tft into your project, look no further than here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7464/ili9341-tft-screen-guide

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              AluLagoa @moosepr
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              @moosepr
              Thanks!
              Adafruit wants $45 for shipping, and a seller i found in the UK wants $8 for 10 + shipping.

              Well, when I do Version 2 I will 3D print a case, and I will try either to make bigger buttons to press on the tactile switches or use a SNES USB gamepad under the shell.

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              • mooseprM
                moosepr @AluLagoa
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                @AluLagoa yeah adafruit shipping can be a pain.

                Can probably get a few hundred from China for minimal prices

                want to get a tft into your project, look no further than here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7464/ili9341-tft-screen-guide

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                  AluLagoa
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                  Possible next version of the handheld.

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                  Smaller, much nice looking, possibly 18650 battery on the back.

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                    AluLagoa
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                    Well, trying do desolder the pins on the display was a bust... Acidentally striped one of the contacts...

                    Lesson learned: Don't mess with something that already works.

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                    • obsidianspiderO
                      obsidianspider @AluLagoa
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                      @alulagoa said in Project DCH (dirt cheap handheld):

                      Don't mess with something that already works.

                      Where's the fun in that? ;)

                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                      • DD-IndeedD
                        DD-Indeed
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                        Interesting project. Sparks up couple ideas on my head as well. Could propably build something similar from a Odroid U3 that I have lying on the drawer, so definitely gotta follow this topic. :)

                        My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                          barrymossel
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                          Really cool. Something like this might be next project (after my full size cab). Still have a 7 inch screen lying around and quite some arcade controls :)

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                            AluLagoa
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                            A friend of mine will give me a DMG-01 case, hopefully that will be big enough to use the components with the connectors.

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                              DD-Indeed @AluLagoa
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                              @alulagoa

                              Game Boy Color's case is big enough for sure, and I think that you can get new ones too. Copy models obviosly, but good for these kind of things.

                              My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                AluLagoa @DD-Indeed
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                                @dd-indeed The connectors on the pi and on the screen are vertical, and they take way to much space, I will be lucky if I can fit them on the DMG-01 without bending them.

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