Project DCH (dirt cheap handheld)
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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
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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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@AluLagoa yeah adafruit shipping can be a pain.
Can probably get a few hundred from China for minimal prices
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Possible next version of the handheld.
Smaller, much nice looking, possibly 18650 battery on the back.
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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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@alulagoa said in Project DCH (dirt cheap handheld):
Don't mess with something that already works.
Where's the fun in that? ;)
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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. :)
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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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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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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.
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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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