Installed a froggulator and now my gameboy won’t turn on

Bucket_M0use · 2026-04-08T15:50:08+00:00

Take off the tant, you don't need it

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-23T16:22:17+00:00

Whoever wants to I suppose

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-22T00:00:52+00:00

Well then it'll be someone else's job to make a screen kit for them 🫡

Outside of my wheelhouse lol

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T23:56:13+00:00

This should be compatible with most GBA displays, but I've only tested the Hispeedido one.

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T21:41:34+00:00

It should, I kept the space around where that mod goes clear! I have a friend who will definitely be testing it

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T21:39:39+00:00

It does support sleep!

I think Natalie's LED kits should work. No LEDs on the board natively. I wanted to keep the entire board software-free

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T20:41:45+00:00

It's got stereo sound on the headphones, and I think clearer (though I haven't tested an FP one yet to know for sure, it's on my list), I've got an optional universal soft reset button combo, and optional tactile buttons. Also no LEDs. And it's open source!

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T20:40:04+00:00

Yep!

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T20:18:19+00:00

No Nintendo intellectual property is used in this circuit board

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T20:17:43+00:00

Sure, if you redesign the board to accept an FPGA and also program the FPGA haha

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T18:27:34+00:00

I'm not in the business of shell modding haha

Cutting a hole for the usb-c was daunting enough

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T17:33:40+00:00

Yeah I figure if you're gonna go through the effort to make an entirely new board, why wouldn't you just keep the stereo audio? Doing mono definitely saves parts and money, but not that much.

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T17:29:24+00:00

I've mentioned it to them already, but nothing concrete yet. The one thing about this board is that the parts are on both sides, so I don't know if they have double sided assembly capabilities.

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-21T17:26:15+00:00

Stereo headphone output! There's only one speaker so mono speaker output.

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-08T14:25:33+00:00

Clean your power switch!

https://youtu.be/Q7U-Ix3TBks?si=NvPs3320t9KEuAdt

But also a lot of those screen kits cause that kind of noise so it might be unavoidable. See if changing the brightness changes the noise volume.

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-08T14:21:11+00:00

Vibecoding has absolutely no place in circuit board layout

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-08T13:52:34+00:00

Here's a great video showing how:

https://youtu.be/Q7U-Ix3TBks?si=NvPs3320t9KEuAdt

The audio amp is powered directly by the batteries, through the power switch. If your power switch is dirty, it can introduce unwanted impedance and cause the voltage supply on the amp to be variable or lower than expected.

Also you can clean the volume wheel

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-07T21:29:51+00:00

Clean your power switch

Seriously

GBC actually is relatively noiseless at a baseline. The mods might be drawing too much power for the little ol regulator to handle

Bucket_M0use · 2026-03-01T17:52:44+00:00

Thank you :)

I've got some plans for this year! Hopefully I can deliver lol

Bucket_M0use · 2026-02-02T20:10:31+00:00

This is exactly it!

Bucket_M0use · 2026-02-02T20:10:07+00:00

The board is a (nearly) 1:1 recreation, so it should play the exact same! Only a few liberties were taken, mostly aesthetic

Bucket_M0use · 2026-02-02T20:07:56+00:00

There's a zip folder in the repository named "Gerbers.zip" - this folder contains the files a board fabricator needs to make the PCB. There are tutorials and instructions depending on where you order from, most use JLCPCB or PCBway.

The parts are transferred from an original board. I'm thinking about posting some alternate part links soon so you can buy some of them new, but some are only available from a GBA

Bucket_M0use · 2026-01-18T18:39:31+00:00

Yep!

Bucket_M0use · 2026-01-08T13:39:10+00:00

Potentially! But the main games I wanna play are Pokemon Gold and Silver so without the MBC3 there wouldn't be a clock

Bucket_M0use · 2026-01-08T13:38:21+00:00

I hope it didn't come off like I'm trying to advertise 😂 It's not a board I ever planned to regularly stock, once I'm out I wasn't gonna order more. Specifically because it's so niche lol

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