Hey! Gearsoul! Long time no see! ![[Image: tongue.png]](http://forum.pine64.org/images/smilies/tongue.png)
I really like your idea to use a Gameboy case for your Pine. Sounds like you want to go further than that, though, and make it into a fully-functional portable unit.
If you've not done much modding like this before, you've given yourself a tricky first project. But that does not mean you should give up straight away. I am searching eBay for my own original Gameboy and intend also to try and do something similar to what you're doing, so maybe we can help each other out along the way![[Image: smile.png]](http://forum.pine64.org/images/smilies/smile.png)
A couple of things straight away - firstly, you will not need any of that Gameboy-related stuff (GBAmp, Soundpro kit). We can maybe re-route the speaker into the relevant connections on the Euler Bus on the Pine A64, since there is a port for that. You will basically be gutting out everything in the Gameboy save for the buttons and the speaker. The rest of the room will be needed for Pine stuff. And believe me, you haven't got a lot of room.
Secondly, hold off on buying that screen! The size may be good, but the screen will also need the Pine to have the necessary drivers in order to make it work. There was talk on another forum thread about Pine64 Inc making or commissioning a company to make them some small screens. This would be preferable to buying a random screen, as you could be sure it would work.
Thirdly, given the space constraints, you are probably better off in this instance buying a slightly larger micro sd card and running/storing everything from/on that. A hard drive would take up too much space.
I really like your idea to use a Gameboy case for your Pine. Sounds like you want to go further than that, though, and make it into a fully-functional portable unit.
If you've not done much modding like this before, you've given yourself a tricky first project. But that does not mean you should give up straight away. I am searching eBay for my own original Gameboy and intend also to try and do something similar to what you're doing, so maybe we can help each other out along the way
A couple of things straight away - firstly, you will not need any of that Gameboy-related stuff (GBAmp, Soundpro kit). We can maybe re-route the speaker into the relevant connections on the Euler Bus on the Pine A64, since there is a port for that. You will basically be gutting out everything in the Gameboy save for the buttons and the speaker. The rest of the room will be needed for Pine stuff. And believe me, you haven't got a lot of room.
Secondly, hold off on buying that screen! The size may be good, but the screen will also need the Pine to have the necessary drivers in order to make it work. There was talk on another forum thread about Pine64 Inc making or commissioning a company to make them some small screens. This would be preferable to buying a random screen, as you could be sure it would work.
Thirdly, given the space constraints, you are probably better off in this instance buying a slightly larger micro sd card and running/storing everything from/on that. A hard drive would take up too much space.
