[Project] Gameboy Zero (Part 2 - The Drawing Board)

So... I gathered resources before planning... And yes, the inevitable happened...

My Banana Pi M2 Zero arrived some time ago, only for me to realise that there is no Composite output. The Banana Pi only supports HDMI out...

Admittedly this is quite a dumb mistake hat can be avoided easily if I had done some prior research and planning.

"What's the issue with HDMI out?" I hear.

Well it would not be much of a problem until I remembered that I ordered a screen that only accepts Composite input. There is apparently no way to output a composite signal through the GPIO pins either. So bad planning on my part.

So I gave in and brought out my trusty pencil and paper, and started to plan how the thing would turn out.

I don't have a lot of time to spend on planning these projects, but here are some sketches I have drawn up so far. I am not a design or engineering student so don't expect too much :P

Keep in mind also that these are estimates. For example, the GameBoy DMG is about 9 to 9.5 cm wide, but I somehow managed to estimate the TinkerBoy board to be about 10cm... But it helps... So I'm doing it anyway.

This post will be updated with new images. So do check back after a while.

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