#54888 - ronin64 - Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:10 am
From my blog(http://blog.ronin64.com/archive/2005/09/gameboy_micro_f.php):
There is a jack accessible to the faceplate (under the faceplate, above the b button) that says V-5(5 volts, I assume) on the circuit board. The image of the jack is here - upper right: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2005/0913/gb30.jpg
(That image is from this set: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2005/0913/gameboy.htm)
EDIT - I was incorrect. This is not Nintendo's patent, and they don't appear to have one related to faceplates - Nintendo is patenting 'smart' faceplates. Extra WIIIIIDE Link!
Questions:
When will Nintendo or Third Parties release Smart Faceplates?
Where can we buy plugs for those jacks, to make our own powered faceplates?
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Last edited by ronin64 on Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:41 am; edited 1 time in total
#55167 - Abscissa - Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:57 am
...must....refrain....from.....patent rant..........
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#55174 - ronin64 - Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:37 am
I updated my blog post, but not this forum topic - Nintendo doesn't have any faceplate patents that I am aware of. My mistake.
#55175 - tepples - Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:44 am
It's possible that those inventors are Nin?endo employees who have assigned the invention to their employer per the employment contract, but the assignee might not show up until the patent is issued. True, there are a lot of other computing-tech companies in Greater Seattle, but Micro$oft denies rumors that it's working on an Xboy.
I checked the images and the illustrations look like the invention is intended for a cellphone, not a GBA. So it's likely not Nin?endo's patent.
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#55225 - Ultima2876 - Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:04 pm
Nin?endo XD
#55227 - ronin64 - Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:33 pm
I ordered a new triwing and hopefully that will be small enough to open the case.
#55697 - ronin64 - Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:19 pm
FYI, I got the case open and there is definitely power going to the box that the jack is sticking out of, but there is no power coming out of the jack.
#55954 - phonymike - Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:00 pm
it's hard to tell by the pics, but it looks more like a pot than a jack. like a volume dial, but possibly for the screen contrast setting in which case you don't want to adjust it.
#57044 - Jercos - Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:37 am
| phonymike wrote: |
| it's hard to tell by the pics, but it looks more like a pot than a jack. like a volume dial, but possibly for the screen contrast setting in which case you don't want to adjust it. |
hmmmm...
now if i were readly taking apart my micro like that(if i owned i micro :( oh well) that would be the first thing i would mess with(i dont care how long it took for nintendo to figure out to set them at that level...) if say i was always testing stuff on it, turn it up some. if i'm always on the go, i might turn it down a little ::shrug:: .
sorry i just dont like people telling people not to do things to somting when obviously they are the kind of people who might do somthing like that.(after all this is a developers forum.)
#57378 - phonymike - Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:06 pm
I don't know what the dial does, but if you remember back when the gba first came out people were adjusting a dial like that and it made the screen look brighter so people tried it. it had the adverse effects of damaging the screen.
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The adjustment is used to synchronize the positive and negative voltages. If these voltages are out of adjustment then the LCD will no longer respond correctly. The result will be an excess charge built up in the liquid crystal and permanently damage the LCD.
The excessive charge gives the appearance of a brighter screen because the liquid crystal is not reacting properly to the voltages applied. When the adjustment of the voltages is correct the changing polarities will not allow a charge to build up, which prolongs the LCD life.
Adjusting the flicker without the proper tools and lighting will put the voltages out of sync and may cause damage to the unit. |
#60475 - PhoenixSoft - Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:53 pm
The Nokia 3220 has faceplates similar to what is described there - there is a serial port hidden underneath a rubber cover near the battery that faceplates can connect to. There is only one faceplate with this capability so far, AFAIK. It has a row of LEDs, an accelerometer, and some games that use the accelerometer. The row of LEDs is so you can 'draw' messages in the air (not sure what the proper term for this is) by waving it back and forth.
It would be neat if Nintendo had included these kinds of capabilities.
EDIT: And no, that is not a connector, unfortunately. It is a variable resistor (potentiometer). That is why it has 'VR1' printed next to it.
#60596 - SittingDuck - Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:07 am
Waving your GameBoy in the air manically, just to see a message, is not my idea of fun!
#61523 - smbogan - Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:42 am
I think I read somewhere that it was a voltage regulator of some kind to the screen...and messing with it is bad...