After finishing my year of study and getting my graduation in New Zealand I had about 3 months with too much free time on weekdays. Then, I started to see videos on YouTube and I finally saw some videos about the Game Boy Color and how to modify the video console to improve it. One of these modification is change the original screen for a IPS screen with backgraund illumination, I will show that in another article. The another typical modification is modifies the way to provider energy to the GBC, that is this article is about.
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Installation of Xecuter SX Lite on Nintendo Switch Lite
Nintendo Wii was the first video game console I have modified internally to be able to load any software that I wanted. It’s because I used to have portable video game consoles like Game Boy or Nintendo DS and with them you just need a special cartridge to do that.
I still remember doing this with the Nintendo Wii was extremely easy, there was only necessary to solder a small microcontroller with 8 legs a few cables. However, now, it has become hard in the last years.
Read MoreReplace joystick on Nintendo Switch Lite
How I wrote in the last post about Nintendo Switch, this device was cheap because the left joystick was broken and the owner didn’t know how to fix or maybe didn’t want to pay the fix. Anyway, fixing it is super easy.
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When I was in NZ my idea was to be there until December/January, however the second lockdown changed everything and finally, we decided to go back to our countries. But, I didn’t know that before it happened (I’m not a magus), so I bought a Nintendo Switch Lite to spend some hours of free time.
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GPS tracking from New Zealand to Spain
When I travelled from Spain to New Zealand, I tried to record the track using my bicycle GPS tracker. I used it more times before, include a trip to Germany, however this time the distance was too much, and this information made frozen the computer software that I need to use to read the device.
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After arriving to New Zealand, or another country, the first thing that you will need is a data connexion for your phone. Yes, you can survive without it the first days, but the fists days are the harder as well. So, I recommend you get a new SIM with internet as soon as you can. With internet you can use Google Maps (I know this app has offline maps but it’s not the same), check the bus, call to someone or chat by WhatsApp/Line, etc.
Read MoreSeeeduino XIAO – Arduino compatible
Together the Grove kit I received a mini board as well. I have been interested in this board, called Seeeduino XIAO, long time ago because it’s the smallest board I know and it includes USB-C!
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