On the floor, this Recreation Boy Colour USB-C Charging Package Professional would possibly simply look like one other fast “USB converter” kind strategy. Nevertheless, past the header photograph of a classic Recreation Boy Colour with a USB cable lies a complete heap of modifications wrapped in a clear board design.
Widespread Recreation Boy Colour modifications embody including IPS shows with backlighting. Usually this results in energy provide modification as these shows are extra power-hungry, gobbling up greater than the unique 2 x AA batteries can present. A typical strategy is to include some type of enhance converter and swap out the AA batteries for a contemporary LiPo. Loads of individuals within the scene have completed this utilizing separate enhance and cost modules however this PCB package neatly incorporates each enhance and cost controllers on board.
The Recreation Boy Colour has cheap audio in its inventory kind. Chiptune aficionados are likely to rank it as higher than the GBA or Pocket however not fairly matching the standard of the unique DMG Recreation Boy. That mentioned, one other widespread mod for the Colour is so as to add a small audio amplifier on the audio output to enhance the degrees. Once more this will add loads of litter and wiring. This module simplifies the method with an audio amp additionally included.
Trying via the product web page you will note simply how completely this PCB sits in a Recreation Boy Colour. It’s a very neat resolution for quite a few mods. Lastly, it’s USB-C! So with some small modifications to your Recreation Boy Colour shell, you might be up and working with all the benefits of USB-C. We love USB-C — not having to show the USB connector over 3 times to get it to go in the proper method is a pleasure