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gbaHD Shield

This is a shield for the gbaHD project.

What is the gbaHD Shield?

The gbaHD Shield is an easy solution to interface with the Spartan Edge Accelerator Board used for the gbaHD Project and the GBA / GBA-SP itself.

It has the following features.

  • Connects via female headers to the Edge board (shield)
  • Has a FFC 40 pin connector for OGBA LCD connector. Need Type-B Cable (Reverse) vvv=======^^^
  • Has a FFC 32 pin connector for OGBA LCD connector. Need Type-B Cable (Reverse) vvv=======^^^
  • Has a FFC 34 pin connector for GBA-SP LCD connector. Need Type-A Cable (Direct) vvv=======vvv
  • Has a FFC 16 pin connector for controls with a wire up board. Need Type-B Cable (Reverse) vvv=======^^^
  • Has a ATMEGA328p / ATMEGA168p / ATMEGA88p for using a SNES connector to control the GBA.
  • Has a high-side switch for GBA power controls (IGR).
  • Optional Flex-Cable to solder on the the CPU of the GBA and the GBASP
  • Unused ATMEGA-Pins are broken out as testpoints on the top and bottom side for future features.

In cooperation with bbsan the featureset of the Shield has been expanded. The new features are:

  • Update of the ATMEGA Firmwre over the ESP32
  • Bluetooth-Controller Support
  • WebUI
  • OTA-Update of the ESP32, ATMEGA and Bitstreams over the WebUI
  • Bitstream selection (720p / 1080p) in the WebUI

Special Thanks

Contributing

If you wish to contribute, see something wrong or want to add a feature please make a pull request or leave an issue!

BOM

Reference Value
C1,C3 100nF - 0805
C2 22u - 0805
C4 47uF - 0805
R1 2.2k - 0805
R2,R7,R6 1k - 0805
R3,R4,R8 10K - 0805
R5 500 - 0805
D1 LED RED - 0805
D2 LED GREEN - 0805
U1 AZ1117R-ADJ - SOT-89-3
U2,U3 74HC595 - SOIC-16
U4 SNES_7PIN
U5 ATmega328P-AU
U5-Alternative ATmega168P-AU
U5-Alternative-Alternative ATmega88PA-AU
Q1 SI2301CDS-T1-GE3 - SOT-23
Q2,Q3 2N7002 - SOT-23
SW1 XKB-TS-1185EC-C-D-B
J2 32Pin 0.5 Pitch, bottom contacts
J3 34Pin 0.5 Pitch, bottom contacts
J4 16Pin 0.5 Pitch, bottom contacts
J5 40Pin 0.5 Pitch, bottom contacts
J6 PinHeader 1x6 2.54mm
J7,J9 PinHeader 1x8 2.54mm
J8,J10 PinHeader 1x10 2.54mm

Images

PCB Top-Side PCB Under-Side

Breakout-Board for the OGBA

Breakout OGBA

Breakout-Board for the GBA-SP

Breakout_GBA-SP

Flex-Cable for the GBA

Breakout_GBA-SP

Flex-Cable for the GBA-SP

Breakout_GBA-SP