deʃhipuThe PCB arrived from OSHPark, and it works. You can order it at: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/J8a9MVbO
I'm not happy with the buttons -- I used some cheap SMD buttons that I had on hand, but they are not really designed for being pushed directly by fingers. I might try gluing something on top of them, so they work better.
I used a chip socket for the chip, and the whole thing is rather high. In the future, I would probably use a different chip, in SMD version, and maybe even put it on the bottom.
All in all, it works well enough and I'm quite happy with it.
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now remove all the headers, add the LCD shield and a LiPo shield, swap the dip to a soic footprint and make a sweet tiny little "gameboy" :) or at least stack them and take a picture of it :)
I really like the form and flow of this board!
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Yeah, that's the direction I'm going, slowly, but the hard part is the software. So in the mean time I make the parts I need for it as separate things, re-usable for other stuff in case I fail miserably. If I ever pull it off, I will make a proper PCB.
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