Replacing the Pebble 2 buttons with 3d printed ones
My first smartwatch was a Pebble (the Kickstarter edition!) and after that a Pebble 2 (also a Kickstarter edition) because of the heart rate monitor. I final...
Everyday hacks
As a software engineer I feel the need to work on something tangible sometimes. This is my space to document my hardware tinkering projects. The posts are by no means extensive nor clear instructions on how to do things, but rather to show friends and colleagues things that I like to work on.
Recent posts
Adding a battery to a bootleg Game Boy cartridge
In recent years I haven’t been tinkering with Game Boys or bootlegs as much as I used to, but sometimes I do some Googling to see if there’s anything cool ou...
Batteryless saves for GBA
Back when the original DMG was released, flash chips were prohibitively expensive to use as storage medium for video games. In order to still be able to reta...
Recapping a Sega Game Gear
I’ve always been a Nintendo kid, never had a Sega console. Wait, that’s not true, I still have the Dreamcast that I bought new when they went on sale. It has...
Backlighting a Game Boy Pocket with a burnt polarizer
After the good experience I had with the Japanese Game Boy games from Japan 4 You I decided to pickup some cheap Game Boy Pockets. They list a lot of items a...
Replacing the battery on a Game Boy cartridge
I hang out in /r/Gameboy/ a lot and I see that quite a few people mention J4U or japan_4_you on eBay as their resource for buying Game Boy related stuff. The...
Reflashing multi carts
Previously I had only reflashed single game cartridges, but it’s also possible to flash multi carts!They are being sold as 22-in-1 Pokemon carts, but the nam...
Game Boy Advance backlight mod
It’s been quiet for a while, busy playing Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch. I still follow what’s going on in the modding sc...