First Backlit Gameboy

nterror

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This was my first go at a backlit/biverted DMG, and I think it came out very well.

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Thanks to themadhacker for supplying me with the DMG :)
 
It's a double inversion of the screen. There's a polarizer panel underneath the lcd that basically allows you to see what's on the lcd, and when you rotate it 90 degrees, it inverts the colors on the screen (ie, making white into black and visa versa). Then, you use a chip such as a 74hc and wire it to the lcd's leads a certain way to invert the data going to the screen, which will re-invert the screen back to its original colors, but it will have significantly better contrast.

I hope I explained that correctly. Even if I didn't, I followed Bibin's guide and it all worked.

Guide: http://mikejmoffitt.com/tut/tut_dmg_bivert.html
 
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