That is incredibly kind thank you!! I hope to return the favor in rigorous beta testing 
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Just stumbled in late to the party but I absolutely love this and would happily bust out my dremel to build a classic! If there’s enough interest already I’ll gladly wait & buy a kit in the future 
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Happy Valentines Day!! 
I’m back and done with my other project so I can focus on this one again.
As of today, all parts have been ordered. Once they come in, I’ll ship out the kits to people I’ve selected.
@teepyteeps if I have any extra parts, I’ll let you know.
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This is so cool! I’m also late to the party but it sounds like there’ll be ample DIY resources once everything is figured out. Definitely on my list of future projects! Thanks for the work on this January!
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Hi!!
I did inventory earlier this week and realized I’m short on PCBs and GameBoy shells so I’m going to order those and then I should be ready to ship.
@badpioneer since I’m going to order more parts, I’ll order some extra for you.
Sorry for the delay, I promise kits will be going out soon.
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This whole project and thread are fantastic.
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Hi!!
Still waiting for parts to come in, but got an email today from AliExpress saying they’ve cleared customs and half of my DigiKey order should come in tomorrow. Here is a spreadsheet of where we are at for now:
I’m hoping everything comes in this week. I ordered for 10 kits, so the people I promised to send out a kit to if I had extra parts will get one too. Three kits are going out to friends in Denver and Seattle and the remaining seven kits are already spoken for. However, I will have some extra PCBs and can send out a couple if people are interested.
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Accidentally ordered the wrong buttons and wrong potentiometers!
Realized my mistake and ordered the correct ones, they arrived in the mail yesterday.
Finally ready to start putting kits together to ship.
Going to work on the build tutorial tomorrow. Then I’ll start reaching out to everyone for shipping information. People who are receiving a kit will have their choice between the Game Boy Shell build or the Circuit Board Stack build. Circuit Board Stack is an easier build compared to the Game Boy Shell build.
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Can’t wait! Hoping to call dibs on a clear or green GB shell!
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I have this unit and many other anbernic devices in hand. If this comes to fruition, I’d be happy to test
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This is my portable version of R_E_C_U_R made out of an old otterbox case and some spare parts I had lying around my bench.
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These are amazing!
Fully portable r_e_c_u_r !!
@CRIPPNIPP the raspberry pi zero uses different software from the r_e_c_u_r (pi3) you can find it here: GitHub - cyberboy666/recurBOY: a rpi0 video-instrument – created in collaboration with Guergana Tzatchkova
Cheers to @cyberboy666 for coding it. You will probably have to change the source code a bit but yes there’s a chance!
Hello!!
Just a quick update, about done with the build tutorials I’ve been working on.
Ran into some problems with the Gameboy shell build where the last one I made would turn on but the screen kept flickering. I think I missed a ground pin I forgot to solder. I’ll do another build and see if I run into the same problem. A little more work and testing on this build before I feel confident to start shipping out.
For the Stack Build, I built two and both work but I want to make a couple of changes to make a better build. The changes are small, basically moving the MCP3008 microchip and the Step Up/Step Down convertor to the back of the PCB as well adding some other little quality of life improvements like increasing the spacing between the potentiometers and making the button holes on the top PCB a little bit bigger. Once I’ve made these revisions I’m feeling like the Stack build will be ready to ship out to people who want one.
If your expecting a kit, thanks for being patient, I just want to make sure everything works, is done correctly and is the best version I can make before I ship. Still working on this diligently and testing as much as I can.
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Very cool to hear your update, January! And hot on the heels of the 3.0 announcement.
It’s great that you’re taking your time and getting those QOL tweaks sorted.
I have to say, the PCB stacks are so cute in their ersatz gameboy shell aesthetic. 
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Hi!
Just a quick update. I made all the changes I wanted to the board and I am really happy with the design. Everything is working and running smoothly except for one problem. It’s the same problem I had last time I posted and I can not seem to figure out how to fix it.
In my last post I mentioned some flickering and I am not sure where the problem is coming from. For a while I thought this was cross talk, where the PCB traces are too close and electrons jump over to the wrong trace causing this chatter.
Not sure how to fix it, I studied 4 layer boards thinking it would solve the problem. Redesigned the board with 4 layers, ordered new PCBs and discovered I only made the problem worse. Re-checked the schematic, re-wired my diodes, was sure I fixed it, ordered new PCBs, and still get a lot of chatter.
Everything else works so well, it’s just something is going on with the CV inputs causing the interference. If I remove them, the diodes, and the resistors, it works perfectly. But if those components are in, I get a jittery electric signal when not in FX mode. Here’s a video showing the problem:
Thinking about making recurbBOY minus CV builds (recurBOY-CV) to hand out to my friends for testing, but would really just like to solve this problem so the build is 100% complete and I can move on with my life.
It’s such a great tool for visuals. Did visuals for a 26 hour party and it held up so well the entire time. Really want people to have this, but also really want it work 100% when it’s released.
@cyberboy666 If you have any advice to what’s causing this, would really appreciate it. Wondering if this was a problem you ran into. Also wondering what this is (circled in yellow) on your original recurBOY build:
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hello @January thanks for your work on this! looks very cool
this is a dual footprint for the MCP3008 analog-to-digital ic → its meant to give you the option to source this ic in either smd or dip (not both)
this is because in some cases it is easier / cheaper to source the smd version, but also some people who are getting into diy may still prefer to source the tht version
this is something i have seen happen also… my best guess was that it is the ADC being too sensitve to ripple that comes over the CV input…
i can take a look at your schematic/pcb if you like to see if anything jumps out that might cause this jitter?
another thing you could try, is if you are using the new v3_0_0 try changing this value in the settings menu:
ADC_GRAIN
determines how granular the analog to digital converter reads analog inputs. lower is more resolution but can result in some jittering if power supply is too noisy
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Thanks for the the helpful information @cyberboy666
OMG… I’m so dumb sometimes… when I started this project I was so concerned with finding a headphone jack that fit inside the limited space of the Gameboy.
I was able to find one, but it was stereo. The Headphone jack in the recurBOY orginal design is a mono jack. Thinking I would address this issue later, I moved forward with the stereo jack.
This is most likely where the chatter is coming from, because I wired the stereo jack as if it was a mono jack…
Working on a fix now that I know what the problem is. Just happy to have finally figured it out. Hopefully the next post will be a 100% working recurBOY. Thank you everyone for your patience while I stumble my way through this build. And thanks again to cyberboy for always being helpful! The recurBOY really is a wonderful device.
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