Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
Watched the video as well. Seems I am having the same audio issue as well. Doesn't seem to happen until the RetroPie starts booting. Anyone figure anything out with this?
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
Same audio noise issue. It might be because our audio driver is directly connected to the power boost. Would probably be good to connect a filter between the powerboost and the audio driver.
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
My Pocket PiGrrl is still plagued with electronic background noise which increases in intensity when the screen is at it's brightest (i.e. white background). It almost goes away when it dims in screen saver mode. Anyone have any success getting clean audio from the PiGrrl? If so what did you do different?
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
I have this sound problem, too. And when I play the demos which are included in the image, I get no "normal" sound or is there no sound at all?
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
I get sound with the doom3 demo along with the electronic background noise.
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
That was exactly my problem, thanks for pointing it out! I did cut it when I built the system, but apparently not well enough. Going back and re-cutting it with a carpet knife fixed the problem. Thanks again!armybean wrote:Did you manage this problem (display off)? I am facing the same now. In the guide (https://learn.adafruit.com/pocket-pigrrl/2-dot-4-pitft) they write to cut the trace for the GPIO 18 Lite, since GPIO 18 is used to turn backlight on and off and also used for the "up" button. But I don't know how to cut this. Do I really have to use a knife and cut/scratch on the PCB? Can somebody post a picture how it has to look?
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
I've now made another one from scratch, and oddly, it has the exact same sound problem as my first one; games don't make any sound, but any screen updates produce audible buzzing. I don't know if I've accidentally skipped the same step for both Pocket PiGrrls, or if I made the same soldering error on both, or how else I have managed to produce the exact same issue twice in a row...
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Re: Pocket PiGrrl: Up and Right buttons turn off screen
Have you tried increasing the input gain on the sound card (rheostat located on the card)?
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