Yosuf,

Yes, I am very interested!
I have created an outline for the pcb, but I have never had a GBA
board in my hands, so I am not sure if it will work. I do have the
GBA, but no cartridge. I bought it just for this project.

best regards,
Vital

--- In gbadev@yahoogroups.com, "Yosuf" <ytaraki@l...> wrote:
> If you are interested, I can send the physical gerber layer for a
> board I developed to run on a GBC, but later modified for GBA. The
> board is 0.1 inch thick and is not inserted in a plastic case.
> Instead, there a plastic cover mounted on the board, thereby avoiding
> the cost of a plastic enclosure. I have added a pair of "fingers" on
> each side of the board to trip the GBA microswitch to place it in GBC
> compatibility mode. These fingers will not be needed for a native
> GBA board. You can see photos at www.databoy.netfirms.com.
> Note: I developed my PCB using the free version of the Eagle layout
> editor (www.cadsoft.de).
>
> Yosuf
>
> --- In gbadev@yahoogroups.com, "Justin Grimm" <grimmj1@b...> wrote:
> > Definately thinner
> > Justin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gbadev@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gbadev@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of
> > Vital
> > Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2005 10:17 PM
> > To: gbadev@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [gbadev] Re: PCB template for GBA cartridge
> >
> >
> > Kurt,
> >
> > You meant "thinner" or "thicker"? I did a test using a generic
> board
> > (1.8mm thick) and I had to put two business cards behind it to have
> > it correctly pressing the GBA contacts. The total thickness (board
> +
> > cards) was 2.2mm.
> >
> > Vital
> >
> > --- In gbadev@yahoogroups.com, Kurt Mahan <kmahan@x> wrote:
> > > When you go to fab your board remember the board "thickness" is
> > important.
> > > As I recall the GBA Cart board (at least for the connector) is
> > thinner
> > > than what you would normally get.
> > >
> > > Kurt
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 02:15:15PM -0000, Vital wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Could anybody send me a template for the GBA cartridge PCB?
> > > > A Protel 99 pcb template would be great, but even a mechanical
> > drawing
> > > > will help a lot.
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > Vital
> > >
> > > --
> > > /**
> > > * Kurt Mahan kmahan@x
> > > */