Game Boy Advance SP 3.0" IPS Backlight Kit - Cloud Game Store
Channel: makho
Date: 04/05/2021

This kit keeps undergoing rapid changes for each version. This is the first version that is actually available for sale. Soldering is not required but you can solder to enable button brightness controls. This kit does come with a brightness sensor for toggling brightness but future iterations will not. Trimming of the top shell is highly recommended. 

Future iterations of this kit will include a lens as the LCD will be laminated to the display. This will increase the cost of the kit but is optional. Additionally, there will be no integrated touch sensor for brightness control. You may add on a touch sensor later assuming the PCB adapter does not iterate significantly again. 

This kit was provided to me by RGRS but the unlaminated kit was never listed. The laminated kit is, however: https://retrogamerepairshop.com/collections/cloud-game-store/products/gba-sp-game-boy-advance-sp-backlight-kit-with-colored-lens-options

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Here is my video on the previous iteration of this kit (production sample): https://youtu.be/xgx8Fd6MwLo
Here is my video on the GBA version: https://youtu.be/wiyKvD5j7ws

mattcurrie's ROM pack of useful test ROMs (that I used in the video): https://mattcurrie.com/gb-lcd-tests.zip

240p-test-mini -- test ROMs for GB and GBA: https://github.com/pinobatch/240p-test-mini

Want to just see the raw numbers for power usage and screen brightness? Check out my spreadsheet linked here (it is continuously updated): https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/ehru1w/relative_power_usage_of_backlight_mods/

Confused/intimidated by the sheer number of backlight kits now? I don’t blame you. I had to create an image based guide just to keep everything straight myself. There’s a new section of the wiki that has a more subjective look at all the different kits: https://gameboy.github.io/wiki/backlightmods

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