Gameboy DMG IPS V2 Centering Bracket

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This is my try to make centering bracket for IPS LCD mod for original Gameboy. I didn't like idea of using two sided tape to secure it. LCD is really thin and if if you don't manage to center it from get go, you'll risk breaking it. Not to mention that it will prevent later transfer to maybe some other shell. There is one company that already makes brackets like these, but from my experience shipping would cost more way more than bracket itself. So I went to try and model my own. There are two versions, one has 0.4 mm between LCD and shell and the other 0.5 mm. I printed 0.4 mm version at 0.2 mm layer height. Some people like to use higher layers for first layer so in this case 0.4 mm might cause problems (0.3 first layer + 0.2 second/rest would be potentially problematic so for these cases there 0.5 mm version. **EDIT1** I had problems closing the shell with original design. Ribbon cable connector on new PCB gets in the way of closing the shell. I could force it close, but I didn't like the pressure it made to components. So I made another variant that is 1mm lower than first version. First (original) variant is 5.7 mm in height. Second variant is 4.7 mm in height. With new version I was able to close the shell with no problems. Only thing I had to do was to remove rubber cube that's glued on new PCB under color/contrast wheel. Not an issue if you use any of the brackets since it's purpose was to "lift" board so that contrast sheel doesn't scrape on the shell. Bracket handles that now. If 5.7 mm variant works for you great, if it's a bit tighter than you're comfortable try 4.7 mm variant. **EDIT2** Added work in progess version for V3 IPS kit.

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