Something very simple and handy that I thought people that desperately search for those gameboy micro adapters could use.

WHY?
Link a micro to a MIDI-sync device or sync to gameboy color (GBC) and advance, using one cable.

I saw an influx of content on the internet regarding Game Boy mods when the original DMG turned 25 years. A lot of the Raspberry Pi in a Game Boy mods were done with varying compromises, and I thought Id try my attempt to do a Raspberry Pi in a DMG. What I mean by compromises is that the aesthetics when turned off differs from an unmodified DMG. Enjoy multiplayer gaming along with the ability to trade data on your original Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Pocket systems with the 2 Player Game Link Cable. This cable is 5 feet in length with the ability to link two additional cables. for up to 4 player gameplay. Jan 21, 2014  The Mad Catz Ultra-Link Cable is all you need to hook-up with either Game Boy Advance or Game Boy Color. The Ultra-Link Cable is cross-platform, which means you can play Game Boy Advance or Game Boy Color multi-player games whenever you want!

HOW?
I found all the necessary information here.
If I can 'borrow' the images from the link above, here are the pins. On top are the cables and below the link ports.

The cables I used were these

Cut one of the four cables from the micro and half of the GBC and grab your multimeter.
Locate the cables that correspond to the pins. For the ones I used it was:

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micro number GBC
white 1 green
yellow 2 yellow
black 3 blue
brown 4 orange
blue 5 red
red 6 white

Connect the cables properly, cover with heat-shrink tubes and you're done.

Connect one end to the GBC cable of your midi-sync device of preference, the other to your micro and you are in sync.

ENJOY!

and thanks to http://www.mksmks.de/technical/gbmtocube.htm

TEST RESULTS

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DOES:
1. Using this cable and LSDJMC2 or Gijs' MCG, I had in perfect sync: a nanoloop 2.3 in the micro, an ES-1 and a KP2, at least for the ~20 minutes I measured each. Varying the bpm did not lead to bad sync.
2. it can send master clock from nanoloop 2.3 in a micro to nanoloop 1.5 in a GBA SP, but not the reverse

DOESN'T:
1. nl 2.2 in micro struggles with keeping the bpm from the midi-sync devises, so, not recommended
2. nl 2.3 in micro doesn't work with nl 1.x and nanovoice in DMGs through a direct link, using DMG-14
3. nl 2.3 in micro doesn't receive clock from nl 1.x and nanovoice in GBA SPs
4. nl 2.3 in micro doesn't send clock to nl 1.x (except 1.5) in GBA SP

NOT TESTED (let me know if you try any or if you already know):
1. sync with GBA, GBC and pocket
2. sync to LSDJ (soon)
3. ??

edit: fixed broken image sources

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Last edited by the mist toggles (Aug 18, 2011 12:25 pm)