ARC GBA Install Guide

Guide on how to install Natalie the Nerd ARC GBA RGB LED board
  • Pre May 2024

    Instructions for the board with the green arc core

    Guide 
  • Current board

    Instructions for the board with one chip in the middle

    Guide 
  • Tactile buttons only

    Instructions for the board with tactile buttons only

    Guide 

Current board

1. Solder to the GBA

Align the ARC GBA board to the GBA motherboard. Solder to the circled pads

2. Controlling the board

Hold down [START] [A] and [B] until the leds blink

  • [START] changes the colour of start and select
  • [UP] changes the colour of the dpad
  • [A] changes the colour of A and B
  • [B] changes the brightness

After 3 seconds of no activity, the settings will save.

Pre May 2024

1. Solder to the GBA

Align the ARC GBA board to the GBA motherboard. Solder to the circled pads

2. Controlling the board

- Hold down start and tap a to switch colours

- Hold down start and tap up to change brightness

- Hold down up and a together to save the colour and brightness

Tactile board edition

The same as above, just solder the extra pin out points. Tactile domes can be removed by just peeling them off