December 27, 2018
Description
This is a pi zero based gameboyish thing that I designed. I was trying to get the look of an Atari 2600 ( think therere the coolest looking vintage console) It's made with easily avalibkle cheap parts. Its a little WIP still but perfectly usable. Just need a couple of changes to negate the need for hot glue on a couple of parts.
If theres enough interest in this I'll put together a parts list for anyone who fancies making it
Edit
Heres a list of parts and whatnot
Buttons I used are these ones https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123417122610
I wouldnt use them again though. Theyre really a bit too big and "clicky" for this kind of thing.
The brain is provided by a raspbery pi zero w. It's good enough to run most pre 90's consoles perfectly
Audio is a bit tricky. You'll need to build or find a pwm out cercuit for the pi because it doesnt come with it out of the box.
Audio amp is a cheep ebay one, I cant find the exact one but theres loads with the same footprint so it shouldnt matter
Speaker is one I had. I think its from a gameboy
Screen is one of the ebay BW reverse camera screens. CHeap and easy to mod for 5v
Bateries are 2x 750mh lipo's with an adafruit powerboos 500. Should have gone with the 1000 really but its what I had
Most of the info you could need for getting one running can be found on the sudomod forums.
Hope that helps
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution