Newest Mini Arcade Cabinet :) Clear Acrylic

dunginhawk

Im not up on all the terminology i guess.. i meant connected the LCD through GPIO to the PI... there is a a controller board yes.. just a cheap one that comes with the kit or buttons and joystick

dunginhawk

caver01. please do try to find the control mapping question.. im modifying my plans to change how it works in future revisions, but this one at least is WELDED to the frame, so that joystick isnt coming out.

So I did in fact (its not in this picture) cut a piece of 2mm acrylic as a front glass... I designed it such that the front bottom of the screen comes in contact with the joystick panel, creating a wedge where the 2mm acrylic rests in.

caver01

@dunginhawk said in Newest Mini Arcade Cabinet :) Clear Acrylic:

Im not up on all the terminology i guess.. i meant connected the LCD through GPIO to the PI... there is a a controller board yes.. just a cheap one that comes with the kit or buttons and joystick

Yeah, so it is possible to connect each button and joystick directional switch to a GPIO pin and then you run software that translates the pin signals into keyboard keys, for example. That's what people normally mean when they talk about wiring arcade controls to GPIO.

It looks like you have the Zero Delay board which connects via USB I expect. I have the IPAC4 which is similar. You wire your controls to that board and the board takes care of turning the buttons into keyboard or gamepad signals via USB.

caver01

@dunginhawk said in Newest Mini Arcade Cabinet :) Clear Acrylic:

caver01. please do try to find the control mapping question.

SO, it might have been this post I was thinking about.

I think that in order to troubleshoot controls, we will need to get into the specifics about which emulators you are testing, but for starters, we need to take it back to wiring and verify what wires are going to what switches on the joystick.

I don't have direct experience with your controller (zero delay board I guess), but I expect a lot has been written, asked and answered here about it. Does it appear as a keyboard to the Pi? Gamepad?

dunginhawk

Thanks caver.. it seems strange that it would matter where I plug the cables in. at least as far as in to the zero delay board.
because once you map it in RPI then it is taken care of. Up down left right map just fine..
ill dig in a bit i guess.
thanks :)

dunginhawk

Weird that mapping on the zero delay board was the problem... It truly shouldnt matter which port you use, because you just remap it later :)
either way, i dug in, put them right, and now it all works..
makes me feel better.
thanks

caver01

@dunginhawk said in Newest Mini Arcade Cabinet :) Clear Acrylic:

Weird that mapping on the zero delay board was the problem... It truly shouldnt matter which port you use, because you just remap it later :)
either way, i dug in, put them right, and now it all works..
makes me feel better.
thanks

Cool! Lucky guess maybe. I read an older post that said that board also doesn't like sharing the ground amongst different buttons. I guess they each have their own? Weird. Still, I am glad the board works, as it is a common, inexpensive item that appears in button/joystick kits.

davidpearl

I work for Ingram Micro (distributor) in the UK and I used to sell Nimble as a complementary storage solution to my customers to cisco infrastructure (being a cisco specialist) but since the acquisition not so much lol

Would have loved one of these as a freebie from a vendor!!!! Hook a brother up!

dunginhawk

Haha, thats awesome davidpearl :) I work with ingram a TON here in the states. Great disti for us. Nothing has changed since the acquisition David. My day to day is exactly as it was. The arrays are exactly as they were :). BUt yes, our cisco relationship has soured, as expected :)
You probably worked with Charlie and Nick Dyer? :) my boys

obsidianspider

Very cool build, but how does HP handle the whole "giving out ROMs we don't own" thing?

dunginhawk

Im giving away machines. Not software. If they want anything on it, its on them. I just give them the link to retropie and let them go do it... Most of them are smart engineers. dont have an issue with it.

obsidianspider

@dunginhawk I need another Pi project like I need a hole in the head, but I absolutely love this. If you decide to make these available in any sort of kit, please @ me.

dunginhawk

I am going to make it a kit, with just the laser cut acrylic pieces, so you assemble yourself. Easy enough... Is there a way to IM you through here? i couldnt find it.. but again, im not that bright haha

caver01

@obsidianspider said in Newest Mini Arcade Cabinet :) Clear Acrylic:

I need another Pi project like I need a hole in the head

I just want to see you add a little acrylic bartop icon to your signature!

dunginhawk

WIsh i knew how :)