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    • RookervikR
      Rookervik Global Moderator @Rookervik
      last edited by Rookervik

      Also, the photos look just fine. It's hard to get a good picture of what's on a little LCD screen. Let me know if you want variations or something else in it. Could put mario behind it or under it or, pfft, whatever. Yoshi. SFC logo0_1477671634714_Untitled-3.png

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      • obsidianspiderO
        obsidianspider
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        @Rookervik Thanks so much for that. I think just one with a transparent background should be good for now. I can see about tweaking a background if necessary once the label arrives.

        📷 @obsidianspider

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        • RookervikR
          Rookervik Global Moderator
          last edited by

          Ok that works. LOL. He's some more fun. Haha.
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          • RookervikR
            Rookervik Global Moderator @obsidianspider
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            @obsidianspider When you ask for a transparent background, what are you wanting transparent?

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            • obsidianspiderO
              obsidianspider @Rookervik
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              @Rookervik Keeping the letters colored in, but the background transparent. If that makes sense.

              📷 @obsidianspider

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              • obsidianspiderO
                obsidianspider
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                0_1477673666568_retropie-mario-cart.jpg

                📷 @obsidianspider

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                • RookervikR
                  Rookervik Global Moderator @obsidianspider
                  last edited by

                  @obsidianspider Here you go: Template

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                  • obsidianspiderO
                    obsidianspider @Rookervik
                    last edited by

                    @Rookervik Thanks!

                    Now I am even more anxious for my label to arrive.

                    📷 @obsidianspider

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                    • obsidianspiderO
                      obsidianspider
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                      My label arrived today, and I have to say, I think it turned out pretty nicely. I decided to go with the blue artwork and aside from my dodgy corners I really like it.

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                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                      • mooseprM
                        moosepr @obsidianspider
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                        @obsidianspider looking sweet! Your idea is genius, the screen is just the perfect height

                        want to get a tft into your project, look no further than here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7464/ili9341-tft-screen-guide

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                          danfozzy
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                          Your builds has given me the push to attempt something like this myself. Your work is amazing.

                          Thinking of possibly using a psone for my 1st attempt!

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                          • obsidianspiderO
                            obsidianspider @danfozzy
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                            @danfozzy said in Pi in a Super Famicom Build:

                            Your builds has given me the push to attempt something like this myself. Your work is amazing.

                            Thanks. That's quite the compliment. It's been a lot of trial and error.

                            Thinking of possibly using a psone for my 1st attempt!

                            Go for it! That would be a really cool build. Be sure to let us know how it goes, and don't be afraid to ask for help if you get stuck.

                            📷 @obsidianspider

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                              danfozzy @obsidianspider
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                              @obsidianspider gone for it. Just bought a psone with a controller for £15 😊

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider @danfozzy
                                last edited by

                                @danfozzy said in Pi in a Super Famicom Build:

                                @obsidianspider gone for it. Just bought a psone with a controller for £15 😊

                                Fantastic. Some tips: as you take it apart, take a LOT of photos, because you won't always remember how things were connected.

                                Use plastic bags or containers to store the screws and hardware.

                                Do a lot of measuring and test fitting BEFORE you cut.

                                Test, test again, and retest as you go along.

                                I can't wait to see what you come up with. 🙂

                                📷 @obsidianspider

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @danfozzy
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                                  @danfozzy is it a psone or a playstation 1? I did a playstation 1 and i can help you out.

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                                    elranzer
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                                    @OBSIDIANSPIDER Did you ever get that STL file of the Super Famicom backplate made?

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                                    • obsidianspiderO
                                      obsidianspider @elranzer
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                                      @elranzer My friend who was helping me, and then moved, has some time now and worked on it in the last few days. It looks promising from the photos, but I haven't seen it in person yet.

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                                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                                      • obsidianspiderO
                                        obsidianspider
                                        last edited by

                                        A Raspberry Pi build is never truly "done" but my Super Famicom build is pretty close to that point.

                                        I met up with my friend and picked up my Super Famicom shell and the part he 3D Printed for me. It's fantastic. Printed in ABS and it fits the Super Famicom like it was from the factory. The Keystone Jacks are right at the top edge of the opening, but that was a design decision based on not wanting to modify the Super Famicom shell. If I wanted to remove the ledge from the inside the ports could be lowered, but I can plug into every port without any strain.

                                        0_1486390413772_sfc-pi-power-plate.jpg

                                        If you want to download the STL, my friend was nice enough to upload it to Thingiverse.

                                        I'm really happy with how things turned out.
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                                        It's not easy to take a photo that also shows the cartridge TFT
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                                        I hadn't powered the Pi on in a few months, so now it's updating and I still want to make some tweaks to how the TFT works and what the Reset button will control (I went back to just having it turn the screen on and off) but it's finally "complete".

                                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                                        • edmaul69E
                                          edmaul69 @obsidianspider
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                                          @obsidianspider congrats on finally finishing this system. Its got to feel great to finally see this done.

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                                          • mooseprM
                                            moosepr @obsidianspider
                                            last edited by

                                            @obsidianspider I never tire of seeing this!!! :D

                                            want to get a tft into your project, look no further than here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7464/ili9341-tft-screen-guide

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