@Breeliance said in Screen priority:

Wouldn't there be a way to mirror the output so both Screen show the same picture at least :x ?

As I said, you need to run in a desktop environment, from which you can start a screen configuration utility and set-up the multi-monitor configuration (mirroring, extension, etc.).

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@celly Thank you for the info, I will look into that!

I think thats what i'm looking for. I'm trying to figure out how retropie, emulation station and retroarch all fit together. Thats my biggest problem! Thank you much!

@PbOak - I think you should be able to get most of you answers with a little research. It really depends on what Pi model you purchase. All the power requirements for each model are readily available with a Google search. The power supplies typically recommended are planning for the maximum power draw and not necessarily reflective of the actual power draw. Each persons setup is different. It's the same for a screen it depends on which model you purchase and then researching the technical specs.

The rest will require more planning on your part. Your estimated and peak power usage per day for lights, phone, etc. Calculating the watts per panel, battery size, battery capacity, battery banks, converters, etc. Mostly sunny days, cloudy.

I think most of the answers you'll need to research with your friend to fit your setup but to cover most Pi models a 5 to 5.1V, even 5.25V, 3A should do the trick. The rest is up to you! ;)

@zuendy do you have the files an a other webside too ? thingiverse show a fail when i want tzo download. THX for you development !

It's private. Thanks for asking btw :) Hopefully when it's FINSIHED (still testing, making tweeks, etc), I'll upload it. It's for now, just a RPI 3B attached to a Official 7" Screen. You could probably imagine it :)

I have a Freeplay Zero kit waiting anxiously to be put together. In my opinion a fantastic concept! Based on the Game Boy Advance, which has an amazing form factor, ergonomically way better than the DMG-01 if you ask me. You can find loads of GBA shells and you only need to cut away a little bit of plastic on the inside. The Freeplay Zero itself is a really nicely designed PCB to be soldered to a Raspi Zero W, but now they also have developed a kit for the CM3, so a bit more powerful, also a bit more expensive.

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I should have said, the iGo is a bluetooth keyboard. Sorry, I forgot to mention it in my earlier post.

@mrsanitycheck There has been many fixes the past weeks.
This particular issue is one I have not seen before, so without knowing which versions that worked, and which was broken, I can't really say what the fix was. Or who it was that fixed it.

Here are some handy links found

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25933 https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/46153/detect-hdmi-and-start-gui/46158#46158 (the guide from the Raspberry Pi site) https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/video.md

You can start playing with the command and see if you can switch manually between resolutions, on the fly. If this works, then you can incorporate it in a script to be run at boot.

@obsidianspider ok i found the issue!!!!!

i had copy/pasted the config line within /etc/udev/rules.d/10-retrogame.rules (i create this manually rather than using the adafruit install script)

was checking the config file and noticed that the config contents looked odd

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="retrogame", ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}="1"

at first glance it looked fine, but when i typed another double quote next to the exsisting ones, it looked slightly different!! so i re-typed all the quotes, and everything is fine and dandy again!!! :)

@arturgomes I love how janky it is

@edmaul69 said in Ben Heck builds a Retropie Portable:

i was busy chatting with him.

In the circles we swim in, he's become somewhat of a celebrity. Did he strike you as a down-to-earth kinda guy? I remember reading about the portable 2600 he made nearly twenty years ago and desperately wanting one. What did you two talk about?

@shakz
Thanks for the reply!
I forgot to say that the console has the CPU in each cartridge, and was produced by OneStation.
If I get to know wich pins uses the display I may use the entire board to get it working.
Buying a new display is not an option right now, but I'll keep the suggestion.

All I can say is WOW!

Powered by a Quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU, 512 MB Memory, Mali GPU, and Wi-Fi onboard

So it's a custom OrangePi Zero (cost $6.99) with a Wifi module...
Edit: The OPZero already has Wifi.