@itsnitro yeah, sorry :(

@Addison I know putting a Pi in that would be futile, but I can dream dammit! 😁

@FliP That is doable with ease
Take a look at my latest build, that's close to yours you want to do!

@dancingmexican

That's the powerblock that does all the clever work for that. There are a couple of pins out for the switch - the actual switch itself, and the LED pins. (you can kind of see them in the photo below, although I have connectors plugged on to them)

When powering up the powerblock pulses the LED, then when it's on, it's steady, then on shutdown it pulses it (slower I think).

As it's just a couple of pins on the Powerblock, you can connect any LED to it - doesn't have to be the LED in the button, so I guess you could connect a whole bunch of LEDs to that and they would all pulse on startup, be steady on power on, and pulse again on shut-down.

I probably wouldn't try to run a Christmas tree off of those two pins, but if it's just a few additional LEDs it should be fine I would think.

Anything running of the normal rpi USB ports though (like my marquee light and couple of illuminated buttons) is just on all the time (when the rpi is powered on). Actually they flash a couple of times on boot up, I'm not sure why that is.

I've refined my LED power switch now, and upgraded to a chrome one. Also shortened the cabling and heat shrinked it as it was very messy.

I still have some spare ones (green plastic LED latching buttons) if you want one. I made a couple of shorter 20cm ones and also no longer need my old ridiculously long cable one (as seen in that video!). If you want one, drop me an email at GtB at GtBFilms dot co dot uk and I'll stick one in the post.

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Popeye Pie Nr °2 Advanced Design Dual view (HDMI, SDTV) I2S Soundmodul Integrated 4 port USB Hub Powersaving by switchable videosignal via software Operates with 5V Wifi and BT with dongel Raspberry Pi Zero (not a W) build

--- is finished ;)

.... more to come ;)

@Morph-X said in Pi3 Super Famicom Build:

This is a great build! I especially like the fact that you managed to squeeze everything in while still maintaining the cartridge eject function. Very nicely done!

Thank you.

I feel as though you could have done a slightly better job with the ports in the back, it looks a bit rough compared to the rest. But overall this is an impressive build!

I agree, I'm surprise I was able to kept it in one piece with the few slip up making it.
It was better for me to just leave it be then lose any more integrity with the plastic.

@Emberly

Assume you mean the backplate 3d file? If so, here it is:

https://mega.nz/#!UZUXXI7Q!gUF5Ro0m-95JX4E32paMOUTyh7FVfWTXIsawnnZWUg8

If not let me know what you need

@Ekstreme Can't really tell the exact "which one" without some digging, but they are the "around $2 a piece from china"-ones and arrived overly sensitive and erratic (check my fix video for it if you want to see the difference).
As I remember the NES controllers, I can't recall them being "spongy" like these are. This has not been a issue for me though. Don't know how they would fare in Track&Field type things yet.

@billyh Please don't break a known working SNES just for a Pi project. There are millions of ones that are inoperable.

I used a Mausberry tied to the stock SNES power switch.

Adding alternate links.

Let me know if anyone can't see the photo :)

Love the added controllers, gotta have options!

This sounds like a funny educational project. I will definitely follow your process, and I might get some awesome ideas on how to proceed with my own bartop arcade :)