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Sega Master System Controller

  • raspberryfield
  • November 11th, 2018November 18th, 2018
  • Electronics, Retrogaming

It is a lot of fun to connect an old gaming controller to one of your hobby projects. It gives your project a proper controller to control something, and they add a nostalgic feeling. Done correctly, you can just plug and play them, without damaging or modifying the original hardware. If you want to try […]

Arduino, Sega Master System
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Arduino Basics: Push Button

  • raspberryfield
  • November 3rd, 2018
  • Electronics

You will notice in this blog that I am very much into retro gaming. I often make projects involving old hardware. One essential part of hardware is to keep track of user inputs via button pushes. Instead of explaining buttons and how to handle them in code, in each blogpost involving them, I will refer […]

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Football(soccer)

  • raspberryfield
  • October 28th, 2018October 28th, 2018
  • Comics

Watching football with raspberryfield!

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NESPi Project Part 10 – Summary

  • raspberryfield
  • October 27th, 2018
  • Retrogaming

This is the final blogpost in the NESPi project. I won’t present any new stuff to the NESPi here. The purpose of this post is to provide the reader a quick overview of the project, from idea to finished product. And if you are interested to make one NESPi yourself, you can read about all […]

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NESPi Project Part 9 – Composite Video and RCA Audio

  • raspberryfield
  • October 23rd, 2018
  • Retrogaming

If you would like to use the NESPi with an older TV with no HDMI, this is the post for you! Quick Guide Split a RCA/composite video cable. Solder the wires to the contacts. Make software configurations. Step 1 – RCA/Composite Video Cable You would like to get a cable like the one on the […]

NESPi
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NESPi Project Part 8 – Reset Button and Reset Script

  • raspberryfield
  • October 13th, 2018November 3rd, 2018
  • Retrogaming

Okay, this post will be about how to utilize the NES reset button. When I push the RESET button, the RetroPie will shut down. That means that I don’t need to shut it down from the GUI or via a command. To cut cost, the Raspberry Pi doesn’t come with a power on/off switch, you […]

NESPi
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NESPi Project Part 7 – Installing and Configure Software

  • raspberryfield
  • October 8th, 2018October 11th, 2018
  • Retrogaming

Finally, we are going to see something on a screen/monitor. I won’t go into deep details in this blog post because software tends to change quiet much from version to version. I will try to give you a general idea about how it works. If you encounter any errors or troubles, I strongly suggest that […]

NESPi
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NESPi Project Part 6 – Main Board and Extension Cables

  • raspberryfield
  • September 19th, 2018
  • Retrogaming

In this blog post I will show you how to make a board of acrylic plastic to mount the Raspberry Pi on. The board will be similar in size and will reuse all the screw holes the original PCB made use of. We will also look at how to make extension cables to later access […]

NESPi
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NESPi Project Part 5 – Power and Reset button board

  • raspberryfield
  • September 17th, 2018
  • Retrogaming

In this blogpost I will show how to use the board with the LED and power button and reset button. We will make all the necessarily preparation, so we later can easily connect it to the Pi. Quick Guide Desolder the original cables and the LED. Retrobright the buttons if needed. Make new wire and […]

NESPi
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NESPi Project Part 4 – The NES controller port and protocol

  • raspberryfield
  • September 1st, 2018November 3rd, 2018
  • Retrogaming

This NESPi will utilize the original controller ports and original NES controllers. The feeling is in the original controllers! To accomplish this, we will interface the original NES controller protocol and use an Arduino pro micro controller to convert the signals to keyboard presses, which we later can map to the emulators running on the […]

NESPi
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