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PiRetrocade Assembly Guide

PiRetrocade

Pew-Pew. Got you. The 

Raspberry Pi 3

 has been the latest and greatest in the line of Raspberry Pi 

Single Board Computers. Need some inspiration for your next Raspberry Pi project? How about a 

retro arcade gaming kit

?

Kit Includes:

5x Arcade Buttons
1x Joystick
1x SD Card with Porta Pi
20x Female quick disconnects
20x 6-inch M-F Jumper Wires
1x Utility Knife
4x Screws and four nuts

Covered in This Tutorial

This guide aims to get you up and running with your PiRetrocade in no time. Thanks to the 
included SD Card with the emulation image installed, setup is quick and requires no programming! 
This guide in conjunction with the video below will guide you through the assembly of the 
PiRetrocade, so you can get gaming.

Summary of Contents for PiRetrocade

Page 1: ...uttons 1x Joystick 1x SD Card with Porta Pi 20x Female quick disconnects 20x 6 inch M F Jumper Wires 1x Utility Knife 4x Screws and four nuts Covered in This Tutorial This guide aims to get you up and...

Page 2: ...on or C to drive the I O lines on a Raspberry Pi Preassembled 40 pin Pi Wedge Hookup Guide Using the Preassembled Pi Wedge to prototype with the Raspberry Pi B Raspberry Pi 3 Starter Kit Hookup Guide...

Page 3: ...ght side of the switch It is labeled NO for normally open Joystick First figure out which switch corresponds to Up Down Left and Right To do this easily you can unscrew the bottom metal plate like thi...

Page 4: ...l Replace the black washer and replace the red ball Wiring You may have noticed some 6 strands of wire and 20 female quick disconnects You will need a pair of crimpers or there may be a crimp tool on...

Page 5: ...ons with female end You need one _ In the video each button and direction was labeled along with its corresponding GPIO on the box with marker Below is a picture of the mapping The individual wiring h...

Page 6: ...w how easy it was to get up and running on your gaming machine Let s take a look at what s going on inside Besides powering the Pi and restarting the Pi after adding ROMs you will not have to do anyth...

Page 7: ...l have all the buttons necessary to navigate through Emulation Station and play your legally obtained roms RetroArch exposes the functionality of a game or emulator It is the front end for libretro an...

Page 8: ...ight and special buttons Audio Set Up The simplest way to get audio for your arcade machine is to plug powered speakers into the audio jack You can also change the settings in RetroPie To use headphon...

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