sudomod

This is a really easy project for someone who is beginner and wants to make something for emulators and retrogaming before starting a big and complex project.

The idea came from the magpi.
When I saw it, I just wanted to do it now lol so I removed the pi zero from my GameBoy Zero to do this.

Made this for my daughter who is a fan of old snes games.

It works great and it's very simple to assemble and not much case modification.

Only thing I want to add is a mini HDMI to female HDMI adaptor.. 1st because standard HDMI cables are everywhere compared to mini HDMI and second, because the connector is deep in the case. So it can fit better.

...and maybe add a safe shutdown on the switch too.

Beside this it's perfect!

Added a reset switch in the middle bottom screw hole since I removed the bracket anyways to fit all parts in.

Parts:

- USB snes controller
- Raspberry Pi Zero
- Powerboost 500 charger
- Small LiPo battery (the 500mAh I used fits tight)

...and a couple hours with some coffee =)

So, the idea is to just plug this in any screen and start playing?
I am assuming there was a pre-existing PCB in there for all the buttons on the controller, you just wired them to the RPZ? If so, did you have to reprogram anything?

If I understood this right, I like the idea very much.

yeah that's just plug hdmi and play. Retropie installed.

Under the pi, the powerboost and battery, there's only the original controller pcb I soldered to the rest.
No programming at all. The controller is detected as it is plugged on usb of the pi.


May be boring for the experts but like I said, it's really simple for beginner.

Sounds great, I am bookmarking the topic for future ideas. Thanks for sharing!