Hi everyone! First of all, thanks for the valuable details you've shared within this thread. This helped me having my Neosec 2.8 inch TFT display (using an ili9341 chipset) working properly. I am working on a project of a portable console based on the PiGRRL Zero concept. So far, I've tried RetroPi...

Marvelous ! For a perfect finish, i suggest you when you’ll finish prototyping, to get a laser cut acrylic for a perfect finish 8-) Make us a video please ! Learning from my earlier mistakes building this thing, I lasercut one, from plywood btw, not acrilic. It's even tinier than this one :lol: Top...

Last weekend I have been DIY-ing with some colleagues. Learning from my earlier mistakes trying to build a small arcade cabinet , I made this tiny arcade cabinet: https://pixel.red/img/tac-gaming.jpg It is 83mm high, and actually works! It features a 128x128 pixel screen, a 5-way switch, 6 buttons, ...

You said it.

I have lasercut the case

I have recorded the lasercutting process (played back at 8x speed)


Here are the parts immediately after lasercutting: This is the box when constructed: Back side:

New weekend, new project. Hmm, maybe I should finish a project before starting a third... :lol: Before going to the laser-cutting course I'll follow in a few weeks, I wanted to polish my Inkscape skills. Here is a sneak peak of something I'd like to laser cut. lasercut.PNG Not sure whether to go wit...

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Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:14 pm

Marvelous !

For a perfect finish, i suggest you when you’ll finish prototyping, to get a laser cut acrylic for a perfect finish

Make us a video please !

Yes, I agree, actually, I already signed up for a small lasercutting course at our local FabLab

Cool, I'll look into these

Update: I have painted it black metallic today . Some sticky tape is holding up the screen right now..

I'd love to, but I have not been able to find one. Any idea where I can find such a small stick?

Probably will fit, but not much use for that at this resolution. Besides, I have 5 Pi zeroes lying around, and I have no Pi3 spare (besides my Gameboy Zero..

New weekend, new project. Today I started working on my tiny Arcade machine. It runs on a RaspberryPi Zero running RetroPie, with a 1.8" 160x128 pixel ILI9163 SPI TFT Screen. 2017-09-23 15.55.51-resize.jpg 2017-09-23 18.16.59.jpg 2017-09-23 18.09.19.jpg The idea is to spray paint it metallic black. ...