sudomod

Hi all

I bought a second icade arcade cabinet (for iPad) off eBay and converted it to work with a Pi 3 and RetroPie. This is the finished article and a few pics.
Originally I was going to keep the cost down by using the original iCade joystick and buttons but they are very poor and unresponsive - the new Sanwa joystick is great. The Picade hat is definitely worth £15 - This controls the joystick and button inputs, a 3W I2S DAC/amplifier & soft power switch. The back piece is just a piece of painted mdf with a few holes drilled into it. The original coin button is just for show but I wired the LED to the Picade hat and it works fine. The small momentary button on the front is used to safe power on/off the system.

I ended up spending more than I wanted but overall I'm chuffed withe the end result

I like this !

How do you convert power from 220/110 to 5V and how is powered the screen ?

I tried to keep is as simple as possible. The screen has a separate power supply (Power input for monitor : DC12V-1000mA) and the Pi has a normal 2.5Amp USB charger - they are both plugged into a 2 way extension (all this is inside the unit)

This type of thing https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aptii-Socket-P ... dpSrc=srch

The soft power button doesn't cut power to the monitor this way - this is why there is a power button on the back (on the IEC mains socket)

Ok i see... from wall to outlet and then extension, from there, 2 power supplies (12V, 5V) directly to the devices... simple as ABC lol

ha ha yes when I say simple, I mean using stuff I had lying around and the monitor came with a 12v power supply

that looks cool