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How to make your own arcade machine

April 1, 2015 By Øyvind Nydal Dahl Leave a Comment

arcade-joystick-panel-bakIt’s not as hard as it seems.
Last month, I built one.
Or…
I was going to build one. Then we got an intern, Marvin, at the lab where I sometimes hang out.

After a day of us building together, I saw that he could handle it on his own.

So he pretty much took over.

To build an arcade machine, you can use a Raspberry Pi.

A Raspberry Pi is a mini computer of the size of a credit card – and it only costs $35.

We only had to install some software on it, connect a joystick + buttons, and connect a display.

The hardest part was actually building the casing to make it look cool.

I will make a tutorial of it later.

But I definitely recommend you check out Raspberry Pi. Just google it and you’ll find a lot of cool projects based on it.

I didn’t write about Raspberry Pi in my eBook «Getting Started With Electronics». But having a good foundation in the basics of electronics definitely makes these types of projects much easier.

So if you are just starting out, then you should check it out:

https://www.build-electronic-circuits.com/products/getting-started-with-electronics-ebook/

Keep on Soldering!
Oyvind

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