iCade to PiCade mini MAME cab...
Just finished this... mentioned it before, but here's a few shots of the 99% done final...
IMG_0047.jpg IMG_0045.jpgIMG_0046.jpg (yes... I'll paint the P before iCade soon...)
Had an old iCade that was inches away from the dumpster - so instead I took a Raspberry Pi and 800x600 (old skool 4x3 aspect) cheap eBay-from-Taiwan HDMI LCD, rewired the bluetooth iCade with a USB joystick controller (eBay from China), and rigged it all together. Also two 2.5" full range speakers and 3x3W audio amp (eBay from Oakland, thankyou). Final piece was a surplus Iomega hard drive power supply (remember them?) with 12 and 5v with sufficient capacity.
To total it up (including shipping... I think):
iCade - I had one, but I see several on CL 30 or under
XinMo USB controller with wiring harness (easy swap on stick and buttons) 25
2xspeakers+amp+knob 10
1/8" plywood, painted black 8
RaspberryPi w/SD card (overwritten with PiMame) 40
surplus 12v/5v ac/dc power supply from ancient iomega hard drive unit 7
800x600 LCD with HDMI controller board 65
2 more colored buttons from Fry's for ESC and TAB functions 5
VArious vinyl stickers, screws, terminal block, hot glue, random crap 20
OK... thats... uh... $210? Not that cheap... but then again, I was able to pick the thing up and carry it to my brother's earlier to reminisce the old Oakridge "Time Zone" days for a while. I'd shudder to try that with anything bigger... or use something smaller (like a Caanoo) and get the same feeling - arcade stick/buttons and all.
I'm hooked. Gonna try and make a smaller, faster one with a Beaglebone Black, a repurposed arduino game controller shield, and an LCD cape.
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