Mini Arduino Game Console

This is a project I've been working on for a few months now, and am quite proud of. it has 6 face buttons (four in the D-Pad) and also has the vibration motor from an old iPhone. It is built off an Arduino Nano, and I currently have it programmed to run a slightly modified version of this guys Arduino DOOM port: https://github.com/daveruiz/doom-nano

Tools:

soldering iron

3d printer (optional)

Supplies:

6 tactile push buttons (or any other form of button)

plenty of wire

some protoboard

SSD1306 .96 inch OLED display

6 1K resistors

Arduino Nano

a cable for the Arduino Nano

solder

li-po battery (at least 150 mah)

Adafruit powerboost 500

an ON/OFF switch

vibration motor (optional)

this project is laid out on two protoboards (I just cut one in half) but yours can be played out differently. just make sure no pins are touching, and that you have one pull-up resistor for each button and that everything is possible to be soldered together easily.

Here's what I have connected to what:

D-Pad UP: pin A0

D-Pad DOWN: pin A2

D-Pad LEFT: pin A3

D-Pad RIGHT: pin A1

A Button: D8

B Button: whatever you want (I haven't used it in any of my example programs)

Vibration Motor: A6

Screen SDA: SDA

Screen SCL: SCL

5v on the powerboost: VIN on the Arduino

ON/OFF switch: GND and EN on the powerboost

just make sure there are pull-up resistors to all the buttons, and that on the other side of the buttons are ground.

connect your Arduino using your usb cable, install the appropriate drivers and libraries, install the Arduino IDE open up the example program, upload it, and enjoy!

I also have the STLs of the casing I used for it, in case anyone wants to print or modify it!

example code: https://github.com/NICK75704/Arduino-game-thing/tree/main