Portable Retro Videogame-Console

This project is a portable console i made to preview and test the retro videogames created by my students in Makecode Arcade.

Supplies:

• 10 MF cables
• 9 MM cables
• 9 tactile buttons
• PCB Board
• Raspberry Pi Zero
• SD card
• 4 20mm M3 nuts and bolts
• 4 15mm M2 nuts and bolts

Tools:

• Soldering Station
• 3D printer
• Screwdriver

Solder the buttons and cables to the PCB board following the attached schem. the E, M and R buttons functions is to Exit, navigate to the Menu and Reset respectively.

Make sure to solder the male part of the MF cables to the PCB.

Download and print the base to fix the PCB and the Raspberry. This model does not need supports.

Fix the PCB board to the printed base using the M3 nuts and bolts. Be careful with the position of the cables. If your cables or PCB board is different than mine, is recommended to edit the STL of the base to accommodate your components.

Make sure that the female part of the cables have easy access to connect them to the Raspberry.

Attach the Raspberry Pi Zero to the printed base using the M2 nuts and bolts

Setup the Raspberry Pi Zero kernel coping the arcade-cardboard downloaded from this link into your SD card.

Use the first picture to connect the cables to the raspberry's pins

Connect the Raspberry to a screen using an HDMI cable and to a power source using an micro USB cable. The power source can be a 5V battery or a phone charger.

You can test the button connection using the rPi configurator.

To upload games created on Makecode Arcade to the system you have to connect the Rasberry to the PC with an USB cable and copy the game into the Project folder.