1. Purchased from Ebay, it’s a low res screen but works well for older games (not so good with Xwindows), same as the one in this link
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-7-TF ... 1c28778237. I wanted to do it all on a budget so finding a small screen for a low price was a priority. It only has composite in, so not the luxury of HDMI and took a bit of fiddling with over scan settings to get the image to fill the screen. I also increase the size of the text when the Pi boots which helps reading the text in the console. The screen was hidden behind a sheet of dark perspex/acrylic sheet I also mounted it on a rotatable panel so games could be played either vertically or horizontally.
2. Joystick and buttons were purchased again from Ebay, from Arcade World UK
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370734170480? ... 26_rdc%3D1
3. The interface was from ulracabs, again from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1045221038 This comes with all the wiring that can be push fitted to each of the buttons. The inerface simply plugs into the usb on the pi and is detected as a joystick. I only use one side of the interface (player 1) but does support 2 players.
4. I dont have any drawings but I'll try and produce some over the next few weeks. I can tell you its as wide as an A4 sheet of paper. Its decorated with stickers I've printed on an inkjet printer.
5. I power it all from a 12v regulated supply, which feeds the LCD screen directly but also powers a DC/DC converter to reduce the power to 5V so the Pi can be powered. The converter was purchased from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0873115373
6. Yep I did have to solder the DC/DC convertor and the amp wires to the speakers. Again no schematics I'll try and draw some up soon.
squish wrote:Thanks Martin3232 for your response. Sorry if my questions are noob and sounds annoying but can I know the followings:
1. the model of LCD that you got.
2. the type of joystick and buttons that you got
3. what interface controller did you use to control the joystick and buttons to the raspberry pi. If possible if you could let me know the model
4. drawings and dimensions of the cabinet
5. type of power supply to power up the arcade. any schematics?
6. did you have to solder anything?
hope to hear from you. many thanks!
