Episode 170: Ben Heck's Raspberry Pi MAME Portable Part 1 Episode

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Ben revamps an old project in the Season 4 finale of element14's The Ben Heck Show! Watch Ben prep a Raspberry Pi A+ to become a portable MAME console.

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Build Like Ben: Part List for building your Raspberry Pi MAME Portable:

Qty	Product Name	Supplier	Buy These PartsBuy These Parts
1	RasPi A+	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	TFT screen	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	SD card	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	Power jack	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	5V regulator	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	Power switch	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	ltc4006	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	4-way Navigation Switch	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
8	Push buttons	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	0.1uF capacitor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
2	20uF capacitor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	15nF capacitor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	0.12uF capacitor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	4700pF capacitor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	Diode	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	22uH Inductor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	5k resistor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	100k resistor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	6k04 resistor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
2	309k resistor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	0.04 resistor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
2	0.5 resistor	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item
1	si7501dn MOSFET	element14	Buy ItemBuy Item

Parts Not Sold by element14

1	7.4V battery

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victoriqueibara over 5 years ago

As a word of warning, the display shown here for sale is not the display in the video and in fact does not have any graphics acceleration support. It is not possible as far as I know to run retropie or cupcade OS on this display
Updated:By following this guide you can configure this display to work correctly as with this project here. It requires you to use a script to mirror the HDMI on the GPIO screen.
https://github.com/watterott/RPi-Display/blob/master/docu/FAQ.md#how-to-mirrorcopy-the-hdmi-output-to-the-display
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nobble over 5 years ago

Very cool! I was thinking about building something like this but made to look like BMO from adventure time. I ended up building a landscape/tablet style Portable Pi with 5" touchscreen. I need to get into Pi Emulation more!!!
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retrogamer over 5 years ago

Great project. Who doesn't love the arcade classics, and to have them all fit in your hands, how cool is that.
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dasien over 6 years ago

Element 14 requires that you buy 5000 of this item! https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1107336&nsku=18X4693&COM=noscript

Is there a substitute that doesn't require me to hang on to 4999 extra

Nevermind - for those interested, the substitute is 77R9293 from Element14
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ceafin over 7 years ago

Was there ever a schematic to follow for this project? Or even one to utilize the LTC4006 for charging and powering the Pi and Screen?
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smilingtexan39 over 7 years ago

If you want a quick turn double-sided PCB, check out Advanced Circuits (www.4pcb.com). They are relatively inexpensive and can ship boards in about a day. They also have a free DFM tool (Design for Manufacture) that you import you board into; once examined they email you a price quote - even if you don't order boards, it's nice to see the DFM results.
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Former Member over 7 years ago

This is one of the coolest retro 80's style project that I have seen for the Raspberry Pi and to have it all work with just the A+ model is a PLUS too. (yes pun intended)

I am new to the Raspberry Pi (just got my new Model B+) and I am already looking forward to ordering my A+ board for this project.

How long until there is a part list and being able to order the circuit card and parts needed to start my own build?

Keep up the great work and I cannot wait until you have part 2 up for us to view!

Cheers!!
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