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includes a 3W stereo amplifier and connections for volume buttons and a typical set of arcade controls. Joystick and buttons are wired directly to the Picade board, and the board itself connects to the Pi via USB and acts like a keyboard. Users can configure what each button and joystick axis does via software.Because the board includes
an amp and speaker connectors, it makes getting sound out of an arcade project much easier. Simply connect the Picade board’s 3.5mm audio-in to the Raspberry Pi’s audio-out, easy!Pimoroni sells the Picade
as a kit, but you do need to be somewhat familiar with these kinds of projects to put it together. Instructions are not included in the box, but there is a sheet that directs you to some handy YouTube videos. Here’s how we did it.by ANTHONY FORDHAMTHE INEXPENSIVERaspberryPi, now in its third iteration,
is a $60 computer capable of running Linux - and it has pretty good graphics performance too. That got Raspberry Pi project makers Pimoroni thinking: combine a Pi with a bit of carpentry and some old-school arcade controls and it should be possible to create a self-contained retro games machine.The result is this: the Picade!
Sized just right to fit on but not dominate the average desk, it combines an 8-inch 800x600 LCD display with some controls and a Pi 3 loaded with a special OS called RetroPie. What does it give you? Hours of old-school fun.The genius core of this project
isn’t actually the Raspberry Pi itself - it’s thePicade board.This Arduino-compatible PCB