I am a bit of a technophile and intrigued by new and emerging technologies. I love tinkering, tweaking and customising technology to make it more personal, but also to see if I can! I am by all means no expert, but I learn as I go – often by trial and (numerous!!) error(s).
Since the Raspberry Pi came out, I have purchased six (so far!), all 2 Raspberry Pi 2’s, 1 Model B+ and 3 Model B’s and I have no doubt that more will follow once I find a need / use for them. Some might think this is excessive, but for the price and versatility I can’t help it!
I have used my RPi’s for a variety of projects, but one thing I came to find is that finding guides and how-to’s was not so easy. If I could go back and have a source of useful hints, tips, tricks and guides then my venture into RPi life would have been less frustrating and more enjoyable.
This is the aim of this site and I hope whoever reads it finds it useful too!
Thursday 7 January, 2016 at 7:14 pm
Hey there,
Thanks so much for uploading this. I’m doing an attempt at this project, although I have no soldering skill whatsoever. I ordered all the parts on Ebay, the only thing that is missing, is the grey wire running from the negative on the playstation board, to the GPIO on the raspberry pi. I noticed you soldered the LED in, but have a small black ‘pin’ box to connect the power switch to the raspberry pi. I was wondering what this is called in english, so I can order it from Ebay. Thanks in advance! My email: sydslayer@hotmail.com
Grtz!
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Thursday 7 January, 2016 at 7:15 pm
Its about the Pistation by the way 😉
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Thursday 7 January, 2016 at 8:01 pm
Hi!
Glad you like the project and inspired to do it yourself!
I am not totally sure what you are referring to but I think it could be the Mausberry Circuit switch that I connected between the power input and the Raspberry Pi. This is connected to the GPIO using female to female jumper pins. You can pick them up from most electronic suppliers.
You might be better getting the Mausberry Circuit direct from their website.
Also, I did a more detailed guide over at Pi-Supply.com, here: http://bit.ly/1l6wyqJ
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Thursday 7 January, 2016 at 10:46 pm
Hey!
Thanks for replying so fast. Yeah really inspirational build and I really commend your creativity! I got an old PS1 from a friend a while back and I can’t wait to show him the finished product. Anyway, I ordered some female to female jumper pins, so now the list is complete. I have some experience in soldering guitar electronics, but I’m practicing on some old cicuit boards first. Oh and sorry for spamming your social media but now the building can commence *.*!! Thanks dude!
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Thursday 7 January, 2016 at 10:51 pm
Not a problem! Good luck with it all!
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