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Ok, I broke down and ordered a new Pi
RoyalScam:
I saw the release of the Pi2 late, so I didn't get in on it. I've wanted a Pi for awhile now and while searching for what people were doing with the new version, I came across this;
Although I'm not the biggest fan of some of Ben Heck's hacks, I thought I could pull something like this off. I purchased a Pi a and two 2.8" displays from Adafruit plus a few other bits and pieces. While waiting for my shipment I see this;
https://learn.adafruit.com/pigrrl-raspberry-pi-gameboy/overview
So I guess I'll be ordering some more parts soon.
Tonight I printed this and did a quick test run of the parts I've bought.
Regards,
Scam
Edit: So I just ordered my Pi2 from MCM, Thanks for the link DaOld Man!
Locke141:
I was a PiPlay kickstarter backer. Below is Shea's email to donors about compatibility.
--- Quote ---Hey All!
Last week the Raspberry Pi Foundation released the newest Raspberry Pi board, the Pi2.
Upgrades include:
a Quad Core ARMv7 processor running at 900mhz.
1GB RAM
Backwards compatibility with the original Pi (ARMv6)
I received mine on Saturday, and have been testing PiPlay on it. It's so fast. The bad news is that one or two of the emulators are acting weird. I'm looking into it, and I hope to have it fixed soon.
Mark, myself, and the rest of the contributors have been working hard on the next release of the software as well. Included is a better web frontend, more themes, more optimizations, and now the ability to favorite your games.
Enjoy!
Thanks for backing!
-Shea
--- End quote ---
keilmillerjr:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on February 14, 2015, 08:29:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on February 14, 2015, 08:18:38 pm ---PiPlay is the front end. Personally, I prefer Emulation Station.
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That looks very good. Wonder if it will work with the new Pi 2?
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Test image for retropie (includes emulation station) on raspberry pi 2. I haven't tried it yet. Waiting for a few more pi related goodies in mail.
http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/raspberry-pi-2-compatibility/page/2/#post-86548
Locke141:
--- Quote from: RoyalScam on February 14, 2015, 10:36:29 pm ---
Although I'm not the biggest fan of some of Ben Heck's hacks, I thought I could pull something like this off. I purchased a Pi a and two 2.8" displays from Adafruit plus a few other bits and pieces. While waiting for my shipment I see this;
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Ben Heck used the slower and more efferent model A+. Adafruit used the one of the old Model B's so the 3D printed case won't fit.
RoyalScam:
--- Quote from: Locke141 on February 15, 2015, 02:12:47 am ---Ben Heck used the slower and more efferent model A+. Adafruit used the one of the old Model B's so the 3D printed case won't fit.
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Yeah, I understood that. I ordered and received my Pi model A before seeing the PiGRRL 3d printed case. The Pi2 I ordered won't fit in this case either. The files on Thingiverse also contain the 123D files so that the case can be edited. I just printed the case to see how sturdy it was and how the screen would fit. All in all I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out. When I receive my new parts, I'll start thinking seriously about redesigning the case as I'm not too crazy about how the jacks stick out beyond the case sides. It will make for a slightly larger case, but I think it'll look better. BTW I printed this on my Printrbot Simple metal and it just fit along the X axis. I may be thinking about an upgrade to the printer as well.
Regards,
Scam
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