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Title: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: trevwoollard on November 02, 2019, 06:37:42 pm: Hi,

This is my first arcade cabinet which runs Retropie, Pet Cam and Alexa voice services. In the back are two Raspberry PIs (3B & 4B). It is fair to say I made plenty of school boy errors along the way and would change a few things for my next build. I definitely wouldn't try and do the artwork again!

(https://i.imgur.com/vYrAZno.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oa8zWqY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/owGeZrH.png)
Control Panel artwork....
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: yotsuya on November 02, 2019, 07:41:27 pm: Classic lines, 4:3 screen, didn't go overboard... nice job on your first try!
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: pbj on November 02, 2019, 09:01:06 pm: Looks fun, fits the space.
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: Nephasth on November 02, 2019, 10:22:01 pm: Quote from: pbj on November 02, 2019, 09:01:06 pm
..fits the space.

The kitchen? ???
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: trevwoollard on November 03, 2019, 04:18:48 am: Yes, unfortunately we don’t have a games room and with teenage kids the kitchen is the busiest place in the house :)
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: Richie_jones on November 03, 2019, 06:55:07 am: How have you added alexa voice services.
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: Mike A on November 03, 2019, 10:23:53 am: I give you extra points for putting it in the kitchen. It is a natural gathering place and it will see more use there.
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: trevwoollard on November 03, 2019, 10:54:21 am: Quote from: Richie_jones on November 03, 2019, 06:55:07 am
How have you added alexa voice services.

I purchased a Kinobo mini USB microphone and plugged it at the front of the cabinet to the plush mount USB panel (both from Amazon) which connects to the Raspberry PI inside. Then:

- Create Amazon dev account and register for the Alexa Voice Service (set up a new product)
- Download and install the voice service package on the PI
- Set the software to run on-boot
- Authenticate the device with Amazon via the dev portal

I simply followed these instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWzTdv5HbVU

I set the localisation to UK but it is not set to my home town (unlike Google home)....so some of the responses are a bit generic. I need to do a bit more digging the fine tune it

(https://imgur.com/a/lkj1BvY)
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: opt2not on November 03, 2019, 11:02:31 am: Agreed on the kitchen location.

Also good job on your first cab! At least you didn’t angle your joysticks :lol
Title: Re: First Arcade Cabinet - all-in-one
Post by: DarakuTenshi on November 03, 2019, 05:04:38 pm: I think you did an amazing job for your first outing. Man, I wish I had pictures of my first cab... it was ugly, huge, and I never finshed it. Basically once it got to the point of being able to be played I stopped working on it and played that thing to death.