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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: bluecoffee on January 22, 2023, 02:57:23 am
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I have a 60-in-1 board connected vai a JAMMA harness. I'm using the VGA from the 60 in 1 to run a VGA flatscreen monitor.
I would like to swap the 60in1 for a RetroPie setup, by replugging the Jamma harness into a new board, but still continue to use the VGA monitor. It's a two-player cabinet with 6 buttons and a joystick each.
What's the simplest way to do this? Ideally I'd like to avoid soldering tonnes of pins onto an adaptor, and a Raspberry Pi to JAMMA adaptor https://pcbjunkie.net/index.php/raspberry-pi-to-jamma-adapter/ (https://pcbjunkie.net/index.php/raspberry-pi-to-jamma-adapter/) seems like overkill, as I don't need analgoue CRT video output. It also has high voltage capacitors on it, which I don't want as I don't need to risk being zapped...
Is there any board that would allow for a straight swap, plug and play from my Jamma harness to the Pi?
Should I wire an iPac board to a Jamma connector? Is there a pre-built solution somewhere? Or something completely different?
Many thanks
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What you want is something like the XinMo 2P controller which will turn the joystick & buttons into a USB controller for the Raspberry Pi. Then you will need something to connect the Raspberry Pi to your VGA monitor - either an HDMI to VGA adapter or board which connects to the GPIO pins.
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If you do some kind of HDMI to VGA, better look into any latency issues before you invest in it.