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hey mates

One year ago i finished all the electronic parts of a "half" portable device (not really a handheld:)). After completion I didn't know what kind of case I want to have so all the stuff laid on my table for over 8 month Then I asked a carpenter friend about a wooden case. But since he is very busy and I have to wait some time to get it, I already started with a prototype cardboard case which looks more or less like the final wooden one

I used a lot of wood glue and hot glue to keep the things together

@oyyodams Not really true
Please see very first post of this thread:
you MUST speak english

Dear all

Finally I have my own N64 mod called "NintendoRS" finished
I am using a N64 case (OF COURSE from a broken one ;)) and put all the things i need in it. I am using the original On-Off and Reset parts from the case The Reset button just resets the currently played game and not the whole raspberry. Additionally I put two RGB Leds, one for the logo and the other for the status of the machine.
The cartridge is actually a fake, but recalbox does not boot if it is not plugged in (Then the two LED start to blink in red (Error)). During startup and shutdown the LEDs are changing like a rainbow, in ON-state the logo is white and the status green and in standby (when recalbox is shutdown by software, the status is orange and the logo dims up and down like a standby LED

To control the leds I am using an arduino pro mini which gets the status signals from the raspberry pi.

I still need to design the final cartridge if someone has ideas, just lwt me know

I hope you like my little project Below you see some pictures of it

Cheers, lackyluuk!

Hi there

I know it's not a recalbox itself but a nice addon, so to say

I would like to introduce my new Nintendo Adapter Box for recalbox

You can plug in the original controllers for the following systems:

• NES
• SNES and
• N64

and then just plug in the USB cable to your recalbox.

Here are some pictures

Hi all,
I would like to share my GPI case mod which I have finished this weekend.
All of the modding ideas came not from my side. All the credits go to this indian guy on Youtube who actually modded his GPI case(s) in a very cool way --> Just search for it on Youtube.

On my side I have decided to change the controls to match the SNES and replace the shoulder buttons to be more practical. Actually the most practical thing is the 4000 mAh LiPo battery / USB charger mod which gives it real added value

I placed the charger in a way that you still can see the charging leds (red = charging, blue = charged) when the cartridge is not plugged. Here some inpiration (Sorry for the bad mechanical work, i have two left hands sometimes ).

@abunille Super Guide, danke dir für die Mühe. Ich denke das wird vielen anderen auch helfen!

Hello Community

Since the german community is growing more and more I have recognized that a lot of people do not know that there is a German Wiki and also a German Mini How-To.
I see that a lot of german speakers are using the International Forum and looking on google for manuals instead of using the german wiki. 90% of all question could be answered there. For this reason I want to encourage you (The german speakers) to check out this section of the german forum part

WICHTIGE LINKS.

Here you will find the links to the INSTALLATION, MANUAL and the MINI HOW-TO.

PLEASE check out in general the WIKI PAGES since they are in multiple languages.

Thank you

Hallo @Silverhead und Herzlich Willkommen bei uns!

Ich bin leider gerade etwas kurz angebunden, kann dir evtl. aber später mehr Infos geben, falls das dann noch nicht geschehen ist

Zu Nummer 1:
https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Manual-(DE)#duringgame-special

Hier findest du alle Tastenkombinationen. Dazu musst du einen Hotkey definieren auf dem GamePad. Z.B. den Select oder Home Button.

Allgemein: Hast du das Mini How-To schon entdeckt?
https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Mini-How-To-(DE)

@Ledrunning This:
https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Recalbox-support-(EN)

@Akmida Herzlich Willkommen bei recalbox
4.1 ist nun als stable erhältlich

@RetroWilly Nice work!

@fs Kann es sein, dass du PAL ROMs mit 60 Hz laufen lässt? Falls ja, dann könnte das das Problem sein. Benutze dann mal eine US ROM bei einem Spiel das zu schnell läuft.

Für den Input lag habe ich gerade keine Lösung auf der Hand. Evtl. mal den Dongle wechseln, oder auf 4.1 unstable upgraden und dann das interne BT verwenden?

@subs and @supernature2k : Wiki pages in english and german are done
Since english is not my native language, could you please review the english version and correct it if needed? Thank you

https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/RetroArch-Network-Commands-(EN)

https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/RetroArch-Network-Commands-(DE)

@Ayato087: Du kannst den share Ordner auf einen USB Stick kopieren. Dort drin sind dann alle ROMs etc. So läuft nur noch das System auf der SD

Siehe hier: https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Use-an-external-usb-storage-device-on-recalbox-(EN)

@RetroWilly there is a guy from retropie forum which creates pictures like this. Maybe it would be an idea to contact him regarding the usage of his images?
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/720/background-images-coming-back

@fs Genau, denn PAL ROMs laufen auf 50 Hz und NTSC auf 60Hz. Eigentlich sollte der (Retroarch) Emulator das erkennen und umstellen.

Jetzt kommt eine etwas kuriose These..die libretro (RetroArch) cores von NES checken scheinbar den Dateinamen nach der Region. Benenne deine NES ROMs einmal um, so dass am Ende des Namens ein (E) oder (Europe) steht...z.b. Donkey Kong (Europe).nes

Und probiere mal die verschiedenen Cores (z.b. Nestopia) aus.

Here is an example with GPIO pin 14 for controlling the fan. The indents might not be correct I had a little trouble with copy/paste the code
Hope I can help you with this

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import time
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO

GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
#Set max. temperature of CPU
TEMP_MAX = 67
ON_TIME = 200
#Set pin 14 as transistor gate
GATE = 14
#Set pin 14 as an output and shut down
GPIO.setup(GATE, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(GATE, False)

def getCPUtemperature():
	 res = os.popen('vcgencmd measure_temp').readline()
	return(res.replace("temp=","").replace("'C\n",""))

while True:

		temp_float = float(getCPUtemperature())

	try:
		if (temp_float > TEMP_MAX):
			# ein
			GPIO.output(GATE, True)
			time.sleep(ON_TIME)
			# aus
			GPIO.output(GATE, False)
		else:
			GPIO.output(GATE, False)
		
except KeyboardInterrupt:
	print float(getCPUtemperature())
	print "power off fan..."
	GPIO.output(GATE, False)
	print "cancelling..."

Here you will also find a small drawing for the transistor etc
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/3704/push-button-on-off-script-problems/11

@marcsmily siehe hier: https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Eine-Partition-beschreibbar-machen-(DE)

@supernature2k
https://github.com/xbmc/skin.confluence
Default theme source code. Actually every skin can be changed

@fs Lass uns dann wissen ob das mit dem Namen tatsächlich hilft. Ich habe es noch nie ausprobiert

Mhh..mit der config kann ich dir leider nicht weiterhelfen, da ich diese Datei noch nie bearbeitet habe..was genau willst du denn ändern?