Search Results for: "picade"

In Part I I put together the cabinet, in Part II I got the main electronics installed, in Part III I created a custom rear jack panel, and in Part IV I got everything up and running 95% how I wanted. After that last post, I took the machine to work to show off. Got…

Continue reading ➞ Building the Picade Mini Part V, final touches

In Part I of this build, I put together the main parts of the cabinet. In Part II I got the main kit’s electronics installed and tested. In Part III I created a custom rear jack panel. Next step was to finally install the rear door. The included hinges and latch worked perfectly. With the…

Continue reading ➞ Building the Picade Mini Part IV, let’s finish this up!

Time for another Picade Mini update! In Part I of this build, I put together the main parts of the cabinet. In Part II I got the screen’s faulty driver board replaced and the screen and control electronics tested. Now, according to the instructions, my last construction steps are to install the rear door and…

Continue reading ➞ Building the Picade Mini Part III, with a custom rear jack panel!!!

In the first part of this build, I got the majority of the main cabinet together, but I stalled out when the LCD refused to output correctly. The guys at Pimoroni finally identified that the LCD driver board had a bad firmware on it. A few emails later and a new board was on its…

Continue reading ➞ Building the Picade Mini Part II, new screen!!!

It was over a year since the Picade Kickstarter ended that I finally got my Picade Mini kit in the mail. Others have reported some issues with these early kits, but with the holidays I wasn’t able to crack open my box until this weekend. First up let’s take a look at the instructions. We…

Continue reading ➞ Building the Picade Mini Part I