Rasberry pi 2, what do you do with yours?

CiDeRmAn

ronanc1000 wrote: »

Have you a link? Is this essentially a Pi Zero with full size USB ports?

Yeah, just tap the pictures, I was being all fancy and stuff...
Essentially you end up with a RP0 with a set of 4 USB hubs in a case, the case and hub cost €16 and the RP0 for €5.

CiDeRmAn

So, they arrived yesterday, the hub and the case.
Not too bad, 7 days from order to arrival, from the crazy swinging guys in the Czech republic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGv6uo89yMY

readyletsgo

Anyone here have problems with the Bluetooth in RPi3 at all? I've had mine about a month now and have tried EVERYTHING to get it to link up to my 8bitdo controller's with no success at all. They do work when they are connected via USB but that's not what I want.

I'm starting to think I have a faulty RPi3

Tomo.Murphy

readyletsgo wrote: »

Anyone here have problems with the Bluetooth in RPi3 at all? I've had mine about a month now and have tried EVERYTHING to get it to link up to my 8bitdo controller's with no success at all. They do work when they are connected via USB but that's not what I want.

I'm starting to think I have a faulty RPi3

Haven't gotten my hands on one of those controllers yet, but they're fairly fiddly to set up. Did you get it working with Bluetooth on an older RPi?

readyletsgo

Tomo.Murphy wrote: »

Haven't gotten my hands on one of those controllers yet, but they're fairly fiddly to set up. Did you get it working with Bluetooth on an older RPi?

Thanks for the reply Tomo.

It's my first pi tbh. I've followed all the guides to set the Bluetooth up in the terminal with updates etc, but keeps failing for some reason, but wifi is working fine on the pi3 with no problems at all.

I have loaded in retropie a few times with no problems too and when I go to set up my controller's in the Bluetooth it does see the controller and links up with them but just does not work when I go out of the Bluetooth settings and still only works when I use it via USB connection, just not what I want really.

Kinda driving me crazy now, it's such a simple thing and I can't get it to work at all, that's why I'm thinking maybe the Bluetooth on the board is faulty, if after this amount of time trying, it's still not working, but everything else is working fine.

Edward Hopper

readyletsgo wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Tomo.

It's my first pi tbh. I've followed all the guides to set the Bluetooth up in the terminal with updates etc, but keeps failing for some reason, but wifi is working fine on the pi3 with no problems at all.

I have loaded in retropie a few times with no problems too and when I go to set up my controller's in the Bluetooth it does see the controller and links up with them but just does not work when I go out of the Bluetooth settings and still only works when I use it via USB connection, just not what I want really.

Kinda driving me crazy now, it's such a simple thing and I can't get it to work at all, that's why I'm thinking maybe the Bluetooth on the board is faulty, if after this amount of time trying, it's still not working, but everything else is working fine.

Couple of probably useless suggestions, could you try and bluetooth connect your phone to your Pi, although it can't find anything to do with my phone when it finds it, my pi bluetooth has no problem recognising it and connecting to it, presumably that suggests whether bluetooth is working more generally or not.

Other useless suggestion, have you followed Floob's guide on youtube, not completely accurate as its for 3.4, but worth a stab?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsybSJEPZJM

Apologies if both the above are obvious, I've only just got my pi 3 and don't have anything as fancy as an 8bitdo controller.


Off this particular topic.
I've seen a seller on Adverts trying to sell Pi Zeros for 50 euro. I was going to sell mine on there, with case and pins and connections etc, was going to stick it up for 35 (which after free postage would have made me about 8 or 9 euro). Had a wave of guilt for profiteering though when I looked on Pimoroni and you can something very similar for £16.50 delivered brand new (though I have a nicer case!), loads in stock. https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero

I'll hang onto mine I think and wait for Zero4U (as found by CiDeRmAn) to come out with a version to their hub for the latest Pi Zero and have a perfectly clear conscience

Tomo.Murphy

readyletsgo wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Tomo.

It's my first pi tbh. I've followed all the guides to set the Bluetooth up in the terminal with updates etc, but keeps failing for some reason, but wifi is working fine on the pi3 with no problems at all.

I have loaded in retropie a few times with no problems too and when I go to set up my controller's in the Bluetooth it does see the controller and links up with them but just does not work when I go out of the Bluetooth settings and still only works when I use it via USB connection, just not what I want really.

Kinda driving me crazy now, it's such a simple thing and I can't get it to work at all, that's why I'm thinking maybe the Bluetooth on the board is faulty, if after this amount of time trying, it's still not working, but everything else is working fine.

The fact that it's registering in the setup menu would lead me to believe that the onboard Bluetooth isn't faulty, just seems to be an issue with the controller registering in retropie. Haven't had much experience with retropie myself. Are there any controller setup options in the retropie menu?

CiDeRmAn

I have to just say, we've had some unpleasant exchanges here regarding people who buy in stock of cheap but in demand items and then sell them at a premium, having deprived would be owners of stock with their purchases of multiple units in the first place, those people who couldn't get the item via normal means take their temper out on the "profiteers".

Capitalism in the first class I'm sure but it does act against the natural tendency here of co-operation, synergy and all that togetherness stuff.
Something like a €5 computer that was deliberately made to put a versatile device in the hands of creators whilst avoiding the temptation to load the cost with profit margins, but then has scalpers load the prices anyway, it makes me feel sick tbh.

That said, the PiZero isn't as cheap as it lets on, by the time you get a micro SD, PSU, powered USB and mini HDMI adaptor, it gets the cost closer to that of a standard Pi rather rapidly, but €50 is really taking the p1ss.

Edward Hopper

Just on the 8bitdo controllers, there's a big thread, or whatever they call it there, on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/49amv4/8bitdo_controllers_guide/

readyletsgo

Edward Hopper wrote: »

Just on the 8bitdo controllers, there's a big thread, or whatever they call it there, on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/49amv4/8bitdo_controllers_guide/

Thanks for the replies everyone. Turns out I wasn't going mad, seems there was a bug in retropie 3.7 with Bluetooth. Just updated to 3.8 there and success! All my 8bitdo controllers work now.

God that was driving me nuts!

frasr

Free course "Raspberry Pi 3 Day Project: Retro Gaming Suite"

https://www.udemy.com/raspberry-pi-3-day-project-retro-gaming-suite

Flaregon

Ok the 8Bitdo look cool, but is there any as good, with 4 triggers? like a ps1 controllers ?

readyletsgo

Flaregon wrote: »

Ok the 8Bitdo look cool, but is there any as good, with 4 triggers? like a ps1 controllers ?

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/03/hardware_review_8bitdo_fc30_pro_controller

It's the one I have. Bluetooth can be a bit fiddly on it so I just use the usb cable. But has all your buttons possible on it.

Flaregon

readyletsgo wrote: »

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/03/hardware_review_8bitdo_fc30_pro_controller

It's the one I have. Bluetooth can be a bit fiddly on it so I just use the usb cable. But has all your buttons possible on it.

Cool, ill grab 1 and test, dont need it till augest anyway lol.
look nice thought.

readyletsgo

Flaregon wrote: »

Cool, ill grab 1 and test, dont need it till augest anyway lol.
look nice thought.

Ah man it's just such a cool controller. Love it!

Flaregon

OK question, just saw odroid c2 looks much stronger then the pie 3, 2 GHz processor and 2gb DDR ram.

Anyone done a retropie/emulation station set up with one? Or is the pi just better for it?

Corholio

Finally jumping on the Pi bandwagon and slighlty unsure of a few things. Will be mostly using it to play games with bluetooth controller, and Kodi as well perhaps.

1.Whats the best Pi to get right now? I've seen different bugs have been mentioned with RetroPie and just checking if the newest Pi is better at handling it.
2. How have people found the bluetooth controllers? Any specific one that's working out best?

Thanks for any advice folks.

Dr Bob

readyletsgo wrote: »

Anyone here have problems with the Bluetooth in RPi3 at all? I've had mine about a month now and have tried EVERYTHING to get it to link up to my 8bitdo controller's with no success at all. They do work when they are connected via USB but that's not what I want.

I'm starting to think I have a faulty RPi3

I picked one (Pi3)up yesterday (make shop off pearse st have a few of them, , and no added a cheapo phone BT joyapd very easily ,

Dr Bob

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have to just say, we've had some unpleasant exchanges here regarding people who buy in stock of cheap but in demand items and then sell them at a premium, having deprived would be owners of stock with their purchases of multiple units in the first place, those people who couldn't get the item via normal means take their temper out on the "profiteers".

Capitalism in the first class I'm sure but it does act against the natural tendency here of co-operation, synergy and all that togetherness stuff.
Something like a €5 computer that was deliberately made to put a versatile device in the hands of creators whilst avoiding the temptation to load the cost with profit margins, but then has scalpers load the prices anyway, it makes me feel sick tbh.

That said, the PiZero isn't as cheap as it lets on, by the time you get a micro SD, PSU, powered USB and mini HDMI adaptor, it gets the cost closer to that of a standard Pi rather rapidly, but €50 is really taking the p1ss.

I havent gone back through the thread , but ...you guys saw this site right?
http://whereismypizero.com/
realtime stock check on pi0

Andrew76

Dr Bob wrote: »

I picked one (Pi3)up yesterday (make shop off pearse st have a few of them, , and no added a cheapo phone BT joyapd very easily ,

How much were they selling them for?

Dr Bob

Andrew76 wrote: »

How much were they selling them for?

only downside is its a bit pricey 55..

CiDeRmAn

Just fiddling around with my RP B+ the other day, refining the games and emulators on offer, when the wifi decided to stop connecting to it, at least from the PC side.
I mean, the RP itself is still broadcasting away, and it can still connect to the internet but Filezilla, Cyberduck and even a terminal window from Putty won't connect.
Don't know what is going on.
Powered it off, powered it back on, took out and reinserted the dongle (waa hey!) still no luck.
Very annoying, as I just need to take off a few of the emulators that don't work well on the older hardware, before I hot glue this thing into the little Sony TV.
Control-wise, and because I already have one doing arcade duties in the cabinet, I settled on the simple option of a cheap Argos wired PS3 controller, which is working perfectly with everything, at least so far.
Power supply, now that's a question, Kerbdog suggested finding a 5v point on the TV's own PCB and draw the power from there, meaning no need for a second PSU for the RP, but I'm not so sure, could be just as handy to shorten the TV's own power cable, pop a slim two socket adaptor on the back and run a single cable from there, not the neatest or prettiest, but it'll work and I won't have to pressure Kerb to do any more soldering!

Edward Hopper

I know it's not strictly on topic so apologies.
Found a very cheap USB/ethernet hub that works well with my pi zero. (powered by the pi using a micro to USB adapter)

http://s.aliexpress.com/yQfuIbAr

3 USB hubs and the RJ45, about 3 euro and the seller I used delivered in just under 2 weeks.

Sounds a bit shilly that post but thought it was pretty handy for the money and makes my zero a bit more useable.

Going to put retropie and a few games on it now.

ShooterSF

Gotta give a tonne of credit to the youtuber "Floob". Videos can be rather long for the info inside but the bits that are there are pure gold.

Decided to go down the multi SD card route for now as it gets messy mixing arcade and console games imo. So I got his attractmode SD card image for my arcade setup so nice preview videos playing while selecting games, similar to hyperspin.

Followed his vid on setting up my 8bitdo arcade stick although I had issues with getting retroarch to recognise it. Turns out retroarch sees completely different button numbers than the under lying system and emulationstation. Once I figured that out I just had to rebind the keys for retroarch.

Then finally followed his tutorial on adding bezel overlays, scanlines and curved monitor effects for a few hundred games. Which suits my current setup with a 1080p widescreen lcd.

Now just to curate a good collection of games to play which knowing me I'll spend less time playing that tweaking the layout!

eddhorse

Good job, how does the pi connect to your arcade machine?

ShooterSF

eddhorse wrote: »

Good job, how does the pi connect to your arcade machine?

Oh no such luck. Im running a cobbled together setup. So pi, 20 inch screen that my laptop hooks up to when I'm not "arcading" and my sanwa 8bitdo bluetooth arcade stick (which is very responsive!).

Some day when I stop all travel plans I'll own a proper cab. A boy can dream...

CathalDublin

eddhorse wrote: »

Good job, how does the pi connect to your arcade machine?

I've one of these on the way from Australia

eddhorse

CathalDublin wrote: »

I've one of these on the way from Australia

Jebus, saw them alright but they were too expensive for my liking.

CathalDublin

eddhorse wrote: »

Jebus, saw them alright but they were too expensive for my liking.

Came to
€150 including a pi3 delivered
I thought that was quite reasonable, will get a bit of a play with it and I can always use the pi for something different if it doesn't work out.
Boots had a clearance on 32gb sd 10speed cards the other day 14.99 bargain

eddhorse

CathalDublin wrote: »

Came to
€150 including a pi3 delivered
I thought that was quite reasonable, will get a bit of a play with it and I can always use the pi for something different if it doesn't work out.
Boots had a clearance on 32gb sd 10speed cards the other day 14.99 bargain

Ok that seems more reasonable, maybe the shipping threw me off.
Also i call shotgun when you dont use it and get bored !!

CathalDublin we need an update!

My pi3 been sitting in the drawer since launch
Decided to pull the finger out and put rasplex on it. (pun intended)
Wow
what a step up from the nowTV box I've been using the last few years.
handles 20gb blurays like a champ:cool:

CathalDublin

Arrived yesterday, I've barely got to test it yet. Build is great though, kick harness and video amp now included

eddhorse

CathalDublin wrote: »

Arrived yesterday, I've barely got to test it yet. Build is great though, kick harness and video amp now included

Ah the Jamma pi, nice, look forward to seeing it in action.

eddhorse

Not sure if any of these addoms are useful yet.



http://creator.matrix.one/

$99 addon with

What's inside MATRIX Creator?
Designed for Raspberry Pi, inspired by the community of makers, tinkerers, and builders.


Sensors & Components

8 MEMS Microphone Array
(DIY Amazon Echo)
FPGA (Xilinx Spartan 6)
Microcontroller
(ARM Cortex M3)
Temperature sensor
Ultraviolet sensor
Pressure sensor
3D Accelerometer
3D Gyroscope
3D Magnetometer
Humidity sensor

Connectivity & Communications
ZigBee
Thread
Z-Wave
NFC
IR RX/TX
2 ADC Channels
17 Digital GPIOs
SPI
I2C
UART

Access

ShooterSF wrote: »

Gotta give a tonne of credit to the youtuber "Floob". Videos can be rather long for the info inside but the bits that are there are pure gold.

Decided to go down the multi SD card route for now as it gets messy mixing arcade and console games imo. So I got his attractmode SD card image for my arcade setup so nice preview videos playing while selecting games, similar to hyperspin.

Followed his vid on setting up my 8bitdo arcade stick although I had issues with getting retroarch to recognise it. Turns out retroarch sees completely different button numbers than the under lying system and emulationstation. Once I figured that out I just had to rebind the keys for retroarch.

Then finally followed his tutorial on adding bezel overlays, scanlines and curved monitor effects for a few hundred games. Which suits my current setup with a 1080p widescreen lcd.

Now just to curate a good collection of games to play which knowing me I'll spend less time playing that tweaking the layout!

Thanks ShooterSF, his videos are very good. The scanlines and bezels just add a great look to an otherwise empty screen.

Thanks for the heads up.

ShooterSF

Access wrote: »

Thanks ShooterSF, his videos are very good. The scanlines and bezels just add a great look to an otherwise empty screen.

Thanks for the heads up.

Glad it was of use. Now I need to hunt down whoever mentioned that cex was getting rid of cheap Hori sticks for 25 quid and "thank" them. (This now means my house has 4 arcade sticks)

Flaregon

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just fiddling around with my RP B+ the other day, refining the games and emulators on offer, when the wifi decided to stop connecting to it, at least from the PC side.
I mean, the RP itself is still broadcasting away, and it can still connect to the internet but Filezilla, Cyberduck and even a terminal window from Putty won't connect.
Don't know what is going on.
Powered it off, powered it back on, took out and reinserted the dongle (waa hey!) still no luck.
Very annoying, as I just need to take off a few of the emulators that don't work well on the older hardware, before I hot glue this thing into the little Sony TV.
Control-wise, and because I already have one doing arcade duties in the cabinet, I settled on the simple option of a cheap Argos wired PS3 controller, which is working perfectly with everything, at least so far.
Power supply, now that's a question, Kerbdog suggested finding a 5v point on the TV's own PCB and draw the power from there, meaning no need for a second PSU for the RP, but I'm not so sure, could be just as handy to shorten the TV's own power cable, pop a slim two socket adaptor on the back and run a single cable from there, not the neatest or prettiest, but it'll work and I won't have to pressure Kerb to do any more soldering!

Which controller ?
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3685374/Trail
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2794819/Trail/searchtext%3EPS3+CONTROLLERS.htm/searchtext%3EPS3+CONTROLLERS.htm

CiDeRmAn

Flaregon wrote: »

Which controller ?
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3685374/Trail
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2794819/Trail/searchtext%3EPS3+CONTROLLERS.htm/searchtext%3EPS3+CONTROLLERS.htm

This one, works great
link

Flaregon

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

This one, works great
link

I'll get 2 or a ps3 controller with my fc30 pro refund then.

The Last Bandit

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

This one, works great
link

Oh man that's one aesthetically challenged controller..

CiDeRmAn

Yeah, I know.
It was a cheap and easy to use controller for my son's little RPTV thingy.
And just works too.
There are better looking alternatives out there, undoubtedly.
A wired 360/PC pad will work just as well, get the official one for the best results.

eddhorse

USB Snes conteoller for the win !!

CiDeRmAn

eddhorse wrote: »

USB Snes conteoller for the win !!

Yes, but the analogue sticks give you better control in games with analogue controls, and the twin sticks are of a great benefit when playing the only game worth playing Boulder Dash Robotron!

Flaregon

Hello guy, Any help would be epic.

I have a problem, "so many controller isses lol", Using retro pie 3 + on board bluetooth.
using wireless ps3 controllers.

I have 1, went to a friend house for some 2 player fun, work grand connected it up, and it just worked perfectly.
go over again, but forget my controller this, so I use his two controller.
problems start here. All 3 work on emulation station, but only 1 work during games "random 1 will work, in an emulator, its also reading as both player 1 / 2 controlling both"

Ive tryed uninstalling/reinstalling the ps3 drivers, Ive tryed deleted the retro arch config file, and no look, anyone ran into this.

ShooterSF

So I got me a nice lil 14 inch Sony CRT and decided to grab a composite cable and scart to plug the Pi in and .. it plays.. but it's not real pretty. Reading up on it apparently I need a HDMI to VGA 15khz converter and then something like the UMSA which just seems to add to a list of possible problems. Now actual consoles are out of the question as I had to fight for the space for the TV. So I'm not sure what to do. I'll keep the TV for now, maybe the console issue can be revisited later.

tony stark

Hi. I bought a rasberry pi with all the games and kodi preinstalled. Im an absolute luddite when it comes to tech hence buying it ready to go. I bought it so I could play games from when i was a kid. But....its really pixelated for snes and megadrive games. Any way someone here could help me out? Is my tv too big? Id love to get this fixed in time for christmas to suprise the bro.

Steve X2

Setup Amiberry last night and I'm very impressed with it actually. Boot time to Amiga interface is about 3-5 seconds on the Pi 3(before and overclocks). It's basically the Winuae interface(so UAE) and supports hardfiles, CD32 and all that good stuff.
As its based on the DietPi linux dist its very snappy and even supports the Pi LCD touchscreen.

Now planning on 3D printing an Amiga related case and sticking the Pi in that.

The Last Bandit

Steve X2 wrote: »

Setup Amiberry last night and I'm very impressed with it actually. Boot time to Amiga interface is about 3-5 seconds on the Pi 3(before and overclocks). It's basically the Winuae interface(so UAE) and supports hardfiles, CD32 and all that good stuff.
As its based on the DietPi linux dist its very snappy and even supports the Pi LCD touchscreen.

Now planning on 3D printing an Amiga related case and sticking the Pi in that.

Ya its pretty good alright, although 'reset' & 'resume' drops me back to the console a bit too often.

Steve X2

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Ya its pretty good alright, although 'reset' & 'resume' drops me back to the console a bit too often.

Not seen that yet, you using a Pi3, overclocked?

tony stark

Hi. I bought a rasberry pi with all the games and kodi preinstalled. Im an absolute luddite when it comes to tech hence buying it ready to go. I bought it so I could play games from when i was a kid. But....its really pixelated for snes and megadrive games. Any way someone here could help me out? Is my tv too big? Id love to get this fixed in time for christmas to suprise the bro.WILLING TO PAY!!!