Adafruit Arcade Bonnet for Raspberry Pi
Adafruit Arcade Bonnet for Raspberry Pi makes small emulator projects easier to build for retro gaming on a Raspberry Pi. The Arcade Bonnet can be used to design a custom arcade console, a desktop or stand-up machine, or just a simple controller box with the help of buttons and a joystick. The Arcade Bonnet is sold as a mini-kit, with the Bonnet and headers that need to be soldered in to attach it to a Raspberry Pi. It only takes a few minutes, but a soldering iron and solder are required.
This item is sold as a mini-kit, with a Bonnet and headers that need to be soldered in to attach it to a Raspberry Pi.
Note: The terminal block included may be blue or black.
It also does not come with any of the extras, so choose available buttons/joysticks/speakers from below.
Joysticks:
Small Arcade Joystick
Mini Analog Joystick
Assembled 2 Axis Joystick
Analog Thumbstick
2 Axis Joystick
PSP Analog Joystick
PSP3000 Analog Joystick
To connect, use 20x12" Female jumper wires.
Speakers:
4 ohm 3 Watt speaker
8 ohm 1 Watt speaker
Mono enclosed speaker
Mini Metal speaker (may need to turn the volume down in Emulation station)
Thin Plastic speaker (may need to turn the volume down in Emulation station)
Arcade Buttons:
The JST connectors on the Bonnet mate perfectly with these quick-connects
Any of Adafruit Arcade buttons will work and the translucent 30mm ones work nicely with the recomended quick-connects.
Note: Raspberry Pi, arcade buttons, joysticks, speaker, display, and quick-connect wires are NOT included, and must be purchased separately.
Features
- Same size as a Pi Zero and can be used with a Pi 2, 3, B+ or any 2x20 connector Pi
- JST sockets for plugging in six arcade buttons easily with quick connects
- Header breakouts for use with both clicky-type switched joysticks
- Header breakout and converter for using analog-type joysticks or thumbsticks with potentiometers inside
- A 3W digital speaker output that can drive 4-8ohm speakers when using a TV output, audio-less HDMI display or PiTFT, works even when the Pi doesn't have a headphone jack
- Switches are all managed with an I2C-GPIO converter with interrupt out
- The converter is very fast and frees up all the pins to use this Bonnet with a PiTFT or any other accessory/device
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