PiCade 2 Player Version

Ready Player Two!

Find here the PiCade 2 Player Version.

This PCB is made for Rapsberry Pi. It stacks on top and gives you a game controller plus audio amp for your arcade or bartop installtions.

 Find here the famous pi2cade 2 player version pcb.

Features:

• Works with Regamebox, Recalbox, Retropie and other distributions
• 28 Inputs possible!
• On Board Amplifier!
• On Board Amplifier can be controlled via Buttons. So no need to assemble a potentiometer in your cab. Just use buttons.
• On Board Amplifier can be controlled alternatively via Software and GPIO. With this option there is no need of extra buttons fpr volume control at all.
• Volume control otions are set on the board via DIPs. So no need to make software configurations.
• Extra 5 Screw Terminals for GND. This make your wiring simple :)
• Needs only 5V, So you save bare money, because you don't need a 12V PSU anymore.
• Sound is conneced via line in headphone jack. So no GPIO are occupied by custom sound interface solution and no extra drivers or DT Overlays are neeeded.
• Compatible to MK Arade Joystick Driver, see recalbox github.com
• Works with Recalbox, Retropie and other retro game rpi distributions, since picade 2 Player Arcadeforge PCB is compatible to MK Arcace Joystick Driver. Just activate this driver.
• Compatible to Regamebox
• Compatible to Adafruit Retrogame Driver. Just adapt the pinout to your needs. Find here a already adapted version.
• lag less controls via wire to wire GPIO connect. No USB Lag applies
• Extra PSU jack for 2.1mm plug inner pole plus PSU. So no need for expensive USB C based 5V 3A PSUs anymore.
• Handling for wake up and shutdown possible

Pinmapping for Extra Buttons

Screw Terminal, Pin, GPIO, Comment Extra 01, Pin3, GPIO2, When Dip On connects to Volume Up

Extra 02, Pin5, GPIO3, When Dip On connects to Volume Down. Can be used to for wake up and shutdown as well

Extra 03, 27, GPIO0

Extra 04, 28, GPIO1

Recalbox support this controller addon board out of the box.

For Retropie follow this tutorial.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83317

Github https://github.com/recalbox/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi

Tutorial Recalbox in German
https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/GPIO-Controller-(DE)

Tutorial Recalbox in English
https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/GPIO-controllers-%28EN%29

Features

- 32 Inputs

- several GND terminals

- needs only 5V for Amp

- Audio Jack

- Extra 2.1mm x 5.5mm inner plus pole for 5V jack

- Speaker terminals left and right and plus, minus

- Dip Switch for selecting volume control via software or extra buttons with terminals.

- 40 pin gpio

- Compatible to Raspberry Pi 3B+

Player Two is ready!