Program GPIO controls on a DIY Raspberry Pi Arcade Cabinet! HOW TO DO IT EASY!

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This video shows how to do the basic programming needed in the Recalbox operating system on a Raspberry Pi when using the GPIO headers for connecting your arcade buttons and joystick.

I edit the 'recalbox.conf' file to allow the GPIO header controller. This can be done by root access via the terminal. I do it directly by plugging a keyboard into the Pi. On the frontend screen, press F4 to quit, then ALT+F2 to get a terminal and use credentials below.

Once you have got past the password part ("root" as login and "recalboxroot" as password.) type 'nano recalbox.conf' to access the file. Scroll down and enable the gpio by changing the 0 to a 1 as show below.
**Be aware that sometimes what you type doesn't actually show up on screen**
# ------------ D3 - GPIO Controllers ------------ #
## GPIO Controllers
## enable controllers on GPIO with mk_arcarde_joystick_rpi (0,1)
controllers.gpio.enabled=1
## mk_gpio arguments, map=1 for one controller, map=1,2 for 2 (map=1,map=1,2)
controllers.gpio.args=map=1,2

Found at:
https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Root-access-on-terminal-(EN)

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FULL CABINET BUILD VIDEO :https://youtu.be/NUmrwvQ0reI

There is still much to be improved with these builds. These are a starter project that still leave much to be customized. If you have cool ideas please let me know in the comments below!

All the plans can be downloaded from: http://holbrooktech.weebly.com/pi-arcade-101.html
More explanations and downloadable packages!

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Recalbox: https://www.recalbox.com
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One of my favorite eBay stores: http://stores.ebay.com/sinoarcade
joystick and button sets for $60-$100

My Local suppliers
http://www.rpelectronics.com/
http://leeselectronic.com/en/

Original Cabinet design by http://www.instructables.com/member/rolfebox/

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