Today I've finished this project! A classic-looking game cabinet. The project included the design, construction, installation and configuration of all the components. Modesty aside, it's looking awesome! :)
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Worklog
04/06/2015
- SketchUp work
05/06/2015
- Got a nice MDF piece (2500x1800) to start wood working.
Sketchup work: Decided to use an existent cabinet model and modify it.
06/06/2015
- Further adjustments to the plan to have a little more room for monitor and electronics inside. Side board printed in 1:1 scale and drawn to the MDF.
07/06/2015
- Wood work. All cabinet parts cut and outer box assembled. Starting to look nice. I'm happy with the results until now.
08/06/2015
- Side artwork printed in vinyl.
09/06/2015
- Vinyl applied to all MDF boards. Buttons and USB controller installed.
10/06/2015
- Built monitor bezzel.
07/2015
- Two new buttons (with LEDs) added to bottom panel (bound to enter / exit emulator)
- Marquee plexiglass & vinyl artwork installed
09/2015
- Installed power circuit with interrupt and DC transformers (powering all LEDs and a Raspberry in future).
03/2016
- Using a Raspberry Pi 3 with RetroPie featuring libretro's awesomeness. The cabinet is fully standalone now. Just plug and play :)