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A few Raspberry Pi/Retropie questions
Posted on 9/3/18 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 9/3/18 at 9:54 pm
1. Looking for a way to plug my Pi into my big screen and play NES, etc., while seated 15 or so feet away. Any legit NES bluetooth controllers out there?
2. Is there a way to install an on/off switch? I know how to shut the Pi down but I can't figure out how to turn it back on without unplugging and plugging back in.
3. Other than retro gaming, what else do you use the Pi for?
2. Is there a way to install an on/off switch? I know how to shut the Pi down but I can't figure out how to turn it back on without unplugging and plugging back in.
3. Other than retro gaming, what else do you use the Pi for?
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Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:13 am to Dale Murphy
I use the 8bitdo SNES controllers for mine. They work 20ft away.
Haven't figured out a way to get the PS controllers to reliably work for N64 games
Haven't figured out a way to get the PS controllers to reliably work for N64 games
Posted on 9/4/18 at 1:02 pm to Dale Murphy
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2. Is there a way to install an on/off switch? I know how to shut the Pi down but I can't figure out how to turn it back on without unplugging and plugging back in.
I know there are products like this:
Raspberry Pi Power Switch
But I personally just use a small surge protector with on/off switch dedicated to only my Raspberry Pi. (still shut it down correctly via the UI first)
This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 9/4/18 at 1:04 pm to Dale Murphy
You can buy a power cable that has a switch. Amazon has them for around 5$. Depending on how comfortable you are playing with the terminal you can build some pretty easy script for a true shutdown procedure.
Here are a few projects I've done with pi
1. Open VPN server
2. Pihole -dns ad blocker
3. Next clound ubuntu server
4. Kali box
5. Exploit lab
Pi is an awesome learning tool because it's so simple. Screw around, break it, reflash and you're rolling in 10 minutes.
Here are a few projects I've done with pi
1. Open VPN server
2. Pihole -dns ad blocker
3. Next clound ubuntu server
4. Kali box
5. Exploit lab
Pi is an awesome learning tool because it's so simple. Screw around, break it, reflash and you're rolling in 10 minutes.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 2:53 pm to Hammertime
quote:
1. Looking for a way to plug my Pi into my big screen and play NES, etc., while seated 15 or so feet away. Any legit NES bluetooth controllers out there?
quote:
I use the 8bitdo SNES controllers for mine. They work 20ft away.
Haven't figured out a way to get the PS controllers to reliably work for N64 games
8bitdo are the best, they actually make a SNES one that has all the buttons a PS controller would have on it.
Not sure what PS controller you have, but the offical six axis PS3 ones work great in my experience.
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3. Other than retro gaming, what else do you use the Pi for?
Retropie can also install Kodi on it and use it as a Kodi box, there are some other mods you can get on it as well, but I have not played with them as much.
Tons of things you can do with the Pi.
You can make an adblock device on your network called Pi-hole so you don't get adverts on all devices without having to install adblock apps.
Homebridge if you have iOS devices to let you use some devices that don't support homekit with homekit.
Sky's the limit with Pi projects.
This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 2:59 pm
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