Good info! Yeah it would have been easier to pre tin the contacts and use a finer tip soldering iron too. Thanks for the watch!

This made my day....thanks for the great comment! I do try my hardest to make the best videos I can for my subscribers. Would really appreciate a share on your social media cause it's super tough to break through youtube's algorithims and get my content out there. Thanks again!

Glad the video helped you out. You should check out the virtual pinball cabinet project too. Thanks for the watch!

@@wayofthewrench One note, 1st time I tried, it didn't work. Realized that is because RetroPie by default has SSH disabled. So there's a few steps that could be added as an improvement suggestion for your next vid. Need to enable SSH on RetroPie RASPI-CONFIG. 😉

Ah noted. As I made this cabinet as a series, in one of the previous videos I turned on SSH already but it probably would be good to add this to the video description. Thanks for the suggestion! Cheers!

@@wayofthewrench Thanks! Seems to be a common oversight. Been running across that frequently in other similar RetroPie guides. Others provide guides using a PC to Network into Raspberry Pi via Samba, where the first time you do that, you need to provide the pi/raspberry login credentials but only need to do it the 1st time and then it gets saved on local machiine. A newb like me seems to keep running into those forgotten hurdles, doing everything for the 1st time. 😀

It's all part of the experience, if it was too easy, it wouldn't be fun! Cheers!

I would love to see it when your done, send me a message on the Way of the Wrench instagram (link in description). Its a good feeling to play on these after all of the hard work. Any hiccups/things not go right?

Way of the Wrench I’ll send you pictures and videos, I’m surprised on how it turn out with the limited tools I had. I still need to wire the audio and design the warping on the sides and console. I made it so it connects to a ps4 pro. I’ll give you a more detail info in maybe two weeks when I’m done ✌️

Sounds good!

Sweet! Thanks for the watch and sub. Yeah what you just described is my niche in KZfaq. Everything you need to know shown and in a way that is entertaining/memorable. Glad you liked the videos and if you think I'm worthy, I'd really appreciate a share out on your social media. Cheers!

You can use any momentary button that is normally off but on when pushed. I used cheap arcade microswitch buttons. If you're still not sure, you can look at my parts video for the arcade cabinet. Thanks for the watch!

Yeah I could have but they have been ok (haven't disconnected in over 2 years). I still need to set this up on my main pi so I can have a safe reset when it has a jammer every now and then. Right now, I just open up the control panel and manually touch the contacts but it would be nice to have a button (I even drilled a hole for it so I could just poke the button when it needed it and so no one else could hit it. Thanks for the watch! You should check out my vpin build series....it's soooo good. Cheers!

Yup, there's a time stamp at 14:02 as well. This video is part of a video series for a diy arcade cabinet so I included the step needed to wire in the on/off button for the script to work. Thanks for the watch!

Gotta love Atari.....Cheers!

You're welcome Jamie! Thanks for the watch!

No worries Bruh! Thanks for the watch!

Thanks Hugo! Glad you liked it, you should make one! Free plans are in the description. If you google rpi4 pinouts, you can find other pinouts that can be regulated 5v/or grounds like pins 2 and 4. Or there are other gpios that can be outputs. You might be able to change the program to use different pinouts as well but I haven't tried that so Im not 100% sure. Thanks for the watch!

@@wayofthewrench thanks for the answer! I'll dig a little more, and will be back with an answer 😁

Yeah Ian this will be a great project for you and your daughter! I would recommend just taking your time and ordering stuff as you go, that way the overall cost is spread out and not as noticible. Plus this gives you more time to find cheap or free parts. Start with a rasp pi 3 b plus ( $100 after proper power supply and case and cable) at a minimum or a pi 4 but I also recommend taking a look at my how to fix a free computer video so you can use a pc which will be way more powerful and probably cheaper. Then you can install retropie and some games and play while you build. Try it out on a free monitor ( or used no more than $30 )to see if that is the size you want before you build too. After that you'll need mdf or plywood (roughly $70 a sheet). You'll need 3 to 5 sheets depending on your design. Cheap button, joystick, usb board for $60. Misc glue and screws and sand paper $40. T molding roughly $25 for 50 feet. 2.1 sound system with bluetooth $80. Speaker grills free to $20. Paint $50. Casters $25. Beyond that it just gets into the extras. Coin door $150. Marquee monitor $279. Marquee pi and kit $100. Graphics $300. Vinyl for control panel $80. For mine it added up in the end but it was my dream cabinet and the money was spent over a year. I still plan on spending some more for upgrades and mods too. Cheers and thanks for the watch!

@@wayofthewrench still watching the vid but wondering if you painted the cab or vinyl?

Yes it should be pretty much the same except I remember there being another line of code needed for the rpi4. Here is a link to what I'm referring to. www.embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/development-kits/raspberry-pi-power-up-and-shutdown-with-a-physical-button. Let me know if this works as I actually haven't messed with a rpi4 yet because I have just jumped to refurbishing older pcs that are free and are way more powerful for arcade projects. Cheers!

yeah might have helped but the pads were so tiny and close. The best thing was to pre tin the pads on the board and then it went waaay easier.

Thanks! You might but this way was pretty easy. There was a file to download and install so you would have to do that as well. I know this worked on my 2 raspberry pi though, not sure of other methods. Cheers!

Way of the Wrench gotcha.👍🏼 Thank you so much for the prompt reply! Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas

Another question. When you shut it down using this method do you still have the Red Light on or your Raspberry or it goes completely off? Thank you again!

It has been a while since I actually looked at the pi after shutting it off so I am not sure 100% but I think there is always a red light to show you have a stable power supply to the pi but the green light(s) blink a couple times and go out. I usually wait about 15 seconds or so and wait for the shutdown sequence to scroll across the screen and the display goes into a source not found screen and then I know it is off for sure. I do this for both pi on my cabinet before unplugging the power cord to the cabinet.

Sweet! I would love to see some pictures or a video of your cabinet (send me a DM on Instagram). There are already 5 or 6 of these "Way of the Wrench" designs out there, so welcome to the family! I have a ton of stuff to film and put out for some upgrades to the arcade cabinet but I haven't had a chance to film/edit yet. YES! I have been researching and messing around with my first virtual pinball cabinet and I have a 3 screen set up ready to go as well. I am in the middle of deciding what my design will be so I can order parts with a theme in mind. My playfield is 46" HD 8ms lag 60 to 240Hz refresh rate tv and it looks amazing so far on the tables I have put into pinup player/popper. The videos and plans are coming soon I swear.....just not enough time in the day. Thanks for the watch!

@@wayofthewrench It really was a pleasure following your videos and do my build. I cant wait for you to begin the pinball, look forward to that. I'm all the way from South Africa, so you can tell everyone that one of your builds is on the Africa continent :) I send you my pics of my build, Name I used is Acidmax (Gamer Tag).

Lesley! Just checking in, in case you didn't know....my virtual pinball series is alive and 24 videos strong. Thanks for suggestion a long time ago!

Still have to show you this bad boy....one of these days

Yeah I borrowed a general purpose pencil soldering iron but I have used fine point electronics soldering irons before that worked way better.....not my finest soldering.

@@wayofthewrench good build this is what i do in my spare time in the cave is practice on any power board your not using. I always see you perfect so i was gonna throw my solder sucker stick and solder braid thru the screen to you.

lol...I can imagine. I have to show my mistakes too, everybody can always improve.....that's what it's all about. Cheers!

Good tip but in this case the solder pads were so tiny I don't think it would fit. Plus I used what I had, they may not be my best solder joints but there were good. No issues in 2 years of use. Thanks for the tip and the watch!

You should see the virtual pinball I'm building....sooo cool

Yeet!

I live in Canada but I am Slovak! Guess that makes me a Canvak or Slovadian. lol. Ahoy!

Lol....free. Just buy the materials. There is a whole series on how to make what you see. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.