Thank you - I sorted out my arcade a couple of years ago and never got two player working and gave up - just had a second go during lockdown, and this video helped me figure it out. Many thanks!

This was a huge help! Purchased a used Icade and am trying to get it loaded with Retropie. They automatically have connectors for the GPIO pins. Made way more sense to connect these directly than use an encoder. Realized this was the second one of your videos I was watching...got yourself a subscriber 💪

Thank you so much!! So much easier than screwing around with a teensy and much more compact, perfect for my portable RetroPie setup. I had a little hiccup and had to re-config the controller once or twice, not sure what the issue was. I didn't change anything just tried it again and it decided to work. Not a big deal though.

thank you, so so so so so much for making this video, i was originally using adafruit's retrogame software to detect button input but for some reason pin 3,5 and 40 weren't detecting any input, after following this guide they now all work and so my portable console I'm making should now be able to play n64 games, all thanks to you, thank you very much for making this tutorial, have a wonderful day.

OMG you are awesome, i was struggling at getting the GPIOs to work for my Raspberry Pi Boy from Thingiverse. It works perfect thank you so much!!!

Thx for this very good tutorial! Helped me a lot for configuring my GPIO controls for my raspberry 4B!

Only person I found who did this right......thank you

Thanks for making this video! I would have never found this tool without this video! Cheers man

great video thank you from a fellow Melbournian - I hope you're finally on NBN now :)

Genuinely thank you friend! Thanks for making things simple and easy

Thank you so much!! I'm french but I easly understand your video!

I will test this for my gameboy zero thank you

Hi, for some weird reason, my buttons arent working, do i need the ground wires as well? If so, then how would i solder it

Thank you so much for the video....I've been searching one like this for like almost half a day.......maybe I'd like to see one more video on how to do one with the analog stick connected with the "middle man" like u said....thanks anyways! and one more thing....in the connection schematic that you have shown you haven't mentioned where we have to connect the L and R buttons to the raspberry pi...will be happy to know that too!

This tutorial really help me, thanks!!!

This is a useful video for my projects - Well done! - You have gained a subscriber!

How do you know which gpio pins to connect to? I know that on the github page it tells me "gpionext set pins [#,#,#|default] - the pins that gpionext will configure and watch" in the GPIONextFlags part of the description, but how do I use it? Thanks! EDIT: nevermind, I just saw your reply that said I could use any of the pins

Hello, I have a setup with 4 push buttons on a breadboard connected my the gpio of my pi zero W. I have a python script that is able to retrieve the inputs so I think everything is wired up correctly. But when I run "gpionext config" and try to configure a virtual controller. I am stuck at the "Hold button" step. It seems like gpionext is unable to retrieve the inputs from my push buttons and I can't figure out why. Any idea ?

hey i have a porblem when i use this commad 6:42 retropie say ImportError: No module named 'evdev' can you help me ? sorry for the bad english

Thanks! I spent a couple hours today struggling to get other utilities working including GPioneer. I don't know how missed GPIOnext.

I have used this link many times over the past few years and there was no problem what so ever. Now for some reason, when I go to clone and bash the file I am getting an error. It says how there is "no module named evdev found". This is a little confusing and frustrating because collectively I have been a part of probably 20 arcade cabinets and this is the first time this problem arises. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

hi, when i try to configure the controls using gpionext config i get an error message. modulenotfounderror no module named evdev

Thank you very much. That helped me so much for my Gameboy Zero project

For some reason only "a" button work any suggestions. Everything is solder correctly

Is detecting only 3 pins of 18. PULL UP? PULL DOWN? I have each button connected to each pin but the GND is common

Thank you, will be using this as part of a video i should be posting next week :) I appreciate it boss

this has helped me so much, you are amazing

Hey man great video! But how did you connect switches to gpio?

Rewired my pins to reflect your wiring and now the program registers all the inputs except the b and left button. Checked all my solder joints.

This was incredibly helpful - thank you!

You rock man! Gonna refer this video when I upload my next project. Thanks!

Ir works only on Emulation Station? Or can be used in to Raspbian with qjoy?

tnx, this video helps me a lot, but how can I choose another gpio for the connection like gpio 2 for example?

I just got a raspi 3 from a friend and will proceed to do this later this week. I know zero of raspi stuff. would it work with retroarch? what is the software setup you use? the UI is very pretty.

is there a tutorial for wiring these buttons? and connecting dual joysticks to the gpio. Since there are limited number of pins is there a board needed for it?

hello Sir, Thank you for making this very informative video...it help me and i hope this will also help all other who watch this informative video. Thank you @EmulatedBen

I have tried this tutorial step by step 3 times for 2 joystick setup (totally 23 buttons) and everything was fine until step "restart system". It does not recognize my GPIOs at all. I could control the emulator only with the USB keyboard. I have followed strictly everything, to emphasize again. The only difference was my setup - I have 2 joysticks (equal to 8 buttons) and 6 buttons per player (X,Y,A,B,L,R) plus three more buttons (start, coin player1 and coin player2). Also I did connect all cables to the GPIO connector before to start the procedure - does that make a difference? Do I need to fully disconnect the USB keyboard before to start the emulator? Maybe this was the problem? Where I am wrong, can anyone help me please?

Hey dude. I followed all your steps. When I restarted emulation station. And went to configure my joystick 🕹️. The up and left wasn't registering. Any ideas.

If I have an RGB hat, would I still be able to do this? Possibly using the pins that aren't being used by it?

Hi, I was wondering if you needed the board to do it the way I want to, well you see I have like 4 or so controllers I don't use anymore and well I wanted to see if somehow I could trim them and get what I need which is both joysticks, d pad and 4 extra buttons for x,y,b,a and 2 more for start and pause and all that, and well I saw a video of a guy making a pspi and another making a Raspberry pi Nintendo switch case and well I wanted to just worry about the controller for now, thanks

How did you wire the buttons to the gpio pins? do the pins supply power on their own?

Thank you for your help and video. How would you connect w analog thumb sticks and two more shoulder buttons?

Thanks Ben I followed steps exactly. I have a 20 button setup GPIO pins along with 2 joystick controllers. I am using retrorampage 128gb image. When I press any button next to start, a, etc nothing happens. Am I missing something?

Hmmm, GPIOnext config detects my button presses, but nothing happens once I got into EmulationStation. No controller detected. And I even used the gpionext start command. Deleted the config and restarted from the beginning, same thing. I'm only testing with one button, and I'm getting "Pins: 7" on terminal once I press the button.

Can it works with Recalbox? i know that recalbox has its gpio-controller inside, but the last version has a bug with it, so while a bugfix is still developing i could use this your solution

como configuraste la pantalla tft para que se vea ? how did you set up the tft screen to look ?

man your in melbourne me to would like to see what you have done with you pis someday in person

Thanks a lot this is really helpful. I was wanting to also add an analog stick to my project and 2 more trigger buttons, would u know what gpio's I would connect them too?

Most propably a stupid cuestion: Does this work on steamlink? once you downloaded to your raspberry

Great video. Sorted me out perfect

My up down left buttons register but not my a, b, select and start buttons. Note: Checked all my soldering connections using a VOM and everything checked out.Also tested the switches. Help me please :(

Works this also on a Raspberry pi zero?

Great video, I think I have a problem with my own Pi though, when I go through everything and get to configuring my buttons aren't registering and the pi thinks pin 40 is permanently pressed or connect to something which it isn't. I know my soldering is good because I tested each button on scratch before hand and they all worked, any ideas?

Does it matter to which port I solder which buttons (as long as I don't solder to power or ground)?

не работает, если уже подключен через GPIO жк-экран. и сама приблуда не работает. и гасит экран

I keep holding down a button but it won't skip a button on the configure menu

i need help . :( i did your tutorial and everithing is ok but the buttons has a delay . like half sec. please help

How can i connect a joystics?Thank youu

Super helpful!! Thank you

When I put "gpionext config", I get this: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/pi/GPIOnext/config_manager.py", line 14, in from evdev import ecodes as e ImportError: No module named 'evdev' What happened?

Hey I know it is an old question but your video has been very helpful I just had some questions in the soldering part if you could assist me with it

What type of buttons are used in this video

thx dough i needed that content.

bash: git: command not found… 😢

does this work with raspbian, or is there a different way i can set it up for raspbian (cause I'm planning on making a portable rpi in a gameboy case)

did you download these games in bulk? and if so, where?

could you make a document on here i need to solder wires from the pcb thank you

Can you define specific pins? I already have a touch screen connected but have several pins free

does it matter what gpio pins (except the voltage ones) you hook up the buttons to?

how do you access the terminal?sorry for my bad english

I’m having trouble when typing the little squiggly line it’s not the little squiggly line , I don’t know if it’s my keyboard orrr??.. would really appreciate if you write back...

Where did you get the buttons??

How did you get it to boot in the Linux command prompt at 1:40 min? Video was blown out. Thanks!

Thank you for this video :) It function perfectly for all emulators,but not with pcsx rearmed (I mean the non lr version).Is the only way to play 3d games psx on rpi0. It function using an usb gamepad,but it doesn't boot using GPIO buttons. Do you know a way to make this GPIO gamepad to be view from pcsx rearmed like a normal gamepad?

I' m tring to install this and when I come to the clone of github it asks me for username/password, now I can type my github username correctly but once I have to type my password my keyboard stops working and I'm not able to type in anymore, just to push on enter but doing that I'm back to my previous step only.....any suggestions mates? Thanks in advance

Thanks

When i input "bash GPIOnext/install.sh" i get "no such file or directory"

Thank you!

Where did you get those smooshy rubber tactile buttons?

Can i use this with the 3.5 lcd screen without hdmi?

Can you use whichever GPIO pins you want with GPIOnext?

Can you help me , this controller has 2 joysticks, for 2 players, how do I get two sticks bined, thank you again,Rick..

What wire gauge did you use?

How did you get into the console where you typed everything?

Why is It doesn't work with psx por Nintendo?, Can you help me please? Is important

Thank you

how to use anlouge joysticks

thank you omg

Pls can you explain the wiring to me? Im really new and i have no idea what I should do

Can this also be done with an rpi zero ?

Is it the same process for raspberry pi zero?

Can you link me to the screen you used in the video?

11:20 min What the command is that!????

can gpionext run on raspberry 1 ?

Thanks, I have wasted time and money , time is money to me , not even the sellers Jaycar couldn’t help me ,I’m 55 and very happy tonight, it’s alive with one of the two pads working, help?

3:50

Wtf happend to his board