DIY Raspberry Pi Zero Handheld Game Console (Part 1)

[@ElectroBOOM]

I love your projects Great Scott!

[@HeRoXLeGenD1]

Both of you guys make the best electric/electronics videos thank you so much !!!

[@braulioisaac2609]

i love you videos ElectroBOOM

[@RoadGlideTIP216]

man you are fnny as hell

[@0Bariq0]

ElectroBOOOOOM

[@luigipizzolito5597]

SAME!

[@cradledani]

No matter what project you do, you never fail to amaze me. Simply awesome work. Looking forward to part 2!

[@jjcc8379]

"oh, it's just another raspizero handheld" i though before the video. How wrong i was. Createing your own voltage regulator, explaining the process, and showing every step... things like thta are why I subscribe to your channel

[@greatscottlab]

Thanks mate ;-)

[@premn]

hello can i use a battery module to charge battery? thanks

[@TinkerersLab]

bro I liked your videos so much that I clicked on subscribe button twice ;)

[@TinkerersLab]

Nooo. Just kidding. You can use that.

[@Sam-dc9bg]

I am actually bookmarking this for learning more about your regulator circuit!! Thanks for the video!

[@Ululuro]

"4 Eneloops in series gives us 5.6 V" - I undstand that! "Now we just need this max667 that powers this mcp through the non-inverting pin 5 of the opamp with a comperator that activates a flipflop clone that pulls down the gate" - O_O

[@0Bariq0]

0-100 REAL QUICK

[@artur9502]

just use a li-po battery with a power bank battery charger

[@philbateman1989]

Not gonna lie, I understood about 2% of that. I really need to study more :(

[@mauricioferrazzi]

Yella Dart hes so smart man. I feel the same that you...

[@lintangwisesa]

me too :(

[@millettec5950]

same all i heard was: volt volt volt volt wifi and more volt

[@dylangegax4603]

abid latif take electronics and it'll teach you exactly what to do ^-^

[@DtownCboy]

left my face like (O_o)

[@szerocools]

When you mentioned "Raspberry Pi into Game Console" i was hooked. This is what i wanted to build for decades. My inner child screamed. Then I remember that I had a PS Vita, took me to hours to find under a pile of old electronics. I dusted it off, installed Henkaku, loaded my Emulators, and I was 10 years old again playing Super Mario Wold.

[@Sanchees3]

No way ! I've been having a project like this in my head for a while now but I'm so glad one of my favorite channels now goes in detail about their build. Love your videos, Keep up the fantastic work ! (:

[@veorEL]

I am constantly fascinated by the level of commitment and the in depth knowledge that is built into @GreatScott! 's videos. Amazing every time I watch one. Good work, real German quality.

[@AntonioBrandao]

Can you please make a version "for dummies"?

[@kungfoosquirrel]

Antonio Brandao or sell a kit? Provide a shopping list with schematics?

[@sabagamer3052]

@@lcfireskull5750 well fuck you

[@DollarbillDollarbill]

You either born with that talent or your not. Kinda like an artist. Don't feel bad. I can't build a picture frame.

[@N.Willems]

@@DollarbillDollarbill god... so if u can't do thing the first time u can never learn. kids these days...

[@Alvaro-em1dj]

Dollarbill777 Dollarbill777 ur wrong bro,i used to know nun about tech etc and couldnt figure out nothing,nowadays that has changed

[@Saamniferu]

Ok i'm going to make this! Edit: Nevermind.

[@morsine]

It'll be way more easier to use a normal tablet battery with a power bank module. Gives out 5v. Charges 3.7-4.7v battery etc

[@Saamniferu]

@@morsine Im very late but it was a joke sis...

[@hurtadoa1]

I have been wanting to do this for days. I'm so happy you're doing it because now I can follow a better step by step idea. Thanks for doing this. If you ever get your hands on the CHIP computer, tell us you thoughts too. It's like the pi zero but with wifi and Bluetooth for $9

[@OranCollins]

your videos never seem to get repetitive, that's awesome and testement to your quality

[@minebendaoud4754]

what a professional content , i love your channel

[@greatscottlab]

Thanks

[@curly2457]

do you think you could do that with a raspberry pi 3?

[@endersteve704]

​@@curly2457extra late reply but yes

[@mrlithium69]

I usually understand what you are doing with these circuits at least summarily, but this one was way over my head with all the voltage regulation stuff. Still very impressive.

[@milestogo5629]

Question: as a beginner with no background in science stuffs (I only know a lot about programming) this was a bit hard to understand but nevertheless thank you for the details. I wanted to start something with pi 0 as its cheaper. I was wondering: how do I connect it with a tv?

[@HashirEasa]

theres a mini hdmi port if i remember correctly

[@tanbirsohail]

This is one of my favourite youtube channels. When the Pi zero came up I had more than 10 projects in my mind. I thought I am gonna buy at least 20 of these. Sadly, their rarity and local taxes make their price almost USD $28 in my country. Damn. Too hard to get these. I have the Pi 2 and 3.

[@infopackrat]

I love your projects. But on more complex projects like this one you kinda need more details. Everything goes by too fast. Could you do longer version videos of these more complex projects?

[@greatscottlab]

+infopackrat No

[@somaplay]

Harsh

[@CSXBoys]

GreatScott! CRAWLING IN MY SKIN, THESE WOUNDS THEY'LL NEVER HEAL

[@needlessoptions]

GreatScott! lmao

[@BGDNGSN]

savage

[@thedrunkgeek6824]

I like how in the beginning he says "easily create one as well" 2 minutes in and he went all beautiful mind on us!

[@ceptimus]

It's important to prevent lithium batteries discharging too low, but with NiMH batteries it doesn't really matter if you run them flat. So why bother with the over-discharge circuit? Edit: Maybe the Pi is more likely to corrupt its SD card if the power supply 'brown-outs' gradually? I would prefer to use a single lithium cell with one of those all-in-one charger/protection/boost modules that allows you to charge the cell, steps up the voltage to 5V and cuts out on over current or low cell voltage - you can get those for $2 or so on Ebay.

[@JTLowry]

yeah i am puzzled by that too

[@Priidik]

ceptimus exactly. Would have been so much less work.

[@Ts6451]

Well, that is not entirely true, the system in the video uses a series string of multiple cells, and in such an arrangement complete discharge will always risk damaging one or more of the cells due to reverse charging. In fact, it probably would be an advantage to have balancing and protection circuits on pretty much all chemistries if you want to maximize the useful life of the battery. But I suppose that as long as the battery will not cause a fire if mistreated, a bit of reduced life and risk of damage is accepted to reduce cost and complexity, and if you need to buy a new battery a few months early, well, that is just good for business, isn't it...

[@lordPix3lUK]

chill out dude, this guys knows his stuff. just watch and learn

[@TuttleScott]

it'll stop running long before that would happen. I'd risk it, nimh batteries are cheap as chips and safe.

[@wi_zeus6798]

First of all, very nice video. I'm actually working on a portable retro console myself and I have already done most of the work. Basically I only need an enclosure. Now the interesting part for everyone, who wants to build something similar :) The KZbinr weremy has an absolutely awesome guide on building the unit into a Gameboy case. And one small thing: I think it's way easier to use RetroPie (Emulationstation) as OS.

[@-Sean_]

That was a lot for a part one. can't wait to see what's next!

[@aathish04]

Your handwriting is AMAZING !

[@eyesofnova]

I was wondering if you could make a smart mirror tutorial? Thanks for the awesome videos, a lot of the electronics stuff is over my head but i love watching it.

[@greatscottlab]

I put it on my to do list.

[@eyesofnova]

GreatScott! thank you!

[@infinitechgames9293]

lol

[@steventitus4399]

I am getting a Pi just to do that project.

[@MesonW]

I just sat in awe of your clear understanding of how all that worked lol - I never really did get electronics. Now onto the next video:)

[@kamran_aghlami]

Very good and informative, keep it up 👍 Here is a thing wouldn't it be better if you just simply used a raspberry pie 3 and desolder LAN, USB ports and audio and gpio ports to make it slimmer? There u would have native lcd,wifi (for whatever reason u might need one, downloading games maybe?),Bluetooth (second controller) and audio support plus more power, and maybe you could use a standalone atmega 168 (or anything else if there's a cheaper adc available) to monitor battery level and send a shutdown command when it's too low (I'm pretty sure your sd card won't t love those sudden power cuts). It wouldn't be as cheap considering Rpi0 vs Rpi3's price alone but it saves you from thst much of circuit design and soldering and it would be a much more expandable project then. PS: comment got longer than I expected, sorry about that, My brain just won't stop spitting out ideas. 😜

[@sixdsix5028]

Nothing like watching GreatScott to make yourself feel stupid. Great stuff Scott, even if I don't understand most of what's going on.

[@ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Please make more videos like this in the future!

[@EvanMunozAKAUncleSkuby]

Thank you for this, I have been trying to build a Gameboy Null for a while now and keep messing up the switch. I want to understand the build deeper and this will help a lot! Thank so much! Keep building my friend, I will be absorbing.

[@TheodoreLee00]

omg maxim is my father's company!! :DDD I feel loved

[@nici9376]

how cool :)

[@neilgoodman6130]

Wow

[@ErtugrulOzdemir-mf1gl]

really that must be so cool to have your dad own a giant electronics company

[@MrSandoron]

You kidding me? I've just build my own handheld console with a raspberry pi and had a lot of problems with it and spend lots of hours for troubleshooting and now you are giving a tutorial? :D

[@paulzaim7900]

5:45 like the iPhone 7:p

[@michal7546]

Lost Night Haha, True!

[@danielharrop9465]

yep lol

[@sanicfanguy]

I don't think I will ever change my phone until Apple stops supporting it.

[@paulzaim7900]

Why would you buy another iPhone??? Now they're bullshit.

[@kquote03]

but one of them costs 5 dollars and the other costs a kidney .

[@edwinong35]

Genius , who ever know how to DIY a board i admire your knowledge and creative

[@17devstudio3]

Where did you get this Raspberry Pi Zero from? I can't find them anywhere?

[@greatscottlab]

There are links in the description. (I recommend the Ebay link)

[@Beastleviath]

GreatScott! I love the video, and I've been wanting to make one of these for weeks! The only issue is that Making those circuits (the audio, video, and power supply stuff) is a bit beyond my capabilities as of right now. Is there anywhere I can get those boards either pre made or at least in a kit with all the proper materials so I don't have to worry about getting all the right stuff? Thanks!

[@zeppike]

Pi moroni and thepihut ships within a week in europe

[@Chickennuggetjoes]

If your in the US microcenter sells them for $1

[@merpysoup6505]

I got mine on the adafruit website. it's the only place I could find them

[@thatpersonwithamlpiconwhos2861]

For some reason, I still enjoy videos like this even though I have no idea what's going on. Same feeling with channels like Vsause

[@xpired5328]

Me: Am gonna make a gaming handheld then show to my mom that I am capable of something. After 3 min in the video: Ight imma head out

[@BEdmonson85]

Hey, great video! Glad to see you're doing some more complex projects lately. This video was pure joy for me ☺ Have a great day; I can't wait for part 2! Cheers.

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

This is an excellent project! I look forward to seeing part 2. What kind of case do you plan to mount everything into when it's all done?

[@Joevanhorne]

Dude you are awesome! I've been looking for a while to find out the GPIO layout for the controls and you're the only one who has it. Thank you so much, you may have saved my project.

[@annemccarthy393]

I was writing notes while I watched this.

[@preferredimage]

Recently built a similar setup using a Pi Zero, this exact screen (did the 5v mod too) and GPIO sound and GPIO joystick. then crammed the whole lot into a cheap gadget shop mini arcade case. Works great with a USB powerbank as a source and charge circuit.

[@Schn4seL]

We Need Part 2 Scott Please 🤘🏻 And Please give us your Recalbox Image or Configs for reconstruct pleaseeeee

[@crippling-d9645]

lawl i've been making one for the past few weeks. everyone is starting to make these.... best DIY build :D

[@eimparas]

Why not use a liion battery

[@oniruddhoalam2039]

4 nimh batteries in series creates the perfect voltage

[@andrepido747]

Dude, I am not gay or something but your voice and accent has something soothing and relaxing

[@greatscottlab]

Thanks ;-)

[@schaukelnohneende]

Thank you, I love this way of prototyping. It makes me exited to do the same... :-)

[@thibmaek]

No way I could ever make this myself even with these top notch instructions but damn, good work on the video man!

[@iraklimirzikashvili1111]

I wonder, if there is way to connect that lcd directly to Pi ? (not zero of course). I meen, raspberry pi has some serial port for display and this lcd also has serial port. btw this lcd has touch sensor too. you can see it 4:00 unconected 4 pins

[@Maulana_rhodes]

Yes there is composit(analog) video out on every Pi except zero 2w it has pads

[@wkopti]

Congratulations Scott!! Superb video! You are amazing

[@leisergeist]

if only all engineers had that good of handwriting lol

[@MikeWewerkaLive]

Impressed by your knowledge... that being said, it was like speaking Chinese to a 5 year old American. I just stared at the screen with my mouth open, enjoying what I saw, but have absolutely no clue what the hell you were doing. Well done.

[@MrSandoron]

In the video you showed the Zero for only 4 Pounds, but it costs way more in the links provided by the description. Where did you find it for 4 Pounds?

[@carloscastresanam]

I'm also looking for a reliable online shop to buy the zero in Europe. Any help?

[@MrSandoron]

BallisticDK Thank you :D

[@bestelisi]

MrSandoron you're welcome :)

[@clement614]

it seems like the comment isn't there anymore :c

[@carloscastresanam]

Thanks!

[@DollarbillDollarbill]

Very nice. I would never attempted something that clever. Hats off to you guys.

[@Pichipieify]

sadly i didnt understand 90% of this. But i still want to build my own raspberry pi.

[@shivarampersaud2332]

Same

[@freedomfighter6297]

Genrey Lino Gonzales That's ok.. I'm sure he didn't understand 90% of it either...

[@B1akTang1dH4rt]

owari da you need a display driver first before you can connect that to the raspberry pi 0

[@westofthemoon]

Wow! How did I not see this video until now? It's seven years old and I've seen just about every other video this guy has done. KZbin strangeness.

[@Wiefreak]

3:30 A piece of _what_ are you using? I can hardly understand it. :D

[@greatscottlab]

"...perfboard...."

[@creeek3]

Ahh, I wondered what it was, but I could see it is "Veroboard". "perf" meaning.... "perforated"!! :) I understood most, but would obviously need to pause quite a lot, when building. Mainly around the redirection of ports in the config file.

[@frederikholfeld868]

i didn't understand very much of this but i appreciate this kind of content a lot. good stuff.

[@alvinduong3399]

hey, you should make anouther update on the electric skateboard

[@greatscottlab]

Maybe...

[@qgruschkof1518]

Or you also can do a Fingerprint Sensor Arduino Project. Like they did from the Adafruit Institut.

[@pkf4124]

Excellent video, makes a change to see all the parts made rather than bought

[@AviAceC130]

Instructions not clear. My ass now plays mario theme 24/7

[@justblairthompson]

Looking forward to it. Ordered the parts for the same project two weeks ago.

[@josiahmitchell530]

You should make some homemade FPV gear :)

[@hojustraper]

wonderful project, nice to see a gameboy color come back to life, i still have my gameboy with yellow and black screen. greetings scott!

[@Splitface2811]

How do you know all this??

[@greatscottlab]

Work, university

[@KaienSander10Official]

+GreatScott! For me its KZbin and the internet 😂

[@wayne9005]

GreatScott! What university did you go to?

[@dabriagonzaga3345]

I wish I can learn that thing!

[@DoomWalker42]

Those are some mad skills. Well done!

[@DanDart]

"Urgh!" - me when seeing you used windows for that xD I'm sure there are easier ways than hooking everything like that surely?

[@william_2610]

This is awesome! Looking forward to Part 2!

[@mambobro]

Is there a guide for people at a 2nd grade intelligence? I feel like I need that.

[@merpysoup6505]

basically he means that you have to get good batteries, connect everything, download stuff from your computer to the pi, and then you play games.

[@lokeshrahul8504]

scott what you do for living, your such a genius, love ur work man i think it takes weeks to make this video right ,

[@kirillvishnevsky6327]

3:20 I guess I'll go with one from e-bay :)

[@freeelectron8261]

Great Scott! That's a lot of work but 1M views - its worth the effort.

[@artmag1c]

why not use retropie ?

[@greatscottlab]

I tried. But it was way easier to set up recalbox.

[@denniswallace8298]

What was easier? Because I run Retropie in My Arcade Cabinet and it's perfect. Would you say that recalbox is easier than Retropie. Or was it just easier to work with a RPi Zero?

[@lukes3131]

retro pie was really easy to set up for me

[@artur9502]

probably because you cant use gpio pins as controllers in retropie

[@derek7808]

i don't understand why everyone still uses Retropie. It was probably the first Pi retro distribution but now there are other solutions. I'm not saying that it's bad, but having tested Retropie, Recalbox and Lakka, in my opinion Lakka is the best and Recalbox is second.

[@thatflyguysavi4196]

you get the like for your tremendous effort and knowledge

[@rensbakker7710]

Who's only watching this to look smart?

[@710chase]

Nobody Rens Bakker, nobody except you.

[@710chase]

@some random guy on youtube I'm sure it's possible, you might need an adapter from 40 or 30 pin display input to 15 pin display output, I'm not entirely sure if those exact adapters exist though, try looking on Amazon or EBay, you might find what you're looking for.

[@nightmere6385]

All of your videos are so smoothly explained and you never seem to become frustrated. I want to see a video of you figuring something out roughly in real time rather than so smoothly produced for just once, so I don't feel like such a dumbass. :)

[@MossySparks]

Somebody watched the Gameboy Zero tutorial ahah

[@wael.m2030]

you're an amazing youtuber

[@Chris-tk9hy]

jesus christ......I aint no Scientist pal

[@flight261]

got to say thanks for the schematic, i managed to use it to build a SMD version of your board. would happily send the files over if you are interested.

[@Kisty_]

911 views xD

[@latzobear]

9,330 views

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

Ahmed Ullah something something steel beams

[@Kisty_]

"jet fuel doesn't burn steel beams" i guess

[@Kisty_]

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams was it actually...

[@Kisty_]

***** No , Great Scott did 9/11 confirmed

[@GingerNingerGames]

This is really good, I love the way you use the available battery ports. I'm making something similar only I'm using a nintendo DS. I don't know how I'll go or if I'll be able to use both screens, but I sure will try. I might just end up using the bottom screen space for mouse input of some form.

[@Jianju69]

Simply awesome. I learned so much watching this!

[@hamzahusein8584]

I honestly don't get what you say ( no offense) but I love what you do with electric components

[@lotsarats]

love that your using Eneloops for the project

[@BuilderTrevin]

This is something i was looking for Great Scott thank.you! These are still cool apparently!

[@Snebo4Life]

You are so tallented i only watched one video and im already sold your so great

[@KolorowaSowa]

Hey GreatScott. I think you made misstake in the schematic and explanation of overdischarge protection. First you said that you scale the 4.8V of the battery to 3.8V, and as the reference voltage you have 4.5V. That means that the output of the comparator turns high much earlier than it should. And in 2:51, whe you explain hom comparator works, you said that if + out gnd, and if + Vcc. You wrote the same condition twice, but with different result. That must be wrong. If I'm wrong, please correct me, I'm just starting my electronic adventure.

[@LennyTheCat]

Scott, can you make a video about reusing old PCs or laptops? Such as turning them into servers or something

[@IIlIlIIllIIIllIlIIIl]

FYI, you need a Pi 3 or higher for N64 emu. Pi Zero will load them but they're super slow.

[@serratoseg79]

Oh my god, I love your handwriting...

[@devwatts]

Awesome as always! You always come up with something new on your channel👌

[@0newheeldrives]

amazing. Your videos are so thorough. thank you for the entertainment

[@sanrasuzumaki942]

for someone that has no clue of 90% of what you just said, take my money and shut up! I wish I could something like this :( great video btw, can't wait for the next one.

[@mattdarbro4830]

Really cool project and excellent articulation of the process.

[@pablo_costas]

I was thinking about making pigrrl zero, but this project is sooo cool, and bigger screen ahha , cant wait for second part

[@egyember4981]

Nice! I love these multi-part project series :)

[@TrollFaceTheMan]

Very cool so far, looking forward to the next vid :)

[@OneCheapEric]

Great project. Just got a helping hand with magnify glass, so I'm hoping to do more electronics projects. Side note: I used the same background music in one of my videos haha. looking forward to part 2!

[@raykiranvfx]

awesome, i would hardly make any tutorial possible in my world but enjoy your creation video.

[@Mew_1452]

Great Scotts favorite sentence, looking back on older videos where he creates something, you always hear "And secured them tightly with bolts and nuts." He loves his nuts.

[@Garrett053]

your drawings look like perfection!