Maker and sport developer Kayden has created a pocket-sized gaming handheld utilizing our favourite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico, and has housed it in one of the vital attention-grabbing and green-friendly containers: an previous Altoids tin. Kayden has appropriately dubbed his creation the mintyPico, and demonstrates not solely the ultimate product but additionally shared a construct tutorial for anybody inquisitive about recreating the undertaking.
The hand-held works simply as you may count on. It has a display for video output and a collection of buttons for enter management. Along with buttons for gameplay enter, it additionally has a button for low-power mode that disables the show and reduces the processor clock frequency by 5x.
This isn’t Kayden’s first DIY sport undertaking and doesn’t appear to be will probably be his final, both. Over at his official YouTube channel, you’ll discover a historical past of sport initiatives together with some that combine synthetic intelligence. After perusing via his catalog of earlier work, it’s no shock he landed on the Pico-powered handheld.
As an alternative of utilizing a daily Altoids tin, Kayden is definitely utilizing an Altoids Smalls tin which is notably smaller than the regular-sized one. Inside is a 1.3-inch OLED display, together with a small 100 mAh LiPo battery for energy. The principle driver is definitely a Pimoroni Pico Lipo reasonably than a regular Pico module. It additionally features a collection of buttons and a customized 3D-printed mounting piece to maintain the {hardware} positioned inside.
It wouldn’t be a gaming console with out some video games after all, and Kayden has hooked us up with the entire supply code he’s utilizing for the demo. You could find the entire Circuit Python code used on this undertaking over at GitHub, together with a breakdown of the undertaking’s development particulars. As well as, you’ll additionally discover hyperlinks to the entire {hardware} he used to assemble the ultimate construct.
If you wish to recreate this Raspberry Pi undertaking your self or make one thing comparable, try the unique undertaking demo over at YouTube, and remember to comply with Kayden for extra cool initiatives or any future updates on this one.
