ArcadePi

Raspberry Pi game system

SDG2 project 2020-2021

Authors: Cristina Conforto and Andrés Cienfuegos

Introduction

ArcadePi is a game system developed for the Raspberry Pi.

You can check a video of the system in SDG2 YouTube channel

System

The system makes use of the following hardware:

• Raspberry Pi (developed on 3B model)
• Display
  • 2 5x7 Dot Matrix Display (TA12-11SURKWA)
  • 8x8 Dot Matrix MCU LED Display (MAX7219)
• Control
  • 4x4 membrane keypad
• Other
  • Tension regulator (LP2950-33LPE3)
  • 3x8 decoder (HC238)
  • 8 bit 3-State buffer (SN74HC244N)

Executable compilation

⚠️ Before attempting to compile you must have the required dependencies installed

The project makes use of the following libraries:

• wiringPi
• pthread
• rt

You can either use the Makefile provided:

make

Or compile it specifying the libraries used:

gcc src/*.c -lpthread -lrt -lwiringPi -o "arcadepi-bin"

For cross compilation you will need to install the Raspbian armhf toolchain and compile it using either the Makefile for cross-compilation:

make cross

Or use the following command:

arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -I ../include -L ../lib src/*.c -lpthread -lrt -lwiringPi -o "arcadepi-bin"

Dependencies

If working directly on the project's source code, you must take into account the following dependencies and libraries:

C Compiler

The C compiler must compile for the arm32v7 architecture used by the BCM2836 IC. To accomplish this you need to install the following dependencies on Linux:

sudo apt-get install -y libc6-armel-cross libc6-dev-armel-cross binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi libncurses5-dev build-essential bison flex libssl-dev gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf

C Libraries

To make use of the mentioned libraries in the project you must compile and install them beforehand. To dowload the various libraries you need have git installed.

• wiringPi

git clone https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi
cd WiringPi
./build