BlueRetroHW
Kicad for BlueRetro project (by darthcloud)
PicoMemcard
Emulating PSX Memory Card (or controller) using a Raspberry Pi Pico (by dangiu)
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4.2 | 4.3 | |
20 days ago | 3 months ago | |
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GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
BlueRetroHW
Posts with mentions or reviews of BlueRetroHW.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-03.
- BlueRetro: Multiplayer Bluetooth controllers adapter for retro game consoles
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USB controller to PlayStation 2 adapter
I still play my PS2, but I used a esp32 to make a Bluetooth adapter for it so I can use my 8bitdo controller. https://github.com/darthcloud/BlueRetro
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Have I missed anything on this list of mods/refurbishments for a new Dreamcast owner?
Controllers - Not really a mod per se, but I'm going to build a BlueRetro adapter for the Dreamcast. I'm using the internal adapter on my GameCube and it's the coolest mod I've done. I'm also using the "core" and dongle on my PS2 and it also works great (minus pressure sensitive buttons). I know I'll need one Dreamcast controller connected to use a VMU, but being able to cheaply use modern controllers on retro consoles while maintaining virtually all functionality is just so cool to me (though I'm aware some people will see this as blasphemous).
- Blue retro information
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No-solder build of 4-player wireless Bluetooth dongle using BlueRetro. Simple guide in comments.
Referencing this schematic from BlueRetro, connect the 5V from player 1's extension cable to the 5V pin on the ESP32. Player 1's DATA line (labeled IO19) in the schematic, should be connected to the pin labeled 19 on the ESP32. (The labels from BlueRetro align with the pin labels on the actual ESP32 -- at least the one I bought from Mouser does). Connect the combined GND line for Player 1 to any of the GND pins on the ESP32. Leave the remaining lines (3V3 and the Pin 5 if it exists) disconnected.
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Does any company make a good wireless controller for GameCube?
Refer to this schematic on how to connect the wires of each extension cable to the ESP32 module. The main signals are IO19 (player 1), IO5 (player 2), IO26 (player 3), and IO27 (player 4). For each player, only the IO lines will be connected to the ESP32. Additionally, only one single 5V line (from player 1) will supply power to the ESP32, and likewise for the combined GND(x2)/SHIELD from player 1. The GND(x2)/SHIELD wires for the remaining players can also be connected to the ESP32, however there are only a total of three GND pins on the ESP32. So if you are using the no-solder approach, just leave the one for player 4 disconnected (it's only purpose is to provide GND for the ESP32, which is taken care of by player 1 already, with redundancy from players 2 and 3 if you connect those to the remaining GND spots). Connecting the extra GND(x2)/SHIELD just keeps the wires from being a big mess (we are already leaving the 3V3 and pin 5 lines disconnected).
PicoMemcard
Posts with mentions or reviews of PicoMemcard.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-22.
- 'Toast' Memory Card. Any fix?
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Interfacing to a PS2 Port
What a coincidence, I'm working on a similar project myself. After a bit of code cleanup I will be pushing to github, but in the meantime I recommend taking a look at PicoMemcard. The Playstation 1 and 2 use the same communication protocol for both the controller and memory card.
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A friend of mine move out to a more nomadic life, and offered me all his old co sole for my b-day ! 3 raspberry pi pico are on the way !
1 pico for the PlayStation to use as a PicoMemcard a custom memcard for the PSX, which allow to boot freepsxboot, an exploit to load backup cd
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USB controller to PlayStation 2 adapter
Regardless of jokes, even for only 8MB PS2 memory card emulation the PicoMemcard author (https://github.com/dangiu/PicoMemcard) claims the Pi Pico is not enough without extra components! :)
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New model of the MemCard PRO no longer has FPGA?
Also, they won't admit it publicly, but competing open source projects like PicoMemcard are probably what pushed them to find more competitive pricing solutions.
- Best memory card for PS1?
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Xstation or mode
If you're savvy you can make one. https://github.com/dangiu/PicoMemcard
- can I softmod a playstation 1 with freePSXboot without a PS2?
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Created my first PicoMemcard plus
The creator is dangiu from https://github.com/dangiu/PicoMemcard. check em out 😁
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Made my own psx memory card. It works!
This is very easy DIY project created my dangiu on github called PicoMemcard. I followed his instructions for RPI 2040 and it just works! The best part you can read and write memory card images to it directly via USB! That means easy backups and easy imports of saves from emulators etc.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing BlueRetroHW and PicoMemcard you can also consider the following projects:
RetroRosetta - RetroRosetta available now, a modular Bluetooth controller adaptor for retro systems, avoiding e-waste and tackling accessibility issues
PicoBoot - Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) based IPL replacement modchip for GameCube
BlueRetro - Multiplayer Bluetooth controllers adapter for retro video game consoles
ps2-pi-pad - USB controller to PlayStation 2 adapter with Raspberry Pi
unirom8_bootdisc_and_firmware_for_ps1 - Mod-free Playstation 1 Bootdisc + Firmware with Import Player for Xplorer, Action Replay and Caetla-Compatibles