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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · 14h

Halloween masks are coming along nicely.
#3DPrinting #Halloween #DIY

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · 19d

Not the most portable setup, but here’s how I’ve been playing Pokémon Odyssey:
Raspberry Pi Zero 2, portable display, battery pack, and an 8BitDo Pro 2 controller.

Might try strapping the Pi and battery to the screen.

#PokemonOdyssey #RaspberryPi #RetroGaming #HandheldGaming #Emulation #Pokemon

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · 21d

From this point on everything I do will just be upgrades. The next steps are: light up insert coin and new speakers.

I can’t believe it’s working. It has taken me over a year to get here, often with only a couple of hours a month to work on it. Seeing it running now feels huge.

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · 21d

IT WORKS!!! 🎉 My cab is officially ALIVE 👾🔥 Running #RetroPie with a custom power rail + 3D printed case I built.
12V for the LCD 5V for the Raspberry Pi
Can’t believe this finally came together 🙌

#ArcadeCabinet #DIY #Makers #Electronics #3DPrinting #RaspberryPi #RetroGaming

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · 22d

I cannot recommend the Panda Festival. We spent more time standing in line than actually inside. It was what I imagine hell to be like. Food prices started at $15 for a single skewer. You’re crammed shoulder to shoulder just to shuffle past a dozen food vendors and then you’re out.

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · 24d

Used #Blender to design a custom case for my #ArcadeCabinet power circuit ⚡️
4x M3 screws hold the top in place. Inside, 12V comes in and splits into three 12V lines + one 5V line to power the LCD, speakers, lights, and Raspberry Pi.

#3DPrinting #Electronics #DIY #Makers

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 17

Whipped up some OpenSCAD parts to house my custom power rail board.
Blue PETG panels + bright orange corner blocks to hold M3 screws. Next step: assemble and see how tidy this can get!

#3DPrinting #Makers #ArcadeCabinet #OpenSCAD #Electronics

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 16

Finally got power sorted. ⚡️
12V rail feeding the LCD, speakers, and button lights, plus a DC-DC step-down for 5V to the Raspberry Pi. It’s a spaghetti mess of cables right now, but everything works! Cleanup next. 🤞

#Electronics #RaspberryPi #ArcadeBuild #Makers

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 13

Oh the Flux! I bought some but I still haven’t used it. I’ll need to remember to use it for the positive line.

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 13

Took @symbo1ics.bsky.social advice and made a bus bar for my arcade build ⚡️ Multimeter says it’s solid 🤞 Next up: wiring the positive side. Definitely ditching stranded wire in the future 😅

#Electronics #DIYArcade #Soldering #RetroGaming #ArcadeCabinet

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 11

Measuring and modeling the screen so I can place it inside the model.

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 10

Found some existing shells to start from. I’ll need to modify them to fit my actual hardware. I originally wanted the GBC style, but my screen fits better in the DS style.

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 10

A buddy gave me this SUP handheld for free, so I thought it’d be fun to upgrade it. So far nothing has fit 😂 At this point it feels easier to 3D print a new shell and build my own from scratch.

#RetroGaming #RaspberryPi #HandheldGaming #3DPrinting #DIYElectronics

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 7

My first attempt sucked pretty hard. I feel like I significantly improved by the forth wire. But now I’m left wondering, how the hell do I connect all four of these wires to a single pin?

#Electronics #Soldering #Perfboard #CircuitDesign #Makers #DIYElectronics #ArcadeBuild #ElectronicsProjects

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 7

Found a Pipboy bobble head. I think this one gives +1 to hats.

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Figuring out the power board for my arcade cabinet. Inline fuse, switch, and a couple smoothing caps to keep the Pi, LCD, amp, and coin button happy.

#ArcadeCabinet #RetroGaming #Electronics #Makers #DIY #RaspberryPi #ArcadeBuild

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Upgrading the speakers in my arcade cabinet. I thought a pair of 4” would be a nice upgrade from the single 3” it came with. But it’s a little larger than I imagined.

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ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Aug 17

So I cut down a dead tree. Did everything I could to make it fall away from the power line. Of course it fell on the power line. Now #Xfinity says they can’t come fix it for a week.

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Aug 11

Seeing Coyotes multiple times a day now. Local news says they are bulking up for winter. I need to go out with my pup every time she goes outside now.

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Been trying GPT-5 and so far, not impressed. I ask for a plan and it dumps a bunch of non-working code I didn’t ask for. Start a new chat, and it carries over things I said in an unrelated one.

#GPT5 #TechFail #MachineLearning #AIFail #GenerativeAI

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Aug 9

My VSCode updated and now it has AI chat like Windsurf and Cursor. Great. Maybe I need to go back to NeoVIM to get away from this forced AI stuff.

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Outside of politics, gerrymandering is just called cheating.

#Gerrymandering #VoterSuppression #Democracy #Redistricting #PoliticalGames

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Aug 5

Remember when people lost their minds over $3 coffee and $2 avocado toast… because a billionaire’s media told us to fight each other instead of him?

#LateStageCapitalism #AvocadoToast #MediaManipulation #EatTheRich #ClassWarfare

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Aug 1

On a long flight, my daughter spotted the new Snow White movie and asked to watch it. She didn’t even make it halfway through before asking me to turn it off. Said she didn’t like it and asked for Sonic 3 instead.

#KidsKnowBest #SnowWhite #Sonic3 #TravelWithKids #ParentLife #InFlightEntertainment

ripter.bsky.social @ripter.bsky.social · Jul 30

It was unscripted IIRC.

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