#Playstation 2 emulator raspberry pi Patch
#Playstation 2 emulator raspberry pi full
#Playstation 2 emulator raspberry pi code

It should come off pretty easily by hand. The first step is to open up the playstation 2 and prepare it for its transformation.įirst, we want to remove the expansion bay from the back of the unit. OK so now that we have our supplies and all of our tools we can get started. Screwdrivers of various sizes (phillips and flat) Soldering station / soldering Iron and solder Amazon Internal SSHD 2.5' drive (I used Seagate FireCuda ST1000LX015) Amazon strip of WS2812B LEDs, 60 LED/m density, 12 LEDs in length Amazonįor adding an optional internal SSHD hard driveġ. JST-XH 2-pin connector housing (I have a kit of JST-XH connectors similar to this one on Amazon)ġ2. 1/4W 1K ohm carbon film resistor (Purchase something like this kit from Amazon for all resistors)Ħ. Dupont jumper cables (or the ability to make your own Dupont cables)Ĥ. 3D Printed expansion bay panel downloaded from my GrabCAD hereġ3. Short (1 ft or less) USB 2.0 male cable (will be cut in half) (2x) Amazonħ. Short (1 or 1.5 ft) Micro HDMI male (Type D) x HDMI male (Type A) cable (2x) Amazonħ. Short (1 or 1.5 ft) USB 3.0 male x male cable (2x) AmazonĦ.

#Playstation 2 emulator raspberry pi Patch

Short (1 ft) CAT6 ethernet patch cable Amazonĥ. Playstation 2 (Not required to be working, although we will reuse the power supply inside)Ģ. But lets face it Why even go through with this if not to fully integrate it and make it look great too?ġ. If you don't want super-cool LEDs inside your playstation, then you don't need those either. If you don't want to add an internal hard drive, then you will not need to purchase the drive or the adapter cable for it. If you don't want to integrate the buttons on the front of the PS2, then you wont need to make the custom PCB and therefore do not need the components associated with that. Optional supplies are broken out by the use-case. I will list the mandatory and the optional supplies. There are a few supplies that are necessary for this project.

That being said, I hope to make this easy to follow along and I think that anyone can make this project, regardless of skill level.

#Playstation 2 emulator raspberry pi code

I have 'borrowed' some code from other instructables and forum posts and I will list and link all references. I reached out on various forums about the programing side of things as I am not very strong in coding and most of my experience has been with Arduino or ESP type microcontrollers. It was a struggle at times to get everything to come together and work properly.

#Playstation 2 emulator raspberry pi full

Internally, I wanted to use a USB 3.0 port to connect a SATA hard drive for extra storage capacity for media, ROMs, and other programs.Īdditional features that really round the project out are full integration and functionality of the Playstation's front panel power and eject buttons as well as the LEDs on the buttons, PWM controlled PS2 fan speed based on CPU Temperature, and RGB LED lighting to add some visual flair. I've seen where people have used the expansion bay as a panel for mounting the Raspberry Pi while still having access to most of the ports, but I wanted to also be able to connect internally to other devices via the USB, and I also wanted to be able to position the Pi near the PS2 fan to be able to use it as additional cooling. One of the main goals of the project is to make it look as close to a 'stock' PS2 as possible while still being able to easily connect peripherals via the USB 2.0, USB 3.0, HDMI, and ethernet ports on the Raspberry Pi. For quite some time I've wanted to put a Raspberry Pi inside of a Playstation 2 housing with the goal of being able to use it as a retro gaming system as well as the option to use it as a Linux computer via the Raspberry Pi desktop.