Category: Arduino

  • Retro-Joystick to USB Keyboard Adapter

    Retro-Joystick to USB Keyboard Adapter

    Project Introduction I made an adapter to take classic video game controllers for Sega, Atari (2600, 7800) and Commodore (VIC20, C64, C128) and adapt them to work as a 5 button USB keyboard (4 directions and a fire/trigger key). The joystick now works like an external numeric keypad. Pressing the fire/trigger button will act like…

  • Arduino Leonardo (ATMega32u4) USB Power Button

    Arduino Leonardo (ATMega32u4) USB Power Button

    Project Introduction For fun I made this USB power button with an Arduino Micro/Leonardo-like board (by which I mean one using the Atmel ATMega32u4 MCU with USB controller). The project details are below in case you should want to read or watch how I did it. I used an ATMega32U “arduino”-like board from Amazon.com although…

  • Santa Hatifyer v1.0

    Santa Hatifyer v1.0

    Well, it’s Christmas time again. I really haven’t had a lot of blog posts since last Christmas, so my 2013 desk-decorations (deskorations?) are still fresh on my mind. I cheated this year, and didn’t stick to stuff I had on hand (although at the core is a Raspberry Pi, which the office had available). I…