Raspberry Pi handheld emulation console

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This is a highly portable emulation console built around a Raspberry Pi 3 and powered by the Retropie operating system. I've always dreamed of creating my own custom gaming console, but couldn't find a project that met my expectations. The main goal was to create a personalized console from scratch. To achieve this, I made several key improvements that are missing in other projects: * Instead of using traditional tactile push buttons, which can be noisy and inconvenient for gaming, I opted for Adafruit's soft tactile buttons, which provide a realistic controller feel. * To ensure easy connectivity to a TV for widescreen gaming, I left the HDMI port accessible. This feature presented design challenges and required careful selection of a screen. * With the HDMI plug in place, I also wanted to include USB ports on the console's facade, allowing it to be converted into a home console and enabling multiplayer gaming with USB controllers. Here is the list of equipment used for this project: - Raspberry Pi 3 - A composite TFT display, measuring 4.3 inches, from a car monitor (available at Banggood) - A lithium cell charging and protection circuit (also found on Banggood) - A 5V boost step-up module (found on Banggood) - Adafruit's soft tactile buttons (available on Amazon or AliExpress) - A female USB port (purchased from Banggood) - A jack with a 3.5mm female plug (also sourced from Banggood) - Perfboard - M3 screws - A lithium cell battery, model 18650 (which can be salvaged from an old laptop) * Alternatively, you could repurpose an USB SNES controller (available on Banggood)