Raspberry to PVM
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Melt the Guns
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Raspberry to PVM
Hi guys, apologies if this has been mentioned before. What do I need to connect a raspberry 4 to my PVM ? Already using and rgb connector for my Saturn, SFC etc, is there a cable I can buy of a similar ilk ?
Re: Raspberry to PVM
https://www.rgb-pi.com/Melt the Guns wrote:Hi guys, apologies if this has been mentioned before. What do I need to connect a raspberry 4 to my PVM ? Already using and rgb connector for my Saturn, SFC etc, is there a cable I can buy of a similar ilk ?
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kitty666cats
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Re: Raspberry to PVM
RGB-Pi
RetroTink Ultimate
Pi2SCART
VGA666
Xbox 360 E or Zune 3.5mm composite AV cables w/ a BNC adapter
You can also use a HDMI to VGA (w/ a sync combiner on the output, for turning RGBHV to RGBS) or HDMI to YPbPr. I personally use a Portta HDMI to VGA and it works fine for 240p as long as you've got the right configuration in the config.txt. The bonus of the HDMI DACs is that they provide 24bit RGB rather than the 18bit all GPIO hats (except RetroTink Ultimate) provide!
RetroTink Ultimate
Pi2SCART
VGA666
Xbox 360 E or Zune 3.5mm composite AV cables w/ a BNC adapter
You can also use a HDMI to VGA (w/ a sync combiner on the output, for turning RGBHV to RGBS) or HDMI to YPbPr. I personally use a Portta HDMI to VGA and it works fine for 240p as long as you've got the right configuration in the config.txt. The bonus of the HDMI DACs is that they provide 24bit RGB rather than the 18bit all GPIO hats (except RetroTink Ultimate) provide!
Re: Raspberry to PVM
I do own the RGB-Pi, but I haven't even tried it out. From what I remember, it's not plug and play. You need to run something within Linux to tell the Pi to use those pins for video.
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Dochartaigh
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Re: Raspberry to PVM
Generally speaking, once the image of whatever OS (or something like RetroPi) is loaded onto the Pi's SD card from your regular Windows/Mac computer, you just have to edit a line or so in the config.txt text file to get it to output correctly.ldeveraux wrote:I do own the RGB-Pi, but I haven't even tried it out. From what I remember, it's not plug and play. You need to run something within Linux to tell the Pi to use those pins for video.
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kitty666cats
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Re: Raspberry to PVM
Yep, that's the case for RGB-Pi. One of the easiest CRT-based Pi OS's to install!Dochartaigh wrote:Generally speaking, once the image of whatever OS (or something like RetroPi) is loaded onto the Pi's SD card from your regular Windows/Mac computer, you just have to edit a line or so in the config.txt text file to get it to output correctly.ldeveraux wrote:I do own the RGB-Pi, but I haven't even tried it out. From what I remember, it's not plug and play. You need to run something within Linux to tell the Pi to use those pins for video.