Gamebuino Portable Console - Open Hardware/Source

Gamebuino is an Arduino based board that is configured to be used as a gaming console and also for the expert user can be used as an universal control board which hosts the AVR atmega328 processor clocked at 16Mhz with Seven buttons, a Nokia 5110 display, sound output, contrast control , SPI interface, double I2C interface port , internal lipo battery charger, serial port, sd-card Interface and side expansion port with the battery and i/o signals.

This board is completely Open Hardware and Open Source and can be loaded with many games available online. Code can be written with Arduino IDE and then loaded just any other Arduino device. One has limitless options to use this board to control other things with the provided expansion ports.

It has an on-board sd-card and games can be stored in the SD-CARD and loaded through it. A special bootloader is preloaded into the chip which has the ability to load the games from the SD-card. Audio is also available through an internal speaker or through the headphone Jack. Also, a battery 3.7v lipo can be connected and through the on-board charging, the board can be recharged easily. Expansion is available through various ports, I2C, SPI, Serial, and Auxiliary port. With these ports, Additional hardware shields can be connected.

As a Universal controller one can only imagine what is possible to do with this board. Shields that can be connected are as follows.

Shields that can be connected "Some of them will be available in the coming months"

Servo Shield - Control up to 16 servos

Keyboard Shield - expand the internal keypad to a full keyboard

Expansion Shield Multiplex - control multiple things with an expander board

IR-Shield - control infra-red devices

Relay Shield - switch remote devices - 4 port and 8 port

WiFi Shield - turn the Gamebuino into an IOT device

GSM Shield - connect to a GSM to send SMS/Email

Led Shield - do an led show ! - RGB led / ws8212

Motor Shield - control a D.C. Motor

Stepper Shield - control a stepper Motor

and many more...

** Shields Listed are yet to be developed in the near future.

Why did you make it?
I had some parts in stock and wanted to make something which my kids could use and have fun with. so I built this Controller and loaded the SD-card with games. I have a batch of PCB's so it is available for sale ! while stocks last.

What makes it special?
Arduino Game Controller has these features :

ATMEGA 328P - pre-loaded with boot-loader and game
full 7 button keypad
Sound output jack 3.5mm and internal speaker with analogue volume control
Nokia LCD 5110 with contrast control through an analogue potentiometer.
SD-CARD Interface on-board (SD-CARD not included) - can load games from SD-CARD
Internal Lipo Battery Interface (Lipo Battery not included) and charging circuit
2 x I2C Ports
1 X Power Slide Switch
1 x Sound Slide Switch
1 x Led Power On Indicator.
Note: Also Available as a kit!

What is Included Depending on Your Choice it can be supplied as :

Option 1: Bare PCB -No components

Option 2: Kit with all the parts excluding the sd-card and lipo battery and case

Option 3: Assembled Ready to use Board - just Insert sd card and connect the battery!

Not Included

SD-CARD 1Gbyte
3.7V Flat Pack Lipo Battery
Console case is Available on my Thingiverse Page - see links