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Published August 12, 2018 © Apache-2.0

NESPemu

A portable NES Emulator (runs on EPS32) in an NES Controller. Up to 14 ROMs and 2.5h playtime, all for less than $25.

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NESPemu

Things used in this project

Hardware components

ESP32 Wemos Mini

This is a AFFILIATE-LINK (leads to Ebay), I'll get a little amount of money, if you buy over one of these - NO extra costs for you!

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2.4 ili9341 Display

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NES Controller

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240mAh Lithium Battery

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Battery Charger Board (with overcharge protection)

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Boost up Converter Board (to 5V)

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Hand tools and fabrication machines

Wire Cutter

Soldering iron (generic)

Soldering iron (generic)

high speed rotary tool (something like a Dremel)

Scissor, Knife, Screwdriver etc (nothing special)

Story

NESPemu is based on an ESP32 and a 2.4" ILI9341 display. If modified, the NES EMU code from Espressif. I've added multi-ROM support and a little menu with sound, full screen, and brightness settings. Full screen can cause graphical glitches and it has very bad sound. But it's fine for me... maybe I'll try to add a save and load function in the near future. But all of this is coded very dirty... :-D

The code is compiled with the ESP-IDF for ESP32 (by Espressif).

If you want to build one on your own, but don't want compile the source code, you can download the following ZIP files, it contains all needed files + a little "how to flash" manual. You can also download the circuit schematic:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vhh_dH3Y5HFa4yqkVhevmMNTjaeFxtNw

You'll also need a driver:

https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers

And a flash tool:

https://www.espressif.com/sites/default/files/tools/flash_download_tools_v3.6.4_0.rar

In action

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Schematics

Code

Credits

Mitti

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Thanks to Espressif.

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