PI2SCART

Pi2SCART turns your Raspberry Pi into a retro machine. Display your retro games on your 15 KHz CRT.

PI2SCART support

  • RGB
  • Stereo Sound
  • Sync combination with Logic Ics. The sync signal will be very clean.
  • Automatic support via scart of page aspect ratio 4:3
  • Automatic support via scart RGB AV modus.
  • No extra power supply needed

PI2SCART will be plugged on GPIO interface. Sound will be provided via cable from Raspberry Pi to PI2SCART.

Contents

Basic software Installation

Edit your config.txt on SD Card to

disable_audio_dither=1
dtparam=audio=on
dtoverlay=vga666
enable_dpi_lcd=1
display_default_lcd=1
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=87
hdmi_timings=320 1 16 30 34 240 1 2 3 22 0 0 0 60 0 6400000 1 #240p

Take care this resolution setting is a basic resolution that might not fit to your CRT setting. For retro gaming we recommend to use our retropie installation tutorial or our ReGamebox Distribution.

Pi2SCART and Retropie Installation

This tutorial was made by Michael Vencio in the Facebook Group Pi2Jamma

Visit the Retropie and pi2scart installation page

Tool script for video timings and center image on 15khz CRTs

This tool was made Frank Skilton.

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Version 2.0

Current features:

– Manually enter and generate hdmi_timings
– Adjust screen position
– Display a PNG test image to aid in screen positioning
– Display horizontal scan rate and vertical refresh rate
– Save timings and full config to boot/config.txt

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B10JEKHkXafmajlWbVcyTEVzdGM/view

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