RetroPie-Clcd

Scrolling Game Title for RetroPie v4.0.2 using 16x2 CLCD on RAS Console-Pi

About

Small script written in Python for RetroPie project (https://retropie.org.uk/) running on Raspberry Pi 2,3, which displays all necessary info on a 16x2 CLCD display

Features

• Current Date and Time, IP address of eth0, wlan0
• CPU Temperature and Speed
• Emulation and ROM information

Youtube

• https://youtu.be/W6jqBTqPqjw
• https://youtu.be/5KBNl-k6-SA
• https://youtu.be/_7mxhkkjFqk

Development Environment

• Raspberry Pi 2, 3
• RetroPie v4.0.2 and later
• 16x2 I2C Character LCD

Install

First, you should install Scraper( https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/scraper )

Second, Install below:

cd /home/pi
git clone https://github.com/zzeromin/RetroPie-Clcd.git
cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Clcd/
chmod 755 10.CLCD.sh
sudo ./10.CLCD.sh

Check

You should check your I2C address of 16x2 CLCD. I saw two types of I2C LCD modules. Those are two address each other normally => 0x27 or 0x3f.

sudo i2cdetect -y 1
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

edit line #22 in I2C_LCD_driver.py 0x27 or 0x3f.

cd RetroPie-Clcd/
sudo nano I2C_LCD_driver.py

# LCD Address
ADDRESS = 0x27 # or 0x3f

• Raspberry Pi I2C GPIO Pinout

• http://forums.rasplay.org/topic/318/scrolling-game-title-for-retropie-v4-0-2-using-16x2-clcd-on-ras-console-pi

Reference

• https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5061/scrolling-game-title-using-16x2-clcd-on-ras-console-pi
• https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2211/questions-about-runcommand-sh
• https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3134/meet-the-retrog-update-17-8-paintjob-pics
• https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3731/solved-variables-with-runcommand-onstart-sh
• https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/runcommand