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samco

Published June 23, 2019 © LGPL

SAMCO Arduino Powered IR Light Gun/Mouse

Replace the inside of a PS1 Namco light gun with a microcontroller with HID support and turn into a light gun/mouse.

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SAMCO Arduino Powered IR Light Gun/Mouse

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Adafruit ItsyBitsy M0

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Gravity: IR Positioning Camera For Arduino

DFRobot Gravity: IR Positioning Camera For Arduino

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Infrared Emitter, 15 °

Infrared Emitter, 15 °

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Resistor 100 ohm

Resistor 100 ohm

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Arduino Micro

NOTE: Code will also work with Arduino Micro or Leonardo Boards

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NEW SAMCO PCB's

This a link to a video explaining the different types. See video description for eBay links.

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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)

Soldering iron (generic)

Solder Flux, Soldering

Solder Flux, Soldering

Drill / Driver, Cordless

Drill / Driver, Cordless

Story

The SAMCO is a Namco light gun with the insides replaced with an Arduino micro controller and DF Robot IR positioning camera and works as HID mouse on LCD (flat screen) TV/monitors.

Build Guide

Introduction & Mame in RetroPie setup

Accuracy & Tilt Correction Demo

PlayStation 1 & SEGA Saturn (RetroArch) Setup

PlayStation 2 (PCSX2) Setup

Test your Light Gun setup before uploading the final code

Further Development: Adding a 4 LED sketch sketch to reduce working distance.

Explanation of 4 LED sketch

New Code Update!

Build Guide for GunCon2

NEW RANGE OF PCB's AVAILABLE

Schematics

Code

Credits

samco

samco

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