Hello everyone!
I’m Cyril Guichard, I’m an artist specialized in pixel art. I’m French, but I live and work in the US.
I’ve created a lot of games through my company, Garage Collective. Recently, mostly VR games that shipped on the Quest ecosystem.
I’ve also co-created a few Arduino games: the Dark & Under serie ( https://www.artstation.com/artwork/V2n4zg )
I’m a professor of Game Design and Production, and this summer, I’ve decided to take an electronics class offered by one of my colleagues 
It revolves around Arduino and ESP32 and we have a few projects to build.I finished those 2 yesterday > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGIgJ4GBLdM … the last one is a game
I’m considering my “big”, final project, and I’m hesitating between a Raspberry PICO project, or a ESP32 based project. I want to make a handheld console, able to play a small game that I programmed myself. I’m not a hardcore programmer, but I have some experience with Processing/Java and C#.
Anyway, I thought I’d introduce myself, and hope I can rely on this community should I have questions about how to approach the whole thing: I’m a complete noob when it comes to electronics
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Hello and welcome! Although ESPboy uses the ESP8266, it is not difficult to build the console. All you need is a few parts ) You can find several options on the website www.espboy.com, including a simple ESPboy:Breadboard or order the boards here for ESPboy:Kit. Feel free to ask any questions, and we will do our best to answer them.
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I’ve already ordered a whole bunch of parts (I went bananas, and got a few PICOs, a few ESP32, a bunch of Arduinos, a bunch of screens, etc… I also ordered a kit from Elegoo and another from SunFounder so that I have a few sensors for my class).
So far, I have :
- ELEGOO ESP-32 Super Starter Kit (EL-KIT-032) - includes a esp32cp2102 and a 0.96 display
- ELEGOO 2-Pack ESP-32 2.8 Inch Touch Screen Display - includes a esp32-32E
- Two 2.42 OLED screens (hiLetGo or Hosyond) 128x64 SSD1309 screens
and a whole bunch of buttons, etc
I can of course, order new parts if needed, although I might want to source them from the US, for shipping timing and to avoid tariffs (unsure where we are on that, but I’d rather avoid big surprises)
If you want to build an ESPboy that is compatible with all the software available, the WiFiAppStore and the WebAppStore, you will need the exact components for the ESPboy and must assemble them strictly in accordance with the ESPboy circuit diagram.
If you want to build your own device, you can use any components you like
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Gotcha! I’ll see if I can source the components easily in the US! Thanks
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Here are some of the things I could source: any problem in sight?
I’m struggling to find 50 Ohms speakers on Amazon: can I use 8 Ohms + amplifier?
hi!
display and mcu are ok
you can use transistor for 8ohm speaker
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