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11-year old Elijah wanted to create a retro gaming machine that was tough enough to survive trips and being shoved into a bag, and cheap enough that he could give them away as gifts. To do this, he turned to the Raspberry Pi Zero and an Altoids tin. Together with some power circuitry and routing of the USB ports, this is a great mash-up of lots of the other Zero projects that you can find elsewhere online. Take a look at\u00a0Elijah’s write-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

11-year old Elijah wanted to create a retro gaming machine that was tough enough to survive trips and being shoved into a bag, and cheap enough that he could give them away as gifts. To do this, he turned to…<\/p>\n

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