Picade Max USB Controller

This long board connects to your PC, Mac, or Linux machine with a standard USB-C cable, and appears as a USB games controller. Then it’s just a matter of adding some arcade buttons and joysticks.

The buttons and joysticks plug into the board with DuPont pin connectors, which you’ll find on one end of our wiring loom. There’s also a connector to add Plasma Buttons if you want to add some rainbow-illuminated button-bashing to your game controller.

Note: The firmware we provide for this board is written in C to ensure best performance, but it would be possible to write alternative software using other RP2040 programming methods (MicroPython / CircuitPython). You can find the C firmware in our resources section below

Features

• Powered by RP2040
  • Dual ARM Cortex M0+ with 264kB of SRAM
  • 2MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP
• Easy DuPont socket connectors for attaching buttons and joysticks
  • 2x 4-way joystick inputs
  • 30x arcade button inputs
  • 3x ADC inputs (plus 3V3 power and ground)
• USB-C connector
• Plasma button connector
• Qw/ST (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) connector
• Status LED
• BOOT and RESET buttons
• Fully-assembled (no soldering required)

Resources

• C firmware
• Schematic