Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, I'll show you how to gut out the Pandora's Box circuit board completely and replace it with a Raspberry Pi 3 running Recalbox/Retropie. We'll also use the the RPi's GPIO pins and wire it directly to the original Pandora's Box harness. GPIO controllers are built into the Raspberry Pi. If you don't have a 40pin harness you can still do this modification but with the use of USB encoders.

Pandora Boxes
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Recalbox GPIO pinout
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Raspberry Pi 3
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If your Pandora's Box doesn't have a 40pin connector

USB encoder for Sanwa buttons
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5pin Cable for Sanwa Joystick DIY
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USB encoder for HAPP buttons
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XM-02 Arcade To USB Controller Wiring Kit 2 Player (HAPP)
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