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Welcome at petrockblock!

At petrockblock you can find various topics from the world of microelectronics, tinkering, software development, and other related topics. You find our popular Raspberry Pi add-on boards ControlBlock and the PowerBlock here.

PowerBlock
Top-view of the ControlBlock
PowerBlockling
ExtensionBlock

This site is also the birth-place of RetroPie, the popular retro-gaming project for the Raspberry Pi. You can find articles about the original idea and articles of the first years of the project here.

Enjoy your stay on our sites!

petrockblock team

 

Recent Posts on petrockblock

RetroPie 3.3 Released

After rolling new images, fixing bugs, re-rolling we are finally there: RetroPie 3.3. […]

Supply Status of the ControlBlock

This info post is interesting for you, if you were looking at the ControlBlock and wondering when it will be available again. […]

Issues with your d-pad? RetroPie Release 3.2.1 might help

We have just published a bug-fix release, RetroPie image v.3.2.1, that fixes controller configuration issues for RetroArch-based emulators. For all of you that installed version 3.2 and are having trouble with the d-pad on the [...]