Progress report: SNES portable using the old 1990 SNES

[Gamelver]

oooh....I love it ....really simple, and kind of plain...but there's something about it...keep up the good work .

[Metroid fan]

Yeah it's awesome ok question though sorry but I have the snes hooked up bens way and the grounds are all hooked together like in his book. Now would the snes mini get power if it was fried

[kade]

that is awesome

[Houdini]

did you do the LED mod?
If so then how would you connect the ps1 screen if you didnt do the LED Mod (pic?) Thanks a lot !!!!

[b52down]

did you do the LED mod?
If so then how would you connect the ps1 screen if you didnt do the LED Mod (pic?) Thanks a lot !!!!

I did the LED mod. I also recently added a switching regulator (it improved the battery consumption somewhat) as an exercise.

The screen hooks up the same whether you modify with LEDs or not--it runs on 7.2 V (hook up the (+) to the 7.2 V spot on the board and pick a ground site anywhere convienient)--but without the LED mod, the existing light source will only give you a lot less gameplay time.

[shmagoogin77]

i have a question about the original snes board
how do you desolder the expansion slot

[Lych]

Dude did you name your son after the bot in Counter-Strike:Sorce? (prolly not...) Your Snesp looks nice, and keep up the_work.

[Life of Brian]

That is a beautiful design - well planned and executed. I really like it. The fact that it is so straightforward and clean makes it look machine-crafted when it really isn't.

[b52down]

i have a question about the original snes board
how do you desolder the expansion slot

Since you won't need to save the expansion slot adapter--you can destroy it. I used solder wick to remove as much solder as I could from the back of the adapter. If you cut away the plastic housing on the adapter, you could remove the pins one-by-one, which is easier than trying to rock the whole assembly loose, where you will risk damaging the traces on the board.

[shmagoogin77]

i dremled it off is that a problem?

[nos_slived]

You might want to try your SNES to see if it still works. It should, but the shock from a dremel isn't good for electrical things like the SNES mobo.

[Dubs]

Did you take the audio of the main board or the smaller one?

[b52down]

Did you take the audio of the main board or the smaller one?

I got the audio of the main board. I believe pins 11, 12 are the left and right channels.

[marshallh]

I'm interested in how you made the switching regulator for the 5v line. All I could see was an 8pin DIP... How could a switching reg. be integrated into such a small package? I was considering a MAX787 for mine but it needs too many passive components. (Inductors are also a pain to get.)

So, how did you work that out?

[b52down]

I'm interested in how you made the switching regulator for the 5v line. All I could see was an 8pin DIP... How could a switching reg. be integrated into such a small package? I was considering a MAX787 for mine but it needs too many passive components. (Inductors are also a pain to get.)

So, how did you work that out?

The pictures that you saw were older pics. I just uploaded recent photos of my snesp. I was able to fit everything on small circuit board. I located it up towards the top curved section on the unit.

I bought the switching regulator from digikey--because they provided good documentation. Somewhere--it suggest what components can be applied and a schematic is provided.

I purchased all of the supporting components from allied electronics. It does add about 30 minutes of gameplay.

When I built the regulator--I first built it on the breadboard that you saw the chip on and testing it is as obvious as measuring the input and output voltage.

Important note: when you solder your final regulator together, make sure that you keep the wiring as short as possible!--I tried moving the large input capacitor, and it altered the output voltage to 3.2V.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50436952@N00/?saved=1