Cutting the SNES board

TwiliChaos · Post by **TwiliChaos** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:56 pm

Are there any tutorials on how to cut the SNES board?

eurddrue · Post by **eurddrue** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:02 pm

I think that the snes has internal traces, which means that you won't be able to cut your board...

XCVG · Post by **XCVG** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:17 pm

Not that I know of, but it's pretty small already.

TwiliChaos · Post by **TwiliChaos** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:41 pm

Ah ok. I thought it would be possible because I read somewhere that you could cut the a regular SNES motherboard to the size of a mini SNES board.

EDIT: Also, what are the dimensions of the smaller original SNES mother board?

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:51 pm

Yeah you CAN cut the SNES board. Don't quote me or anything, but I'm pretty sure you can cut down the board up to the control port pins.

I'm 90% sure you can cut off all the ground strips on the sides.

TwiliChaos · Post by **TwiliChaos** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:33 am

Thanks Kurt. I found out the answer to the other question so I don't need it answered anymore.

TwiliChaos · Post by **TwiliChaos** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:05 am

I've got one more question. If I were to use Li-ion batteries in an SNESp, how would I charge them?

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:06 am

TwiliChaos wrote:I've got one more question. If I were to use Li-ion batteries in an SNESp, how would I charge them?

With a Li-Ion charger and charging circuit that matched.

eurddrue · Post by **eurddrue** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:15 pm

Kurt_ wrote:Yeah you CAN cut the SNES board. Don't quote me or anything, but I'm pretty sure you can cut down the board up to the control port pins.

I'm 90% sure you can cut off all the ground strips on the sides.

so the n64 was the first system to use internal traces?

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:18 pm

No. the snes uses internal traces, but some parts can be cut off anyway. There aren't that many internal traces on the border.