ARGH! Unknown NOAC! Please help

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:18 am

As you can see from the title, I am rather worried/stressed right now :p

I bought this http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR51882, thinking it was perfect etc, looked just like the one I needed.

I got it today, and opened it up to find a completely different circuit board. The pics aren't good, but they hopefully illustrate my problem

The circuit board has a Famicom connector, but the ribbon cable connections are split on either side, instead of having them in a line. There's about 5 on both side, and the ribbon cables connect to the other controller board, so I am totally stumped as to whether I can make this into a portable. The diagram below shows what I mean

The controller has Super Joy III written on the top[/url]

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:26 am

That's the SJ3, definitely not unknown; use the search function at the top to find it, there's tons of documentation on it.

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:50 am

But the NOAC board is so different, there are two ribbon cables instead of one, and the pins are split. I can't find pinouts for this particular type. I suppose I could try to trace them myself....
I'll probably just order the Power Player I found

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:36 am

The "weird chip thingie" could be the game rom.

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:06 am

I've constructed a partial pinout of my NOAC, based on what is printed on the circuit board itself. It's not complete though, so I would really appreciate any help here. I couldn't find a pinout for my version, all the pinouts seem to relate to the Super Joy 2, even though they are called Super Joy 3. I think the NOAC in the Power Player is a Super Joy 2 not 3, because my version has evenly drilled C-Button holes, whereas the Power Player has uneven holes. My NOAC also has a yellow III on the top which I havn't seen anywhere else.

I also have no idea what SCK1, P1D0 and OUTO mean :p

The NOAC in its case looks like this, if this helps

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:08 pm

That is pretty weird, it says it's an SJ3 but I guess it's not. Since + and - are already marked, all you really need to find are video and audio out, which should be pretty obvious.

SCK1 is the P1 serial clock. P1D0 is probably the data pin for the P1 controller. OUTO is probably supposed to be OUT0, which is a latch pin (I think).

Try figuring out the rest of the pinout. SCK2 and P2D0 (if they exist) are probably close together. Video and audio out are also probably close together.

That's all I've got.

-Joe

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:25 pm

I'd say it's time to whip out a multimeter and start tracing the pins back.

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:10 am

Thanks a lot for all the help

. I've traced out the majority of the pinout, the right hand side is mainly used for the Famicom connector and P1 Latch. The other side has audio, video, +5v, ground, P1 Data and P1 Clock. I'll try wiring it up when I get my screen.

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:52 am

Maybe you can cut it out and solder all components to it. Make a super small noac portable! (just like kevin horton)

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:02 pm

Yeah, I'll try

. Thanks for all the help, I now feel reasonably confident

Is there a pinout for the Famicom controller connector? I want to hook up a NES port for 2 player action

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:28 pm

Btw. Ben might want one. He's been looking for something to harvest these noac chips from. He might have just found a donor.(thanks to you)