quick question on voltage input on a NOAC

csurban · Post by **csurban** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:36 pm

I know the NES uses 5v input but I was wondering if a NOAC can take 4 unregulated 1.5v batteries as its input? 4 fully charged batteries would equal 6-7v, supposedly too much voltage, and fry the CPU. And what happens when the voltage goes just under 5v? Will 1.2v rechargeables work? Am I to assume the NOAC regulates the voltage elsewhere on the board? I'd really hate to have to use a huge 7.2v battery with a 7805

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:16 pm

*sigh* It depends on the NOAC.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:27 pm

6v should be just fine.

CTFan

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:53 am

Most NOACs are designed to run on 6V anyway, as they come with a 4xAA battery pack, so 6V is fine.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:15 am

TheOnlyOneHeFears wrote:Most NOACs are designed to run on 6V anyway, as they come with a 4xAA battery pack, so 6V is fine.

Yup, that's the reason right there

csurban · Post by **csurban** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:18 am

Thx for the info. I was guessing thats how it worked

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Edutainment · Post by **Edutainment** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:41 pm

Mine comes w/ a little battery pack where the rumble pack would be if it were a real N64 controller.

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:38 pm

On mine, the case is a tiiiiiny bit too small, so putting in the fourth battery pops out another one, and it's made for AA's too.

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:45 am

Bibin wrote:On mine, the case is a tiiiiiny bit too small, so putting in the fourth battery pops out another one, and it's made for AA's too.

heh yeah that happened to me, I used the battery pack from the NOAC for my NESp, but the batteries kept popping loose. It was really annoying when I was testing, so I said screw it, I'll buy a proper 4xAA battery pack

Epicenter · Post by **Epicenter** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:56 am

I've got 2 FOACs that run on just 4.5V. It doesn't really take 5v to trigger TTL logic necessarily; you could probably make it with just a little over 3v.