I designed a SNES BlueRetro Adapter!

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I've been developing a BlueRetro adapter that I can use with my Nintendo Switch Online Super Nintendo controller. But after I put my latest PCB together, I learned a valuable lesson...
In this video, I explain my BlueRetro adapter project, go over some information about the BlueRetro project (including some schematics), and show you how to populate a custom PCB by hand.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Project Background
01:19 - PCBWay Package Unboxing
02:30 - New Prototype Comparison
03:49 - BlueRetro GitHub Explained
05:12 - SNES Schematic Explained
09:56 - Populating PCB
16:13 - Issues and Final Thoughts

Пікірлер: 17

@PCBWay Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton for letting us be one part of your work!🥳

@Adam-rt7lp Жыл бұрын

This is becoming my favourite retro channel

@dubesinhower Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it!

@ayellowbeard 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the soldering tips! I have a couple projects and wish I understood more about electronics and schematics including integrating the BlueRetro onto the SNES controller board so it would have onboard bluetooth instead of having to plug stuff in and have it hanging outside of the console.

@MrAlvinDude Жыл бұрын

Very good and informative video. One note though: de-coupling capacitors also function as super small batteries, so immediate power is available for the gates inside the chips. When gates shift, they need immediate energy for a few nano seconds, while they are switching. Inches/centimeter "long" power wires/pcb traces would slow down the passage of energy, so there might be a voltage drop, at the gate that is switching. The power storage in the de-coupling capacitors ensures full voltage is maintained, at those very short time intervals when gates switch stages. But perhaps this is what you meant by filtering things?

@dubesinhower Жыл бұрын

Yea I don’t know the technical details, I just know it’s a good rule of thumb

@mikedub Жыл бұрын

Extremely cool. I've been hearing "blue retro" for a while but I hadn't done a deep dive until today. This is really exciting! Cool project, thanks for sharing!

@VirtuaVillain Жыл бұрын

Congrats on designing and building this, it's awesome to see you making pcbs

@Nomnivore7531 Жыл бұрын

If there's one thing that has given me the most headache in schematic capture it's definitely reversed connectors.

@michaelschiavetti2030 Жыл бұрын

Nice video thanks for sharing

@ShaggyShaggums Жыл бұрын

This is very cool. Funny enough is just recently I've looking into BlueRetro to use on my Playstation 1 for multiple controller ports and possible my other consoles as well but everything has been so confusing. Your explanation helps a bit. I'm hoping to build one eventually. Thank you.

@tetsuo3k Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I NEED one of those BlueRetro SNES adapter boards! I assume your intent is to make the design public at some point, if it isn't already? I would love to order one for myself from PCBWay. The range of my old 8BitDo SNES Bluetooth adapter leaves much to be desired, and if I could build my own replacement I would be so happy.

@dubesinhower Жыл бұрын

These will eventually be open sourced, yes!

@tetsuo3k Жыл бұрын

@@dubesinhower Awesome! Thanks for the response.

@blu_falcon6321 Жыл бұрын

Other than the thrill of using a DIY solution, what is the benefit of this vs an 8bitdo receiver that’s ready to go out of the box?

@dubesinhower Жыл бұрын

You can connect two Bluetooth controllers with a single adapter, which should make this option cheaper than buying two separate adapters. And it's even more cost effective for consoles like the N64 which will allow 4 controllers with a single adapter