Retro Duo Questions!
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- mmoshkowich
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I have recently acquired a Retro Duo and I have a few questions about it.
If I want to power the Retro Duo off of a PSone Screen, where on the retro duo board would I connect Ground and 5v? I Have an older Retro Duo with the mysterious spot for a 7805, can I put it there?? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
If I want to power the Retro Duo off of a PSone Screen, where on the retro duo board would I connect Ground and 5v? I Have an older Retro Duo with the mysterious spot for a 7805, can I put it there?? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
Are you using just the SNES portion? If so, I'm pretty sure I put a big picture of that in the sticky.
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
I'm Planning to use both halves! I'm going to try to put it into a ZN-40 Case kinda like lovablechevy. In her project she used a switching regulator to power the Retro Duo instead of the 7805 on the screen. Also it doesnt say in the sticky how to power the whole Retro Duo.
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
Put the 5 volts and ground where the power plug is.
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
Madhacker's right - if I remember correctly the power adapter itself is just 5v, so you could probably use a 7805 between your battery and the system and wire it to where the original power jack was.
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
I desoldered The power jack on the retro duo and there were three prongs. So which one if 5v and which one is ground.
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
Use a multimeter to check against a grounding strip on the board - whichever "beeps" is therefore ground so the other is the power!
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
No multimeter , My mom wont let me buy anymore tools besides a dremel until I finish this portable
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
positive is the end poking out the very back.
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
which one is ground?
Re: Retro Duo Questions!
The other ones.mmoshkowich wrote:which one is ground?
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Re: Retro Duo Questions!
both?
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Well, you won't get very far without one.mmoshkowich wrote:No multimeter , My mom wont let me buy anymore tools besides a dremel until I finish this portable
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You could look at the power adapter - there is usually a symbol which indicates what polarity the plug is.
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