Aqua 64 - An Nintendo 64 Portable

[iHackedit]

I PM'ed zenloc and he said the batteries I'm getting from him already have the protection circuits in them..

[iHackedit]

Double post -.-

[Haunted360]

Well then you should not need that circuit from eBay then.

How are you going to get 12 volts from 3.7 volt batteries though? You need a step-up circuit...

Aren't you rather off getting a 12 volt (or higher) and regulating it down to the required 3.7v?

[iHackedit]

Now your just confusing me, I'm going to get my batteries and wire them up (should add up to 7.4v) and step them down, you can do that can't you?

[Haunted360]

Yes, of course you can step them down. But I thought the N64 needed 12 volts.

The batteries you got, will give you 7.4 volts serial at 3.5 Ah or 3.7 volts parallel with 7 Ah.


But I think you need 12 volts for the N64. I dont think you can run it off of 7 volts... Most likely wrong though...

[hailrazer]

Yes, of course you can step them down. But I thought the N64 needed 12 volts.

The batteries you got, will give you 7.4 volts serial at 3.5 Ah or 3.7 volts parallel with 7 Ah.


But I think you need 12 volts for the N64. I dont think you can run it off of 7 volts... Most likely wrong though...

Yea you're wrong.

N64 runs off 7.4v and 3.3v.

[Haunted360]

Yes, of course you can step them down. But I thought the N64 needed 12 volts.

The batteries you got, will give you 7.4 volts serial at 3.5 Ah or 3.7 volts parallel with 7 Ah.


But I think you need 12 volts for the N64. I dont think you can run it off of 7 volts... Most likely wrong though...

Yea you're wrong.

N64 runs off 7.4v and 3.3v.

Oh :/ I knew it...

Why did Marshall say on his site that "One of the biggest hurdles is trying to get the N64 to run off of 12 volts and 3 volts". Thats where I got the 12v from...

[iHackedit]

I know where and how to get 3.3v but don't know where to start for 7.4v :\

[Haunted360]

I know where and how to get 3.3v but don't know where to start for 7.4v :\

You get the 7.4 from the battery in serial. The 3.3 is from the regulation.

Parallel doubles mAh, Serial doubles Volts.

[iHackedit]

Ahh okay, I read about how your meant to wire up two batterys.
Thanks for the help

[kylerock96]

Really looking forward to this! Make sure to take lots of pictures, and ask tons of questions!

[iHackedit]

Yeah, I don't think it will be blue anymore...