SuperNES Modification Project
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So, I've been working on a Super NES I purchased off of eBay a few weeks ago, and am close to being finished with it. It's been a learning experience for myself, especially with a rotary tool to carve holes into this thing. I used a Raspberry Pi 3 board with a Powerblock attached.
At first I had planned to replace the front controller ports with USB ports, and even had them fitted, but connecting up to the Pi proved awkward with the stiffness of my usb cables and space available. In the end, I just used some black cardstock to give a clean look to the front, and use a 4-port USB hub plugged to a single port in the back of the case to provide wired controller & keyboard access.
My video is straight out of the HDMI port with a short extension to the back of the case, and works flawlessly. Power was an issue, though, due to voltage loss from the barrel connected to the Powerblock inside the case. I kept getting the low voltage icon on my screen, and after a careful process of elimination, decided that the connector was the problem. How to solve? Overkill! I placed the AC adapter inside the case with the rest of the Pi and harvested a 110V connector from an old portable AM/FM CD player, and have the mains run straight into the case. Problem solved!
I used simple spray paint and paper to mask off my design pattern, and did a fairly decent job (good enough for me, anyways) and assembled everything together. I've also applied a few homemade stickers to accent the case, and hide a couple of blemishes at the same time.
I've used the Powerblock connected to the SNES power switch & an LED harvested from a 20 year old computer for startup/shutdown control. Works beautifuly, might I add! My next planned item is to fit a momentary pushbutton switch to the reset button and GPIO to reset games without having to use the controller. That'll help for using Atari single button controllers.
Hopefully I'll get many hours (or more) of playtime out of this setup! Thanks for all the information on the site that made it possible!
Stephen
Here's a couple of pics of my SNES as it currently stands:
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Nice, looks cool.
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