DIY Workbench playable NES

This instructable aims to guide Makers through building a Workbench playable NES using a cheap NoaC (NES on a Chip) and a PSOne LCD.

Every Maker has experienced anger/frustration/mind-numness or any other nasty feeling due to burning circuits, crooked dremeling, melitng materials or what ever misshap every project holds. What better way to sooth out the stress than with some nice SMB Music? Never has up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, Start in Contra so satisfiying than with the DIY Workbench playable NES.

Enjoy.

-Miltron B.

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Step 1: Get ur Materials!

The NES Chip.

Go to any kiosk, fleemarket, e-store or biddingsite and get your hand on a MegaJoy 1780983 games in 1 type of thing. If size is not an issue, get a whole NES console.

1x Nes on a Chip.

The LCD

Do the same for a PSOne LCD.

1x PSOne 5" TTF Screen.

The Controller

For a true 1980 NES experience, you NEED a NES Controller.

The Frame

Get some Plexyglass.

3x 18 cm-13 cm-3 mm
1x 20 cm-15 cm-3 mm

The Power Supply, LEDs and other Electronics

The screen runs off 7.5 V and the NES runs off 5 V. I don't want to be messing about with more than one power supply so I'm going to destribute power from a single adjustable supply. To do so I need to build a tiny Voltage regulator circuits using some ICs.

-For the 7.5 V Power Supply' (Screen)

1x LM350 IC
1x 220 Ohm resistor 5% 1/4 W
1x Stay Set 0-400 Ohm potenciometer
1x 1.2 kilo-Ohm resistor 5% 1/4 W
1x 0.1 uF ceramic capacitor
1x 1.0 uF electrolytic capacitor
-optional-
1x heat dissipator.

"-For the 5.0 V Power Supply (NoaC and LEDs)"

1x 7805 IC
-optional-
1x 1 mF electronytic capacitor.

"Other stuff"

You will need some cable, some 40/60 solder (if you can find leadless better) some screws and a 12 V Power Supply. Off course, you also Need a workbench or workspace to put your stress releasing NES.

Comments

[triforce]

Great Job! I am working also on a portable.

[ptentor]

very well

[cheeserdane]

I see your finger print on the lens.

[Cadillachearseguy]

up up down down left right left right, then B A B A select start, you got 30 lives

[toogers]

this is for Contra, right?

[z3r0]

Actually its only one B A.

[Miltron_B]

Depends on the game.

TMNT 2 for NES is two BA-s.

[Builder86]

Sorry, how many LED you used?

[russelljwr]

I really like your setup, but I am a little confused on your controller interface. Did you wire you Nes controller into the player two socket? Did you disconnect the control board totally from the NOAC? Thanks Jesse

[Miltron_B]

Hola Jesse! Sorry for the (very) late reply. I wired the Nes controler to P1 NOAC input. Let me know if you can't find the wiring diagram on google and I'll help you tackle it. Good Luck!

[Miltron_B]

Jesse, Correct Pins are (from right to left): Pin 2 - P1 Controller Clock. Pin 4 - P1 Controller Data input. Pin 5 - P1 Controller Latch (same as P2 Controller Latch). Best of luck!

[Heartwood154]

Where do you get the NES on a chip from. I have searched everywhere and haven't been able to find one. This is a great indestructible over all.

[Miltron_B]

Glad you liked it. I found mine in a Kiosk outside a store in a Mall in Laredo, TX. Try Ebay for MegaJoy III or SuperJoy. There are some other alternatives, like those "plug-and-play" star wars games or the Sega Sonic games.

[yawgmoth1]

really? Those can be used to play roms?

[Miltron_B]

They have roms in them, but you can't add your own.

[yawgmoth1]

Hmmm, ok. But any NOAC can have a 72 pin connector wired to it or no? I'm only asking because I cant buy anything online otherwise I'd get one of those nintendo clones and those "star wars" tv games are only 10 bucks at the most at my local target. Just dont want to waste my money.

[Miltron_B]

You can Follow Ben Heck's tutorial to see how to change famicom cartridge pins to regular NES pins.

I believe they are both 72 pins.

[redsoup]

can you give me a link???

[hintss]

famicons 60

check wikipedia

[yawgmoth1]

Cool, will do. That guys a wellspring of console knowledge huh? He even wrote a book on making portables.

[DuFFxP93]

 Where did you get that pillow?!

[hintss]

add games for it to the materials?

[clark]

"OMG its naked." hahahahaahah thats classic. Great instructable, I've been wondering about using the psone screen as a small tv or something else, and this answered most of my questions. (also, the second picture on step two has a small typo. You said sue instead of use.)

[Miltron_B]

Glad you liked it! (Thanks for the heads up)

[clark]

yup. I picked up a psone screen today, and got it working without a problem. Its actually taking in 10.5 volts, but if you notice, there is a 7805 voltage regulator connected to the 7.5v input on the screen. So im guessing it requires 7.5 volts to account for the voltage drop that the 7805 has.

[tristantech]

You could just bypass the regulator and feed it 5 volts

[Miltron_B]

Yeah! Actually, in 1ups Instructablehe uses the screens 7805 to hook it up to god knows what.

I'm surprised you are getting it to work with 10.5 V, I had a hell of a time getting the 7.5 V Power Source so it could work properly (I had funny lines going down the screen with anything above 7.5!)

Hope you get some pics up soon with what ever you are conjuring up!

[husker]

 Why a workbench playable NES and not a portable, car NES.

[mg0930mg]

That's liking asking why not get a psp instead of the portable nes. :rolls eyes:

[moesboy]

could you do this with an old laptop screen

[naruto1990]

any one here to know how to create a virus and what software to use to create virus

[Miltron_B]

No. You need something that will acceot a composite signal. You can use the Laptop to emulate a NES and play some roms in it. Then you would only need to make a USB NES controller.

[Pocket Universe]

Wow, that's so neat! I've gotta try and find one of those NoaCs here in Europe!

[Miltron_B]

Where in Europe are you at?? If you are in Deutschland, I've a bunch of friend who buy MegaJoys off Ebay!

[Pocket Universe]

Nope, I'm in Sweden. Thanks for the tip though.

[Miltron_B]

Oh!! I'm almost certain you can find these at any IKEA. haha.

[yomero]

chidooooo, muy buen instructable... :-)

[Miltron_B]

Gracias!

Si te gusta este tipo de cosas, te sugiero http://es.makezine.com

Es la versión en español de la revista Make.

[yomero]

ea, gracias por el link, muy bueno!!!!

[Miltron_B]

Con gusto.