Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Sega Nomad Modding (updated 07th december)

This is my new project... I just love Sega Nomads, so i thought i should get some and rebuild them to the best possible state.

i am in love

The first one arrived and i did some cleaning inside and outside, also the standard LCD with CCF Light is not top of the notch (and very power insufficient).

backside (you need a sega/nintendo bit to open the mid screw)
this is how the opened device looks
old lcd with ccf module removed
the old lcd (ewww)
So i got a 3,5" LCD/TFT and installed it (almost every 3,5" will work as long as it has rca/chinch video input)

I am also looking for a better speaker replacement (maybe also a little amplifier like i had on the gameboy).

I changed the red low battery led to a blue one, gives it a nicer touch

you have to unsolder the lcd connection to remove it properly
here are the connections points for the lcd (sorry for bad quality - pics made by phone)

LCD Connection (white goes to lcd ground, red to lcd power +)

yellow is the video signal of lcd, black also goes to ground

just use some hot glue to stick lcd to the case

finished the lcd mod

alot better :-)

Next Step is a LiPo 7,4V high power battery pack - stay tuned for more...

3 comments:

  1. hallo, hast du deine ersten lsdj-tracks schon fertig, wie auf chiptunes.org geschrieben? :) ich bin auf der suche nach chiptunes-nachwuchs aus österreich.. poste mal deine mailadresse hier. oder schreib mir an microrabauke at gmx.de.

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  2. It's always nice to give credit to the inventor of these mods instead of acting like it's your idea :)

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    1. Sorry dude, but who is the inventor ? I also never said that i invented it, and i also forgot to give credit to the inventor of LCD Screens, the inventor of electricity and the inventor of Sega. So by this post i give shouts out to all of the inventors :D So no offense man, but are you the inventor ? if so, i didnt know about it because it was no real invention. I just connected a LCD Screen with the same size to the VIdeo Output pins of the PCB. Had to buy three LCD Screens till i found one which works ^^

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