NES:NESRevival-PSU

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Most of this Wiki Post will also be available on Github, this entire project has been open sourced and made available to everyone.

This thread is under construction, and support on discord would be appreciated :)

NESRevival - Power Module for Repairs and DIY Consoles

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The latest repository for the Repair Modules for the NESRevival Project is on GitHub. Uploaded by Alchme. Preserved and Inhereted to Alchme/Guardians_Projects from Merlin Shaw, Who was our Original Developer.

NESRevival V2.1e Replacement NES PSU

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Completely Redesigning the NES Power Module to Reduce Noise and EMI. Special thanks to Merlin Shaw for all the engineering mastery.

The original NES Power Module is very noisy. The Power Traces cross eachother and the ground home path is messy. EMI was not a worry in 1985 but noise can impact picture and sound quality. Instead, we move forward with the best of modern engineering, with classic hardware.

Project Guardian is a Design Partner, and has contributed many hours to manufacting over 50+ of these Compatible Custom PSUs for NES Repairs, or Opentendo Builds. You can find ways to manufacture and source the boards over on GitHub if interested.

-> These are the [as imaged] currently working V2.1e Modules. More to come soon~!

I'm going to do my best on this project, adding more soon to it with more module prototypes~! - Alchme 2023

About the Project

You may have seen this project on the ShawMerlin GitHub, and now only see the project managed by Project Guardian. This is due to Merlin kindly asking me to take this project forward into 2024 due to his personal complicaitons, and limited access to time resources for this project.

There have been many improvements over time with even safety features being added to allow extra tolerance in the design for faults. We continue to think of collaborative designs and improvements for all our projects. Please let me know if I can improve my designs in any way, with open source collaboration, we all get better parts from better designs~!

Project is Open Sourced with a MIT License. It can be edited, changed and sold at your own discretion. Please link back to the GitHub if this helps you with your own project.


Goals with these new NES Power Modules

  • Full Ground Plane that is uninterrupted and is free of traces and components.
  • Power Traces that do not cross and have the GND plane below for a good return power signal.
  • Have a specific NES Power Module for each use case (not try and pile everything into one board)
  • Keeping units in stock, allowing for repairs to exist in 2023. Many success stories so far to share, and hopefully more to come.
  • Updated installation instructions, including Part Assembly Content from the Manufacturer



Still sourcing parts for the RGB Modules, and further revisions.



Special Thanks to Geek Island Gaming

Please stay tuned~!

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