What I’ve measured so far:

• from the controller port directly: 4.8V
• from the wires inside the adapter without Blueretro attached: 4.6V
• from the wires inside the adapter with Blueretro attached: 3.9V

There are some active components inside the adapter itself, I guess this could explain the drop 0.2V drop.

So is it sagging?

It should be possible to power the BlueRetro using the controller port only. IIRC, the controller pins providing power are directly connected to the internal NES regulator, so with enough headroom to spare, you should be good to go. Eventually, this will depend on the firmware of the ESP-WROOM module used by the BlueRetro (max. current draw for the ESP32 should be around 250mA with all peripherals enabled and transmitting, I’d expect the BlueRetro to use quite a bit less in normal operation). That’s also what the 8BitDo is doing, running at around 100mA.

That’s what I thought too. I originally ordered 4 cables (NES, SNES, N64 & GC). I only had troubles with the NES so I decided to just get a replacement. But the replacement has the exact same behaviour, so this is either an issue with my NES or the cable is not designed properly for PAL NES.

Where did you get the level shifter cable from?

What do you mean by that? The cable itself? It’s from Aliexpress.

I’d also like to know the results of your voltage measurement in operation

As stated below:

• 4.8V on the controller port itself
• 4.6V inside the cable adapter without Blueretro Core attached
• 3.9V inside the cable adapter with Blueretro Core attached
• 3.53V on input, 2.61V on the output of the AMS1117 when powered by the console only (and the Core itself is not functional that way)

If push comes to shove and you decide to replace the LDO, the TLV1117LV made by TI would be a potential candidate, should be a drop-in replacement with better specs (price is about $0.30)

Will it change something when the input power is so low? I feel like I might as well connect the 5V rail directly to the 3.3V input on the Blueretro…

basé, même

Moi je comprends que c’est un appel à une constituante. Après, j’ai tendance à comprendre ce que j’ai envie donc bon…

On parle de révision là, pas d’une constituante pour faire une VIème, si ?

Wat. J’ai réussi à le lire tout à l’heure 0__o

I received the game yesterday. It’s not bad but there’s a clear lack of polish to it and framerate is all over the place. Frankly, I cannot recommend it for now, perhaps wait for corrective patches.

Yeah I’m pretty bumped too. I really would like to test it with a framerate analysis tool to check if my eyes are deceiving me but I don’t know any that’s free/open source.

Not far right, just right. But yeah unfortunately not a surprise.

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