Worklog Upgraded Noldendo

[AydinRad]

Hello everybody,

I finally finished upgrading my Noldendo to support USB C powering. All I did was fill the power hole of Nold's STL file in Tinkercad, and added a USB C size hole that I made in Fusion 360. Hope you guys enjoy the pics! If anyone has any questions or advice on how to improve this, let me know!

 

[DekuNut]

Im a bit worried about that epoxy, but looks very clean otherwise, well done!

 

[AydinRad]

Im a bit worried about that epoxy, but looks very clean otherwise, well done!

Same, but I'll deal with that when it becomes a problem I suppose.

 

[badgervm]

Hi, I have been looking for a solution like this (I’m not a big fan of barrel jack power supplies). I was wondering which chip you used for the conversion. I’ve been trying some cheap ones from Aliexpress, but they don’t output enough power to run my trimmed Wii, since I have been testing with a 6 layer until I get my hands on a 4 layer. Also, if you could share the specs of your power supply, I’d really appreciate it. My ideal solution would be using a Switch charger, but I’m not sure if the 5V 1.5A would be enough. Thank you for everything!

 

[AydinRad]

Hi, I have been looking for a solution like this (I’m not a big fan of barrel jack power supplies). I was wondering which chip you used for the conversion. I’ve been trying some cheap ones from Aliexpress, but they don’t output enough power to run my trimmed Wii, since I have been testing with a 6 layer until I get my hands on a 4 layer. Also, if you could share the specs of your power supply, I’d really appreciate it. My ideal solution would be using a Switch charger, but I’m not sure if the 5V 1.5A would be enough. Thank you for everything!

Hi, here's a link to the USB C board and power supply I use

USB C board: https://a.co/d/6sRxPDc
Power supply: https://a.co/d/8IMe347

For the USB C boards, you can convert the 9V board I linked to 12V by soldering two pads on them, or just buy the 12V variant for $5 more. For the power supply, realistically you just need 12V 3A supply, although you could likely get away with less amperage. The benefit with going 12V is you have a direct line to supply the circuit that does the voltage conversion for the sensor bar port.

With regards to the 15V switch charger, the RVL PSU I used for my Noldendo supports 5V-17V in, so you could find a 15V USB C board and use that, but you would have to step it down to 12V for the sensor bar circuit.