DIY PSone (PS1 Slim) Power Adaptor
Posted: December 26th, 2022, 6:59 pm
(Warning : Broken English )
Hello There forum
I like to show you what i experimenting on these past 3 weeks
I made myself a PSone (SCPH-10x) power adaptor using Buck Converter
This project came into my mind when my PSone power brick from Aliexpress decide to give my PSone constant reset
So i decide to buy 3 Buck Converters and here my results
-> XL6009 Buck Boost Converter = Ps1 constantly reset itself when reading cd
-> XL4015 Buck Converter = Works but not long, IC start to get hot when playing game demo, Rare on constant resetting (Heatsink might help a little)
-> XL4016 Buck Converter = Perfectly Working, Thank to integrated heatsink it always running decently cool
My Setup
- Toshiba Laptop Charger (19 Volt 2.37 Amps)
- XL4016 Buck Converter (I set the voltage on 7.87 Volt, After i plugged on to PSone it changes to 7.52 Volt)
- PSOne Slim SCPH-103 NTSC-J (PM-41 Motherboard)
- Picomemcard
- PS2 Controller
- Game for Testing : Nascar Rumble NTSC-U (Ripped on to Verbatim CD)
Pictures :
Hello There forum
I like to show you what i experimenting on these past 3 weeks
I made myself a PSone (SCPH-10x) power adaptor using Buck Converter
This project came into my mind when my PSone power brick from Aliexpress decide to give my PSone constant reset
So i decide to buy 3 Buck Converters and here my results
-> XL6009 Buck Boost Converter = Ps1 constantly reset itself when reading cd
-> XL4015 Buck Converter = Works but not long, IC start to get hot when playing game demo, Rare on constant resetting (Heatsink might help a little)
-> XL4016 Buck Converter = Perfectly Working, Thank to integrated heatsink it always running decently cool
My Setup
- Toshiba Laptop Charger (19 Volt 2.37 Amps)
- XL4016 Buck Converter (I set the voltage on 7.87 Volt, After i plugged on to PSone it changes to 7.52 Volt)
- PSOne Slim SCPH-103 NTSC-J (PM-41 Motherboard)
- Picomemcard
- PS2 Controller
- Game for Testing : Nascar Rumble NTSC-U (Ripped on to Verbatim CD)
Pictures :