Colecovision Power Adapter

[EvilDragon]

Since almost 50% of all existing Colecovision Power Supplies have died and it's almost impossible getting new ones, here's a small project we worked on and which is now finished.

Production is planned to happen early 2018, a working prototype does already exist

Here's a small video:

 

[TeDaDeS]

Good initiative. Looks like a good solution for every Colecovision owner.

 

[vcoleiro1]

@ED MIght pick one up as a spare for my colecovision. Do you have a price in mind yet?

 

[Caine]

Cool project. I do not own a Colecovision myself, but I love how dedicated you are to retrogaming

 

[EvilDragon]

@ED MIght pick one up as a spare for my colecovision. Do you have a price in mind yet?

I am waiting for quotations, but hopefully not more than 25 Eur.

I bought two Colecovisions and both had broken power supplies... That's how the idea came to mind.

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[AnimatedFreak]

Clever solution. I would want it for all my retro hardware. Would be way easier to plug them all into a USB hub instead of having all those old (and big) AC adapters running across the back of my monitor. But one step at a time I guess awesome idea ED!

 

[EvilDragon]

Clever solution. I would want it for all my retro hardware. Would be way easier to plug them all into a USB hub instead of having all those old (and big) AC adapters running across the back of my monitor. But one step at a time I guess awesome idea ED!

Well, for most of the Retro Hardware, you can easily get a new power supply... but the Colecovision has -5V, +5V and +12V... try to find a supply for that

That's why that was most important.

 

[AnimatedFreak]

Well, for most of the Retro Hardware, you can easily get a new power supply... but the Colecovision has -5V, +5V and +12V... try to find a supply for that

That's why that was most important.

Of course, that seems reasonable to me just saying that this idea could be very useful in all consoles.

 

[rSl]

cool little thingy!
time to get a coleco for xmas!

 

[levi]

Clever solution. I would want it for all my retro hardware. Would be way easier to plug them all into a USB hub instead of having all those old (and big) AC adapters running across the back of my monitor. But one step at a time I guess awesome idea ED!

The N64 also takes two lots of 2.7A at 3.3V and a measly 0.8A at 12V. Getting 5.4A at 3.7V from a 5V supply alone would take a hell of a lot of current, even with an extremely efficient conversion. You're going to need to stick to 110V+ mains based supplies for the foreseeable, or maybe these newer 20V 5A USB supplies can help.

 

[comradekingu]

I found https://console5.com/wiki/Colecovision_5V_RAM_Modification and then I saw the video of the much sweeter way.