Do-it-yourself projects and technology updates

Build your own Sega genesis cartridge

How cool would it be to make your own NES cartridges, and use it in your old console. This would be a tough project, and I don’t have the time to tackle it, but if anyone knows of it being done, let me know. I made my own circuit board one time, a long time ago. I wanted to make an external memory source for my TI-89 graphing calculator. I just drew the traces onto the copper, and etched away the remaing material. It was pathetic, and I got it all wrong. You have to print the traces on a special iron on material. I may do that next time. I did use to coop for NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, and I worked on a robotic astronaut called ROBO-naut. I made a 6 layer circuit board for a motor controller in the wrist of the robot. I used Orcad layout to set the traces. It is a powerful program, I would love to get my hands on that software, but it is pretty expensive. One day, I will show a picture of the circuit board that I designed. But check out this guy’s cartridge that he made. I really want to try to get some good mods, and how-to projects to show, so if any of you have any that you would like to share, then send them my way. I will put them on my site, and give you the credit you deserve. Go to my “submit news” tab.
Here is the link to the site

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