NESodore64 project - Adapting a NES pad into a Commodore 64 joystick!
Channel: silvestron's bits and bytes
Date: 01/05/2020

I wanted to connect a NES pad into my Commodore 64 to use instead of a standard joystick, and decided to make a project out of it. A bit of Arduino experimenting later and here we are!

Using an AVR ATmega328PB microcontroller, a custom circuit board and some minimal componentry, I was able to piece this together. This video goes into my thoughts and planning on how I tackled it all.

The (mostly) uncut soldering video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBOiBErvJJ4
All the KiCad design files and Arduino source is available at https://github.com/silvervest/NESodore64 so you can make your own

Any feedback is welcome, as always.

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Equipment used!
Soldering station: Hakko FX-888d
Desolder braid: goot wick CP-2015
Soldering flux: CAIG Brand RSF-R80-2
Multimeter: Jaycar QM-1321

Credits!
Adrian's Digital Basement for the idea (https://youtu.be/QwJNCy4ZYmI?t=814)
Music:
* Birdies - Skipping Class
* Out Run - Magical Sound Shower
Font: Daymarius - Retro Gaming (https://www.dafont.com/retro-gaming.font)
Putting up with my weird hobbies: My wife

Disclaimer!
I am NOT an expert, I have genuinely NO idea what I'm doing, and mostly just glue things together and use a lot of Google-fu until stuff works. I've been tinkering with electronics since I was a kid, but have no formal training and will probably do things incorrectly. If you learn something from this, that's awesome, but trust me - I'm learning too!

#NES #C64 #Arduino