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greek - Aug 3, 2004

		greek		Aug 3, 2004
			How do I operate a Genesis/Megadrive at 12 Volt? Originally the Network adapter operates 10 Volt 1.2 Ampere and 12 VA What do I need to do to operate it with an input Voltage of 12 Volt? Means which additional circuit do i need to add?

		Arakon		Aug 3, 2004
			you would need to add a small circuit with some caps and a voltage regulator.. that regulator would have to support 2A.

		greek		Aug 4, 2004
			Whats a voltage regulator? Is that an impedance matching transformer? What for do I need the caps? To smooth peaks in the current flow? Wouldn't it work by just adding an additional resistor to the circuit?

		Arakon		Aug 4, 2004
			the caps are for filtering/smoothing. a voltage regulator is a voltage regulator.. it takes a higher voltage as input and outputs a stable different voltage.. it's usually a black, square part with 3 legs and a metal piece with a hole, which sometimes needs to be attached to a heatsink depending on the amperage it has to process.

		greek		Aug 4, 2004
			Mhh, so the gennesis has two voltage regulators put on a aluminium cooler plate? If it's that, I know what they look like then, they usually have screwholes to attach them to the cooler plate? I searched the net but couldn't find a propriate circuit. I want to connect the the genny to my pc powersupply, for I kinda like the idea of a Teradrive or Sega Computer I came across in another thread of this forum.