Recent content by Bubberiffic

8/20/26: Since I'm waiting for the PCBs to be manufactured and shipped, I thought I should start working on the case and cable for the final controller. The Vectrex has a strange right-angle DB9 connector that is unique to that console, so I took apart the connector that I had, and designed a...

Clover C1401 RGB Mod: The Clover C1401 is a Samsung-Based CCTV PVM that has only been documented by myself and my friend, Noah. Any information has been posted to the CRT Database was by yours truly. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE CRT DATABASE. (Coming soon…) This CRT has composite, RF, and...

8/18/26: The Hall-Effect analog sticks have arrived. I replaced the current analog stick that I had with the new one. Note: the reason that I'm not using my original analog stick for this project is because it's so obscure, I can't find a part number online to get a footprint and order of it...

8/16/26: The only thing I really needed to test on the controller board that I wasn't sure of was the orientation of the analog stick. Since I have a generic one on hand, I can test it to see if it will work. I wired it up on Prototyping Board and cut and labeled the pins and wires off of the...

VectorPad - A Modern Vectrex Controller 8/4/26: The Vectrex is my favorite retro game console of all time. I love the crisp vector lines/graphics that the deflection circuit draws. It is truly an unmatched experience and I plead to you, if you have the chance to use one in person, take that...

Amazing work so far, working with BGA sucks. I wish you the best of luck--don't work yourself too hard!

Glad you can get some use out of it!

6/29/2026: The PCBs that I designed finally have arrived along with all of the components! I soldered everything together and put an Atari Test Pattern on the screen to test with a Raster Yoke. For those who don't know CRTs use a magnetic deflection coil called a yoke. The electron beam is...

Well played, well played.

Introduction: Around December of 2025 and January of 2026, I fiddled with the idea of creating a Vector CRT similar to the Vectrex. I had a good starting point with custom amplifiers that I made, but they didn't really go anywhere—so I'm starting again here hopefully to finish it! I really...

Thanks for your compliment! This doesn't have an RF tuner inside natively, but it is 100% possible to add one with the breakout system. If you do, let me know!

CRT Micro - A Modernized Piece of Tube History Analog Video & Audio System CLICK HERE FOR WORKLOG I've always been fascinated with Cathode Ray Tube TVs (also known as CRTs). In old camcorders, since LCD screens weren't a viable technology at the time, manufactures would put small CRTs inside...

Doing something different for a first project might be the way to go. It seems like you're not extremely experienced with a soldering iron and soldering to pins on ICs. I wish you the best of luck, but damaging some of finite population of N64 motherboards might be not be the way to go right now.

Glad to help, I'll keep you posted if I can get it working.

Well said @cy! Thanks so much for your compliment!