How to mod a USB C charging port to a Nintendo 3DS
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Hi everyone,
You can read up my process on my blog post here: / my-nintendo-3ds-usb-c-...
Or you can pick up the USB C breakout board here: www.adafruit.c...
The soldering iron here: www.amazon.co....
Let me know what you think, if you have any questions, tips, advice or other projects you think I should try!
Thanks!
yes....but the headphones?
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@BoredAndExtremelyDangerous lol
USB-C headphones.
Just a FYI cross threading is when you tighten i screw or bolt till the teeth/threads on it deform. What you are referring is is strip/stripping which is there you basically grind the thole down by using the wrong size screwdriver
A USB-C port would work wonders for these devices, if only it were a bit more simpler. I would only consider it if it could go where the native charging port already is though, i wouldnt wanna do anything extra to my shell. Very neat and cool none the less.
I'd love to see this mod done on the new 2ds xl
Same and I just want to somehow get it to get display output
@@gavinff you can do it idk how but i seen someone with it
wonderful video! this was my first time soldering/repairing/modding anything! this video and blog post helped IMMENSELY! i used epoxy putty squished above and behind the usbc port to keep things tight
one thing to add would be to remember to remove the plastic housing for the screw to the right of where the headphone jack was. this makes it level :>
In case you didn't know if that glue is hot glue you can remove it by putting some isopropyl alcohol on it and waiting 5-10 seconds then pulling on it or nugen it to pop it off.
Does it apply to B7000 glue as well as far as you know?
lmao I don’t think removing the headphone jack for a usb c port is worth it lmao. cool video tho
Check out a dude called makho. He did a usb mod that just fits where the normal charger goes.
@@Semaze his mod didn't include the resistors to protect from USB C host chargers though.
@@middle_pickup is really needed those resistors?
@@klairm9097 only if you use usb c to usb c cables, i think
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У меня есть много притензий.
1. Type-c можно поставить не убирая джек 3.5, я сам ставил type-c, там места достаточно.
2. Если уж убирать джек 3.5, то можно было запаять его контакты на type-c, чтоб можно было хоть через него использовать проводные наушники. Я тоже так делал, но только на gba sp, так как там места реально мало, и мне не понравились варианты установки джека 3.5, которые я находил на картинках в гугле.
3. Для того, чтоб подвести питание от type-c к родному разъёму, не нужно было его выпаивать, это абсолютно лишнее действие. Даже было бы лучше оставить его, как резервный разъём в случае поломки type-c, и не нужно было б закрывать дырку в корпусе. При этом, если вставить зарядку в оба разъёма, ничего не случилось бы, они паралельны.
4. Если уж выпаивать родной разъём, то почему не поставить type-c на его место? Это логично, и именно так я и делаю.
В общем, мне это видео вообще не понравилось, хоть работа и сделана аккуратно.
I was able to do it, I also added some sponge pads on top (that I took from a package wrap) to make everything stay tighter together and fill up the spaces, same on the back to avoid dust formation where the original port was. Btw thanks for the vido it was very helpful, in particular the part about the idea of extracting the cables from an unused/broken USB cable and the part where you have provided some tips on how to desolder the headphone jack. I have a question, after some years of use how did the port hold up to this days?
Great Video! I was wondering if you could just put the new charger back into the port that the original one fit in? Could you make a double-sided electrical tape under it so you could just put it back In its original spot or does that obstruct the ground and vbus? Thanks in advance
Thanks! Just did this to my new 3DS, but instead of the headphone jack I just stuffed the board in the cartridge slot since all my games are on SD.
Damn
I might mod my N2DS XL just to make my life easier, although this is gonna be my first time soldering.
If it helps any you can usually find people who know what they are doing, and soldering things isint actually that hard! Good luck!
This is a video i was looking for. I was worried just soldering a port in. I was not controlling the volts. I definitely going to do it how you did. But ill leave the original ports at the top. Means less suger glue 😆
Excellent, thanks very much!
why don't you just remove the old charging port and change to usbc you just sacrifice the headphone jack..
or did you make it so you can use bluetooth headset?
because I don't use the headphones, and the USB C port I wanted to use (the one that has C-C charging and is compatible with up to 90 watt chargers for laptops) didn't fit.
@@CameronHarrisWood i see
What happens if i use usb-c and original charge port at the same time will it charge 2x :D
Fire. Lots of fire.
He is not wrong and it won't fit
Don't make your 3ds a bomb
@Mrsuperking RUclips631 my note 7 went on fire it was not fun
Could you plz make a tutorial on how to mod this 3ds to install a video output ? I wish the ppl in japan would have made a tutorial available to everyone :( before they get shutdown....
A couple of resistors aren't going to change any incoming voltage to the 4.6 volts the 3DS is designed to handle. If you plug this into a laptop style PD supply and for whatever reason it sends 18 volts or something, that is going to fry this board and likely your 3DS along with it.
You might as well have used a smaller board to replace the standard power in connector ad kept your headphone output.
Interesting! It on my MacBook Pro charger, but do you think thats because its a PD compliant charger, and not the resistors pulling down the voltage? I wouldn’t use anything with a non PD charger anyway, but these are all ways of protecting my devices, resistors or PD chargers
@@CameronHarrisWood crazy how people come to spew their bs about what you did and they leave once u write a response proving them wrong lol
@@CameronHarrisWood the two resistors will only tell any qc or pd charger to send 5V. Not the 4,6V the 3ds needs. It will not destroy your 3ds but it's not great too.
What gauge wire were you using?
Is there any display output from this mod? Or can you run wires? Like in the loopy mod but to the usb c chip?
Thanks for the usb c board man my after market switch charger from instore walmart changes the volts automatically just like my Samsung note 10 charger and I definitely want the port to match because it does all so awesome and it's cheap.
I’m always nervous to not use the AC adapter that Nintendo provides with devices as cool as this would be and fun to do. I know even if you were to do something like this with maybe lightning or something to the switch it doesn’t actually request the right amount of power. So standard usb c chargers will damage the switch battery without their proprietary AC adapter, that’s why those TP docks are damaging peoples batteries
except the new 3ds/2ds didn't even come with an AC adapter...
the switch is different man, can really say what the did with the switch they also did with the 3ds, as the switch has to be both a handheld, and able to be docked to play on the tv so it has some weird protocols for the power adapter, hence why you dont really want to use third party docks because they dont have the right protocols and will brick your switch over time.
What type of glue would I use to glue thr port down
Conductive or non conductive
can you please make a tutorial on how to do this with a 3ds xl?
is thire a way to do with lighing and you can use the earbuds with lighings?
Anyone knows where to buy the usb.c breakboard in Spain? shipping from USA is very expensive and takes too much time
they have the exact same part also available on amazon, its about 10 euros but shipping wayyyy faster and cheaper (at least on the dutch amazon, I assume id would also be on the Spanish one)
I just can't wrap my head around why you didn't just put the USB C port where the original port was.... You can fit it there if you use a little bit of ingenuity
AndehX I tried this, but it wouldn’t fit because of the battery unfortunately! If you open up your 3DS and try it, you’ll see it doesn’t fit. You could use an inferior USB C port but that would require you to only charge via USB A to USB C and be limited to small wattage chargers, kind of defeating the point of USB C’s benefits
@@CameronHarrisWood I think you should check out Mahko's USB-C PCB made for this very purpose. watch?v=8TaaZng31x4
He's integrated solder pads to the PCB to allow you to install the 2 5.1k resistors needed to make connecting to USB-C power supplies safe.
AndehX hey, yeah I did, really cool project for them to do but ultimately making a custom PCB board seemed too much effort. I’ve never used headphone jack so seemed ok to remove for my use case. Yours might vary though
@@CameronHarrisWood getting a PCB made is as easy as ordering something on ebay. JLCPCB.com is what I use. Super easy.
AndehX go for it! Cool project
I don’t know how to mod but could I give you my 3ds for you can mod it to have a usb c modification 😭?
does this work on 3ds xl
Hello,
It’s working with a ds lite ?
Thanks
THANK YOU SO
So you had two functional ports headphone and power. You decided to convert this into a charging USB c port only.... With the cost of head phone functionality. Maybe convert the original headphone connector to your USB c? Nintendo being Nintendo doesn't have Bluetooth connectivity, you can't use external audio.
Just another channel Yup! I don’t use headphones, so this is good for me. You do use headphones you could move the port elsewhere :)
Question! It's it safe to let the battery charge at 1.5 A? According to the adafruit page that boats will pass 1.5A if you're charging adapter feeds that much. The stock charger is closer to 1A I think. Also, cool video, bro! I'm looking at doing this to my New 2DS XL.
I’ve been using a 60watt MacBook charger so it’s safe on my 3DS and my kindle that I modded! But also don’t blame me if something goes wrong 😂
@@CameronHarrisWood Great info! Thanks!
Hey did you ever finish the project with your 2ds xl? I'm also trying to do this with a 2ds xl and I soldered the vbus and gnd to the right spots but I'm not seeing it light up when I plug it in
@@some1random51 I haven't. I would like to, but I just haven't made time.
Damn that sucks, I'm kinda bad at this stuff but do you have any idea of anything I should try for trouble shooting so I can figure out what's wrong
Edit: It's definitely outputting power (I tested it with a multimeter)
Can I record the 3ds screen with this usb c port?
No, sadly that would require video output from the 3DS but these cables are only carrying power lines, not video or data lines
What wiring
What accent is that?
Scout Studios a British accent
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Can you do this with an iPhone charging port?
No I don’t think so
Can I send you my 3ds to do this?
I use the USB-Nintendo Cable by Amazon for 3 Euro.
you didnt even clean it inside...
It always hurts to see a mod that is as useless as it is badly carried out. It looks awful.
Is there any other place u can put it
John Jimenez if you pick a smaller and less useful USB C port, you could put it where the current charger is
@@CameronHarrisWood thanks for replying and I want to do this project but the board is out of stock would the spark fun USB c red breakout board work??
CAN I BY A CUSTUM 3DS FROM YOU PLEASE
Great video. Sketchy terminology. 😂
Хорошая идея но плохое исполнение, корпус в мусорку.
Hey what kind of wires did you use?
Just some cheap standard magnet wiring from Amazon. Make sure its thin though! :)
IDE Kabel from old computers are great to and super thin
Use 36awg