miisalo
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After having "expert" telling me that I need 6A 5V psu for my consolized MV-1B (NGFL has experts 
), I think we should publish facts about power requirements for different boards, mods and carts.
There has already been at least one thread where MV-1C was measured, but it would be useful to have all this information in one thread.
So if you do measurements, please report board, modifications and cart here as well as PSU and equipment used for measurement. For cart report only how much more current it required. Example if MV-1C board with stereo mod takes 220mA and with 161-in-1 total is 760mA, report multicart as +540mA. Most interesting facts are carts that consume most or least. Report the maximum draw you see example during playing.
PSU and Measurement equipment:
Labtek tk302 Laboratory PSU set to 5.1V and no current limiter. Shows also the drawn current.
MV-1C
stereo sound taken directly from the chip, RGB S and Audio connected to scart, bios chip removed, unibios 3.1 with neobiosmasta. Games tested with Neo Geo CD controller
230mA
161-in-1 multicart running a game (KOF 2001): +560mA
KOF 98: +310mA
Highest measured 790mA with 161-in-1
MV-1B
stereo sound using "JNX mod", +5V mod, RGB S and Audio connected to scart, unibios 3.1 with neobiosmasta. Games tested with Neo Geo CD controller
510mA
161-in-1 multicart running a game (KOF 2001): +510mA
Highest measured 1020mA with 161-in-1
MV-1FZ
+5V audio mod with 120-in-1 multicart 1300mA
Highest measured 1300mA with 120-in-1
), I think we should publish facts about power requirements for different boards, mods and carts.There has already been at least one thread where MV-1C was measured, but it would be useful to have all this information in one thread.
So if you do measurements, please report board, modifications and cart here as well as PSU and equipment used for measurement. For cart report only how much more current it required. Example if MV-1C board with stereo mod takes 220mA and with 161-in-1 total is 760mA, report multicart as +540mA. Most interesting facts are carts that consume most or least. Report the maximum draw you see example during playing.
PSU and Measurement equipment:
Labtek tk302 Laboratory PSU set to 5.1V and no current limiter. Shows also the drawn current.
MV-1C
stereo sound taken directly from the chip, RGB S and Audio connected to scart, bios chip removed, unibios 3.1 with neobiosmasta. Games tested with Neo Geo CD controller
230mA
161-in-1 multicart running a game (KOF 2001): +560mA
KOF 98: +310mA
Highest measured 790mA with 161-in-1
MV-1B
stereo sound using "JNX mod", +5V mod, RGB S and Audio connected to scart, unibios 3.1 with neobiosmasta. Games tested with Neo Geo CD controller
510mA
161-in-1 multicart running a game (KOF 2001): +510mA
Highest measured 1020mA with 161-in-1
MV-1FZ
+5V audio mod with 120-in-1 multicart 1300mA
Highest measured 1300mA with 120-in-1
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