Tindie Weblog | Add USB-C To Your GBA!

Bringing trendy USB charging to older units that by no means supported it has been in style currently. This unbelievable little board provides USB-C charging and audio to your Sport Boy Advance SP.  The design is exceedingly intelligent — the castellated pads have been lined up completely to hook up with the pads from the prevailing proprietary connector, making set up very simple. In fact, you additionally want the instruments to take away the prevailing connector earlier than putting in the brand new alternative. Nonetheless, with solder wick or a vacuum desoldering station this shouldn’t be too tough — simply bear in mind to be mild as there are lots of superb traces that may be dislodged if you happen to’re too tough.

Having a contemporary USB connector on older units like that is very helpful. You now not should preserve monitor of a singular, proprietary USB cable, and you’ll simply use whichever chargers you have already got for charging your cellphone and/or trendy consoles! The added bonus of getting audio out on this connector means you need to use straight-through USB-C to Audio cables (those with out DACs inside) to take heed to music. With a USB-C splitter, you could possibly even cost the machine whereas utilizing headphones on the similar time!

When you’re in there, you could possibly additionally take the time to interchange the prevailing (probably drained) battery with a brand-new alternative. In the event you’re a Sport Boy Advance fan, now we have many different cool merchandise to take a look at that can deliver some aptitude to your GBA!