2 layers40 × 30 mm
2 layers96.6 × 25.5 mm
Megadrive adapter
mrfitzy/cartreaderFor any questions you can use the Discussions and/or Issues section here on GitHub, visit the accompanying thread in the Arduino Forum or check out our community discord server, where you can reach most of the devs…
- Size
- 96.6 × 25.5 mm
- Copper layers
- 2
- Thickness
- 1.6 mm
- Parts
- 3
- Nets
- 78
- Pads
- 138
- Tracks, vias
- 485, 23
- Routed
- Yes
- KiCad
- KiCad 7 (file 20221018)
- Created
- 22 Jan 2024
- Updated
- 23 Jan 2026
Overview
Megadrive adapter is an open-source printed circuit board by mrfitzy, from the mrfitzy/cartreader repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-3.0 licence. It is a 2-layer board of 96.6 × 25.5 mm with 3 parts on 78 nets, routed with 485 tracks and 23 vias.
Its parts include 2 connectors and 1 IC. It belongs with the interfaces and adapters boards of this library.
README
README.md
Open Source Cartridge Reader
This project represents a community-driven effort to provide an easy to build and easy to modify cartridge dumper. Its main purpose is to dump a video game's ROM and save file to an SD card without the need of a PC.
For any questions you can use the Discussions and/or Issues section here on GitHub, visit the accompanying thread in the Arduino Forum or check out our community discord server, where you can reach most of the devs directly.
Also be sure to check the guides in the Wiki too.
Happy making. 🔧🔨😊
Features:
- Modular design
- Stand-alone operation
- Easy to modify open-source code
- Portable when used together with a power bank
Supported Systems:
- NES/Famicom/Family Basic
- Super Nintendo/Super Famicom (including SF Memory, Satellaview, Sufami Turbo, and Game Processor RAM Cassettes)
- Nintendo 64 (including Controller Pak, Gameshark, and Xplorer 64)
- Game Boy Color (including GB Memory, Codebreaker, and Gameshark)
- Game Boy Advance
- Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
- Sega Master System
Supported with adapters:
- Virtual Boy
- Pokémon Mini
- Sega Game Gear
- Sega Mark III
- Sega SG-1000/SC-3000
- Sega Cards
- PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/SuperGrafx
- WonderSwan (Color)
- NeoGeo Pocket (Color)
- Intellivision
- ColecoVision
- Benesse Pocket Challenge W
- Benesse Pocket Challenge V2
- Watara Supervision
- Atari 8-bit Computer (400/800/XL/XE)
- Atari 2600/5200/7800
- Atari Lynx
- Atari Jaguar
- Emerson Arcadia 2001
- Fairchild Channel F
- Magnavox Odyssey 2/Philips Videopac+
- Super A'Can
- MSX
- Casio PV-1000
- Casio Loopy
- Commodore VIC-20
- Commodore 64
- Vectrex
- Bally Astrocade
- Bandai Little Jammer
- Bandai Little Jammer Pro
- LeapFrog Leapster (L-MAX/Leapster2)
- RCA Studio II
- Texas Instruments TI-99
- Tomy Pyuuta
- TRS-80 Color Computer
- Vtech V.Smile (Baby/V.Motion)
- CPS3
Open Source Licenses:
- Software(everything in Cart_Reader folder) = GPL v3
- Hardware(everything in hardware folder) = CC BY 4.0
- Documentation(everything in the Wiki) = CC0 1.0
Parts
3| Qty | Value | Footprint | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CART SLOT BOTTOM ROW | Connector_PinSocket_2.54mm:PinSocket_1x36_P2.54mm_Vertical | J2 |
| 1 | CART SLOT TOP ROW | Connector_PinSocket_2.54mm:PinSocket_1x38_P2.54mm_Vertical | J1 |
| 1 | MD_Slot | !sanni:MD_Slot | U1 |
Questions
How big is the Megadrive adapter PCB?
It measures 96.6 × 25.5 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.
What parts does the Megadrive adapter use?
3 parts. The full list of its parts is on this page, with links to each part's symbol and footprint where PCBKit's library has them.
Where can I download the Megadrive adapter KiCad files?
From the mrfitzy/cartreader repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is hardware/megadrive_adapter/megadrive_adapter.kicad_pcb and its schematic hardware/cic_adapter/D411_F411_adapter.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.
Can I use the Megadrive adapter design in my own project?
Its repository publishes it under the GPL-3.0 licence: you may reuse it on that licence's terms (keep the author's notice, and for a copyleft licence share your changes alike).
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