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On sale August 26th 12PM MDT (UTC-6) Get your Reflex Adapt here: https://misteraddons.com/products/reflex-adapt Controller adapters here: https://misteraddons.com/products/hdmi-controller-adapters History: On April 11, 2022, I contacted @sonik_br on Discord to congratulate him on RetroZord, his USB controller adapter. based on the ATMega32u4. What Sonik didn't know is that I'd been searching for someone to collaborate with on a bespoke controller to USB adapter. I poured over his Github page studying the various modes that RetroZord supported, hoping to use these HDMI adapters that I adapted for MiSTer SNAC. Since then, Sonik has had to deal with my insane requests and pedantic discussions. The...

 Thesis: unnecessary latency takes fun out of gaming.  I've spent hundreds of hours measuring and documenting the latency of controllers, joysticks, and adapters, searching for the lowest latency controllers for the gaming community. From popular, modern, OEM controllers to the more obscure and old products from the early days of USB, I've measured more than 200 discrete devices/modes. If you've seen these results there's a very good chance that it was me that tested it.  I care deeply about latency's impact on the "fun-ness" of games and believe there should be hardware worthy of the incredible games we enjoy. To be clear, it's not like you...

CASES ARE FINALLY HERE! Between the pandemic still affecting Chinese production, and life, it took longer than expected but they are finally in hand. A few housekeeping items before proceeding: 1) I'm waiting on shipping boxes so if these don't ship immediately, please be patient. 2) I'm also awaiting an order of IO boards, but have the other required parts on hand. These are scheduled to arrive in the next few weeks. If you order a complete kit now, I'll ship it as soon as possible. Believe me when I say I don't like to sit on orders. 3) The...

A while back I tried (unsuccessfully) to become a distributor for everyone’s favorite power supply company, Triad. Discouraged by the rejection, I scooped up my humble ego and decided to try the next best thing: find a power supply that rivals Triad’s performance for use with MiSTer. What specs matter when it comes to power supplies? The most obvious is the voltage. Most modern electronics operate at 3.3V or lower (1.8V is also common). 5V input feeds voltage regulators that are often chained together to improve efficiency. The DE10-nano schematic states that over voltage protection kicks in at 5.45V so a supply...