
MiSTercade Pre-orders due in January or February depending on factory production time and Chinese Spring Festival
Please watch the Remote Case Install tutorial prior to ordering. Details on the button clearance at the end :)
Changelog:
V1.1:
- 5V jumper to toggle between cabinet 5V rail, and MiSTercade's 12V to 5V buck converter.
- Added ground pins for non-standard CPS-II Kick harnesses
- Some switches changed to jumpers
- Minor component changes
V1.2
- Switch to toggle between 0.7V and 3.2V video levels for HD15 port on main JAMMA board
- Extra ESD protection
- Simplified a few components
- Swapped a few through hole capacitors for SMD electrolytic
- Moved power inductor to top side (no more bottom side components)
- Rounded JAMMA contacts
Power Notice:
- RECOMMENDED +12V 1A FROM ARCADE PSU
- +5V power generated from the +12V rail
- +5V and -5V cabinet power supply rails are loaded for a steady 100 mA current
MiSTercade Features:
- Black, 4 layer, ENIG finish PCB with edge beveled JAMMA connector
- User I/O port
- 40mm fan with 3.3V/5V selectable voltage
- Reset, User, OSD buttons
- Extensible for future add-ons
- Currently only JAMMA compatible (not JVS)
Input:
- 7 port USB hub with VBUS power control
- Sub-1 ms controller encoder for 2 players 6 buttons (potential for 2P8B)
- CPS1 and CPS2 kick harnesses for 1P and 2P buttons 4, 5 and 6
- CHAMMA wiring for 2L12B at JAMMA edge with non-standard JAMMA wiring
- Coin counter signal to increment cabinet coin count (Only works on 5V coin counters, not 12V)
- 8 buttons for P1 and 6 buttons for P2 (using custom CPS-2 kick harness)
- P1B7 = Test (no arcade games supported by mister use 8 buttons - only PS1 and Saturn cores could, assuming they are released)
- P1B8 = Service (mapped to pause in all cores)
DIP Switch | Function |
AMP STBY | Puts audio amplifier in standby mode |
C1=C2 | Merge coin inputs for 2 player cabinets that share a single coin mech |
P1 FREE | Merge P1COIN and P1START for pseudo free-play mode |
P2 FREE | Merge P2COIN and P2START for pseudo free-play mode |
Output:
- CMOS (~3V) video level via JAMMA edge or HD15 (VGA) port
- NOT CONSUMER TV OR PC CRT SAFE WITHOUT EXTERNAL ATTENUATION
- Connect to one output or the other, not both
- 75-ohm RGBS video via MiSTercade XL
- Analog audio:
- Move DE10-nano switch SW0 towards center of PCB
- Dedicated i2s audio DAC
- Line-level analog stereo audio output via 3.5mm and RCA connectors
- Amplified mono audio via JAMMA edge connector
- Stereo volume potentiometer (attenuates both line-level and amplified audio)
- Digital audio via mini TOSLINK
- Move DE10-nano switch SW0 towards edge of PCB
Included with MiSTercade v1.1 Full kit:
- Terasic DE10-nano
- 128MB SDRAM v2.9
- MiSTercade JAMMA PCB
- MiSTercade Top Plate
- MiSTercade XL PCB
- MiSTercade Bottom Plate
- Mounting hardware
- 40 mm fan
- 20x20x10 mm heatsink
- USB bridge to connect to DE10-nano
Included with MiSTercade v1.1 Lite kit:
- MiSTercade JAMMA PCB
- MiSTercade Top Plate
- MiSTercade XL PCB
- MiSTercade Bottom Plate
- Mounting hardware
- 40 mm fan
- 20x20x10 mm heatsink
- USB bridge to connect to DE10-nano
Not Included with either kit:
- CPS Kick Harness
- Remote Board
- Control Breakout
MiSTercade Kit Lite
Plugs in next to the DE10-nano and runs along the JAMMA edge. USE SHORT SCREWS FOR BOTTOM PLATE :)
Top Plate Features:
- Mini HDMI remote connector
XL Board Features:
- HDMI port for MiSTercade VS audio and video
- HDMI port for P1 and P2 controls for use with control breakout board (coming soon)
- Secondary SD slot for those stubborn computer cores that refuse to get with the times
- HD-15 (VGA) port for 75-ohm RGBS video (700mV)
- DIP switches (same as the MiSTercade DIP switches)
- Only 1 set of DIP switches used at a time - set other set to OFF
MiSTercade Breakout
- Made to break out all controls from the XL board
- Use 2x 19 pin HDMI cables to build your own arcade control panel
- Compatible with Brook headers (coming soon)
- Screw terminal breakouts for:
- P1B1, P1B2, P1B3
- P2B1, P2B2, P2B3
- RESET, USER, OSD
- Sanwa and Seimitsu joystick headers
- Great for adding cabinet system buttons, or foot pedals
MiSTercade Admin Button Breakout

- An easy way to connect dedicated OSD/Menu, Pause, Core Reset, and System Reset buttons
- Connect to the MiSTercade top plate's mini HDMI port
- Optional pass through HDMI port to MiSTercade remote
- mini HDMI cable included
Remote V1:

- Extend your MiSTercade with this control panel remote
- Requires MiSTercade top plate
- Features:
- Volume control (move audio jumper from internal to external on JAMMA)
- 2 x Coin buttons
- Pause, Core Reset, Menu, and System Reset buttons
- SNAC (no PSX)
- 3.5mm headphone with auto-mute
- 30mm aluminum knob
- 1.8m mini HDMI to HDMI cable
Remote V2:

- Extend your MiSTercade with this control panel remote
- Requires MiSTercade top plate
- Features:
- Volume control (move audio jumper from internal to external on JAMMA)
- 2 x Coin buttons
- Pause, Core Reset, Menu, and System Reset buttons
- SNAX (Supports 2P PSX, NES, and SNES)
- Composite sync port for GunCon
- 3.5mm headphone with auto-mute
- 30mm aluminum knob
- 1.8m mini HDMI to HDMI cable
Complete MiSTercade Diagrams:



Links:
Github Repository (mappings, configs, etc)
As Seen On:
Retro RGB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmassx9hJP8
Scarlet Sprites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-212r6kKC8
Owlnonymous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHAW0AfTomA
DJPsykoM1: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/934909137
Gillaxian: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/926372300
PastBlaster: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/942439006