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RE: Power connection on Digital Dual-RAM MiSTer FPGA

Ali Jani — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:20:45 +0000

Connect the single barrel side of the y adapter to your power adapter. The 2 wired side of the y adapter connect to your Mister (one the middle barrel connection, and the other the USB power port below it)

Power connection on Digital Dual-RAM MiSTer FPGA

znajem — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:09:01 +0000

I just received the fully built Digital Dual-RAM MiSTer. The power connection on my unit doesn't seem to match the included documentation.

The documentation reads a Y-splitter with two male barrel plugs, one for the DE10-Nano and one for the USB hub. However, the Y-splitter supplied with mine has one male barrel plug and one USB plug.

Also, the ports on my case aren't labeled, and the picture in the documentation appears to show a different case/configuration from the unit I received.

Could you please clarify exactly how the supplied Y-splitter should be connected to this version of the MiSTer? I don't want to risk powering the wrong port.

Thanks!

Ps. There's a USB dongle in one of the 6 USB ports on the side, what's that?

RE: iCode Duo Ultimate in Retroarch

Aaron Moore — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:13:48 +0000

Hello. I need help to get the stick to work please. I am running Stella in Retroarch on Windows 11, and I have an Icode Duo Ultimate with an original Atari CX40 joystick. Thank you in advance for your help!

RE: Is a PDF of the manual of the Duo Ultimate H1 Quick Reference Guide available or a higher quality image of the Advanced Display Elements chart?

Ali Jani — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:16:14 +0000

Hi. Here is the link to the Duo Ultimate H1 manual.

Is a PDF of the manual of the Duo Ultimate H1 Quick Reference Guide available or a higher quality image of the Advanced Display Elements chart?

icodeucode — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:05:39 +0000

The included printed manual is largely fine but the dot pitch of the chart is too low to be legible. Is a higher quality PDF and/or an image of this chart available? Thanks

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RE: Set up iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB in Win 11

Ali Jani — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:47:58 +0000

Win 11 is usually automatic so some other driver must be conflicting with the spinner. Try switching the spinner USB emulation mode to a different mode. Usually the default is set to Standard, so try Legacy and then Classic. Go to the menu and down to usb settings and then usb emulation and you will see it. once you change it, it will restart and windows will see it as a completely different device so hopefully that will take care of it.

Set up iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB in Win 11

mindexplo — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:28:34 +0000

I wanted to install the iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB Gaming Controller on my Win 11 PC by plugging in the USB connector. I can see the controller under Input devices. However when I go to set up USB game controllers and click on properties I get a message: "Game Controller Error : Your Game Controller is not connected correctly. Please verify that it is plugged into your computer" . I have verified my Windows install and have tried different USB ports. Updated the firmware to version 3.3.But always the same result. I have tried the controller on my old Win 10 PC and there it works with no issues.

Now, I did test the controller in a few games on Steam, and it seems to be working as it should. I just find it strange that I can't go to the Properties of the game controller in Win11?

RE: iCode Duo Ultimate in Retroarch

Ali Jani — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:45:41 +0000

Hi. With OS are you running? Stick or Paddles? Here is the basic steps for Retroarch on Windows:

1. For paddles, use Stella 2014 core and nor Stella. Stella 2014 will work with 4 player paddles and regular Stella Core has a bug so only 1 player paddles currently.
2. Use duo ultimate default settings (Stick+Paddles, Left Analog). Mouse on standby or off since you are doing Atari paddles for Atari games.
3. make sure you check the Main menu settings, input, Retropad binds, Port1 and Port 2 controls areas. Analog to digital should be OFF, Device index port 1 PS3 Controller (1), for port 2 - ps3 Controller (2).
4. map B button to red button on duo (button 0), A button to green (button 1), Select to White (button 9), Start to Black (button 8).
5. double check to make sure Left Analog Y-(up_) is set to Axis -1, Y+ is Axis +1, Left Analog X- is -0, Right X+ is +0. these are same as your stick directions and you can can use stick to map it if they were not defaulted.
6. start the game like breakout and press F1 for retro arch menu
7. select Controls, Port 1 controls, change Device type to Paddles (Stelladaptor), change B button to P1 Fire, A button to P2 Fire
8. select Port 2 controls, change device type to Paddles, B button to P3 Fire, A button to P4 Fire
9. go to manage Remap Files, and Save Core Remap File so you dont have to set this up every time.

Hope this helps.

iCode Duo Ultimate in Retroarch

Aaron Moore — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:03:15 +0000

Hello. Does anyone know how to get the iCode Duo Ultimate to work in Stella in Retroarch? It works for me with Stella as a standalone emulator, but not within Retroarch. Thank you in advance for your help.

RE: Getting the iCode spinner working on CoinOps

Ali Jani — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:31:07 +0000

Tried to download CoinOps and could not get to it as it seems it requires an invite and discord server link seems to be outdated. if you point me to where to download the emulator you are trying, i can probably figure it our and report back.