Hi Everyone, I recently installed and tested the Ibluetooth mod from hispeedido on my Dreamcast. This mod essentially makes your dreamcast compatible with bluetooth controllers, mice. and accessories. Here are a few notes.
Keep in mind I have multiple mods on my dreamcast so mine might not look like yours.
This is the store I purchased It from on aliexpress. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568068 ... pt=glo2usa
Pico psu, Noctua fan mod, Gdemu and now the new ibluecontrol controller board
Notes.
1. For the hole. Start at small drill bit like 3/22 and work your way up to 5/32. use a piece of scrap wood or a thick piece of cardboard underneath as a surface for the drill to fall on in case it keeps going. Be slow. Plastic is pretty easy to drill through but can break easily if you are too hard on it. Marking the hole is pretty easy. Put the controller port board on the plastic controller insert and mark it with a sharpie or if you are go getter like me, scratch the placement onto the insert with a screw driver. You might be able to get away with using a drill bit that is smaller than 5/32 but it just didn't work well for me and I made it just a bit larger. Looks stock.
2. When installing you will have to disassemble everything up until the first metal shield. This way you can remove the plastic controller insert and drill into it.
3. If you have a 3 pin fan, you will use an included adapter ribbon. You can see it in the photo below. Because the ribbon was so large, I opted to roll it behind the ribbons main loop. I am not an electronics engineer and I can’t tell you if thats an ideal configuration but I didn’t want to risk any of the fan cables/ribbons getting into the fan itself. This may be different for people who have their original fans which probably have shorter cables.
4.This kit comes with two boards. A Bluetooth board the sits at the bottom and connects to the console and a controller port daughter board. When assembling, I recommend putting the main bluetooth board down first and then putting the controller port daughter board down. Then you can attach both ribbons together. This makes it so that you don’t accidentally mess up the ribbon while adjusting the position of the board.
5.This is what I am calling a blueretroclone. It uses its “own software” called ibluecontrol which runs on an electron browser. It is literally just an older version of the blue retro web config site with the word ibluecontrol slapped on it. I attempted to connect the system to blue retros web config site and it worked and let me change settings. However DO NOT attempt to update the device or reset it using blue retros web config. The manufacturer puts a warning about the device possibly getting bricked. I have tested VMU/Rumble config on this is so far and it works.
6. The mod comes with documentation in a usb. Here are the files for anyone trying to research it. The battery in the mods instruction is not the correct model. See the correct model in the notes below. https://www.mediafire.com/file/eyj97j88 ... C.zip/file
A few extra quarks
It uses a ML1220 for the clock battery which is an odd choice. The one that came with my unit did not work and I replaced it with this one. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KT9HB9?re ... 1&newOGT=1
The device turns the power button into the bluetooth indicator. Green means it's ready to pair, blue means connected/paired, red means some issue (only experienced this when connecting my dreamcast controller into slot 2 during boot, will keep testing).
This connects pretty fast. One button press and it basically connects to your controller right away.
Tested using dual sense controller.
