I use the CXA1645P chip, which is the same as on that UK webpage. The
CXA2075 is possible too, but haven't tried the AD725 yet (in the very
near future though). Should be generally the same. Yes, the website you reference is for the PAL format encoder. The
crystal for NTSC is 3.579....., but I just use a oscillator sine is
saves time and space from building your own clock.
To make the circuit, you'd need basically everything on that webpage,
but I would go straight to the Sony Tech Doc for the CXA1645 (easily
found with a Google search for "CXA1645") and use that. And please
note, EVERYTHING in the tech doc should be implemented. Every ground,
resistor, cap, ALL of it.
You'll need lots of parts:
680K metal resistors
75 ohm resistors
0.1 uF caps
47 uF caps
10 uF caps
LM1881N chip - sync separator
3.579 MHz oscillator
and various other parts.
Here's a pic of my encoder next to the JROK 3.0 (commercial), next to
an 8PDT switch (3 inches long, for reference): http://home.earthlink.net/~ddragoli/sitebuildercontent/SVidCircuit.jpg
The key, obviously, is getting the CXA1645 chip. My source is
definitely going to be different from yours since I got the larger "P"
chips from NOS sale. All gone :) BUT, 2 other easy sources:
Sega Saturn
PlayStation, early models (1001, 5001, 5501)
Those are the "M" chip, SMT's so they're a bit smallish to work with.
I plan on doing a FAQ on those chips too since it'll be what nearly
everyone uses.
To answer your other question, Yes, I'll be offering premade boards if
people want them in the future. At the moment, I don't have many to go
around (most sold into mods for people).
Remember, this mod takes PATIENCE! Even if you're good and everything
works the first time, building the whole circuit from scratch will take
you minimum 3 hours. Getting the chip from the Saturn is a different
story since you'll probably be able to keep some of the resistors and
caps intact.
More info in the future!
Dean
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 05:07:10 -0500, "Duo_R" <xxxxxx@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Dean,