Maybe I'll just mod in a built-in S-Video port so that I don't have to go buy a cable One has a serial starting with NS24 and the other with NS27. If anyone knows of one for under $20 USD that should work for this, I'd prefer it over a DIY solution.Įdit: Would something like this work if I connected the RGB + sync outputs of the N64 to the corresponding inputs of the SCART connector? It sounds like I might run into trouble with the output not being high enough resolution? I'm not interested in buying a $50+ scaler.Įdit 2: Based on Link83's motherboard revisions sticky, I'm guessing both of my N64's are way too new for RGB modding. I know there are various RGB-to-whatever converter boards/kits out there, but most of them are expensive and/or overkill.What the heck is this guy on about? The info there doesn't seem to gel at all with the other RGB info I've encountered.If not, then I'm at a loss as to how to deal with this. I'm not sure whether the "composite sync" line could/should be used for the sync input of the RGB->component converter circuit.Would a voltage regulator remove the need for the diodes and/or capacitors around the voltage inverter? A 12V->5V voltage regulator would therefore likely be required to drive it from the N64's internal 12V line. Vcc across the whole converter circuit appears to be 5V, but my understanding is that the N64 only has 12V and 3.3V internally.The LM1881 IC is a video sync separator.The 74HC4053 IC is a Triple 2-Channel Analog Multiplexer.I'm guessing that the diodes around it should be zener diodes.
The ICL7660 IC on the upper-left is a voltage converter that is being used to invert the 5V input to -5V.Does anyone have armchair opinions on whether this should work, whether it might be worth attempting, and whether I'm on the right track?.Here is the most promising DIY converter circuit I've seen: I'd like to do component video (a la the Nintendo Wii), and I've come across some stuff on converting RGB to component for other applications. This doesn't do me much good, though, because I don't have any TVs or monitors that take RGB inputs. It looks like the N64 unofficially has the ability to output RGB, however (click images to see the sites I found them on): The composite video quality is terrible, and the S-Video versus composite comparison pictures I've seen online don't have me excited about spending money on an S-Video cable (which is apparently the best that the N64 can officially do). So a co-worker gave me his N64 stash (which includes 2 USA N64s, so I don't mind modding one), and I finally got around to testing it out a bit on a spare LCD TV.
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