Hu6260

Pinout

NEC / Hudson GPU

Pinout source: TurboGrafx 16 Service Manual Schematic

Jailbar / Vertical Bar Fix

Original credit for this modification: Tim Worthington

Under certain circumstances, vertical bars may be visible on PC Engine / TurboGrafx consoles. This is due to insufficient capacitance on the analog and digital 5V supply for the 6260 chip.

The solution is to increase the capacitance on each 5v supply rail. This is easily accomplished using modern surface mount capacitors.

To simplify the location process, our notes below list one set of visible caps are are farthest from other parts. On many PCBs there are actually 3 per 5v rail to choose from [1].

As of February, 2017, all of our cap kits and RGB kits come with 2 surface mount ceramic caps to perform this simple modification! We also supply these caps in bulk quantity.

Jailbar Fix Locations

Non-CD Systems

PC Engine (Original, White)

C134 and C120

PC Engine (Original, White) Later PCBs

C121 and C135 (See Core Grafx photo below)

PC Engine Core Grafx / Core Grafx II

C121 and C135

PC Engine Shuttle

Replace C134 and C133

PC Engine LT

Might not be necessary, unsure of original parts as the LT 5v rail cap arrangement is different from other PC Engine hardware. See image below for possibilities. The LT appears to have 1 or 2 caps per leg but we don't have an LT to run continuity checks on.

TurboGrafx 16

Add cap in parallel between the legs of ceramic disc caps C128 and C137

SuperGrafx

Replace C168, C169

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  PC Engine (Original)

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  PC Engine (Original, later revisions) / Core Grafx / II

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  PC Engine Shuttle

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  PC Engine LT

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  Super Grafx

CD-based Systems

Turbo Duo (PWA-3321-A)

C923 and C908

PC Engine Duo (PWA-3321-A)

C923 and C908

PC Engine Duo-R (PWA-3339-A)

C903 and C909

PC Engine Duo-RX (PWA-3365-A)

C903 and C909

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  Turbo Duo, PC Engine Duo (PWA-3321-A)

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  PC Engine Duo-R (PWA-3339-A), PC Engine Duo-RX (PWA-3365-A)

LaserActive

NEC_PAC-N10

C526 and C529

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  PAC-N1, PAC-N10

RGB Buffer / Amplifier

Discreet Component Version

The discreet parts kits are no longer available, but we do carry a few alternatives

Hu6260 RGB amp schematic

Pinout for 2SC1815 - E C B

RGB signals are present in TurboGrafx, TurboDuo, PC Engine, etc. consoles but need to be buffered. Attempting to drive a monitor directly will likely result in image loss or sync loss on high brightness images.

• Parts List:
  • 2SC1815 (x4)
  • 10KΩ (x8)
  • 300Ω (x1)
  • 75Ω (x4)
  • 10Ω (x3)
  • 220µF, 6.3v (x4)
  • 10µF, 10v (x6)