HACKING A pal SNES TO OUTPUT 50HZ OR 60HZ WITH A single switch

[Derecho] grabbed a pal style super Nintendo however wished to make it play well with a 60 Hertz NTSC screen. His hack added a single switch to select between 50 Hz as well as 60 Hz.

Take a look at the picture above to see his alterations to the mainboard. The jumpers soldered to the two chips at the top are by far the trickiest part of the project. Each of the pins he soldered to needed to very first be lifted from the PCB pad to ensure that they no longer make get in touch with with the etched traces. The method he utilized includes heating the pin with an iron, then carefully lifting it with a pin or a razor knife/blade. If you’ve got some experience populating SMD boards with a handheld iron this shouldn’t prove as well difficult. The rest of the hack includes adding a 3-position switch (along with a 2k2 resistor) to select between output modes based on what style game is being played.

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