I am on the process of hacking one of these small upscalers to make it “universal” or at least my original purpose, that is to use it to convert classi Xbox RCA to HDMI.
The wii 2 hdmi is “just” an upscaler it just needs the y pb pr entries (yuv) and the power (+5v/ 12v)
then it converts the signal to hdmi, its just a matter of soldering the good points
Here is a thread at assemblers where they tear apart the adapter
Unless you contacted me years ago, it is unlikely that I will be building a UD-CPS2s for you. I still have parts to build about 25 units and those are probably triple accounted for (meaning no need to send me messages asking to take someone’s spot if they bail). Life has gotten busy to the point where I’d like to shift gears to simply making kits for people to do their own conversions (or have a capable modder do it for them). Video output will certainly include RGB, as that is native to the hardware, but I may ditch the existing video encoder board as I am pursuing custom internal upscaling options. If that doesn’t pan out to my liking (speed, resolution, etc.), I’ll just leave video totally up to the installer. I should be releasing more details later this year.
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Gummo you are far better of a modder than me and I think I am capable to mimic undamned’s work if I have access to a DIY UD-CPS2 Kit.
It should be similar to building a Supergun.
That is no problem, knowing you and how you go about things you warn the rest of us any pitfalls of doing the Mod.
And if anyone should have the right to claim first, I think it should be the guy who dives into modding a pad or board before anyone else.
Haha, Gummo getting his own queue already…
Seriously, though, glad to see this project isn’t going to die. I was a getting a little worried there for awhile. I assume the faceplates (I forget who made those) will be part of the kit as well?
I’d like to be on the capable modder list as well… or at least have you issue kits to make these. I’ve made a few consolized CPS2 A boards this past year.
I can vouch for Lemony. He did a fabulous CPS2 consolization for me prior to Canada Cup this year, and it was used there extensively. We used a PICO PSU, J-rok 4.1 video encoder, and UD-USB converters. It has 2 video outputs, one s-video and one RGB or component (selectable with a 2-way switch), so it is super easy to stream off of (see Toronto ST Wednesday Night Fights for this in action - put the s-video to the TV and the RGB to a Framemeister for stream, or do the opposite and set to component). Best of all, the jamma edge is still intact so you can use it normally in an arcade cabinet, and we did this at North East Championships for a bit so the flexibility is really nice to have.
The drawback of doing the above is that the parts are quite expensive and there’s no “package” per se, so an Undamned kit will hopefully help in that regard. This sounds great, and I’d like to get in line for the kit as well