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I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but I figured if anyone was to know or could point to a good place, it would be the guys here.
Anyway, long story short, I have picked up the "modding bug" and wanted to work on my old NES to get it back up to good working order as well as add a couple basic additions (add the famicom additional audio paths, remove the region lockout (with a switch to re-enable it), pull the original 2 channel audio output from the CPU and connect it through a potentiometer to mix it back with the mono mixed audio for some stereo separation and add a stereo out). I'm also thinking of getting a RGB mod for it as well.
Anyway, with the above changes, I was looking for best practices for DIY circuits. Should shielded cables be used for the audio lines (if yes, what kind/source to get them, do you ground the shield at one or both ends, etc.), Are there good basic connectors/terminator boxes (like the ones used for USB headers, etc.) for connecting wires to a through-hole prototype board? Are there any good recommended prototyping boards for this kind of work?
Again, I don't know if this is the best forum for this kind of stuff, but I thought I would ask. Thanks in advance.
Anyway, long story short, I have picked up the "modding bug" and wanted to work on my old NES to get it back up to good working order as well as add a couple basic additions (add the famicom additional audio paths, remove the region lockout (with a switch to re-enable it), pull the original 2 channel audio output from the CPU and connect it through a potentiometer to mix it back with the mono mixed audio for some stereo separation and add a stereo out). I'm also thinking of getting a RGB mod for it as well.
Anyway, with the above changes, I was looking for best practices for DIY circuits. Should shielded cables be used for the audio lines (if yes, what kind/source to get them, do you ground the shield at one or both ends, etc.), Are there good basic connectors/terminator boxes (like the ones used for USB headers, etc.) for connecting wires to a through-hole prototype board? Are there any good recommended prototyping boards for this kind of work?
Again, I don't know if this is the best forum for this kind of stuff, but I thought I would ask. Thanks in advance.