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You're using the 0=blanking convention. But more often on the BBS and elsewhere on this wiki, I've seen 0=active. The [[PPU power up state]] appears to agree with 0=active, as do the (X, Y) coordinate displays in the debugger of FCEUX and Nintendulator and the VCOUNT register on the Game Boy ($FF44) and Game Boy Advance ($04000006). The 0=active convention makes it easier to consolidate discussion of NTSC, PAL, and PAL clone timing as well. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] 20:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
You're using the 0=blanking convention. But more often on the BBS and elsewhere on this wiki, I've seen 0=active. The [[PPU power up state]] appears to agree with 0=active, as do the (X, Y) coordinate displays in the debugger of FCEUX and Nintendulator and the VCOUNT register on the Game Boy ($FF44) and Game Boy Advance ($04000006). The 0=active convention makes it easier to consolidate discussion of NTSC, PAL, and PAL clone timing as well. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] 20:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
: Ahh, ok. I was just simply going off of what's in Brad Taylor's docs. The 0=blank method didn't make a lot of sense to me either, as does some of the other stuff in this doc (The shift registers make more sense if they shift ''left'' rather than right). I'll adjust this. --[[User:Drag|Drag]] 20:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
: Ahh, ok. I was just simply going off of what's in Brad Taylor's docs. The 0=blank method didn't make a lot of sense to me either, as does some of the other stuff in this doc (The shift registers make more sense if they shift ''left'' rather than right). I'll adjust this. --[[User:Drag|Drag]] 20:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
I think at some point, it would be worthwhile to document how the PPU outputs the vertical/horizontal sync signals. If for nothing else than to satisfy my own curiosity. --[[User:Drag|Drag]] 05:30, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Revision as of 05:30, 6 July 2011

0=blank vs. 0=active

There are two different conventions:

0=active 0=blanking Description
261 or -1 20 Pre-render scanline
0-239 21-260 Active picture
240 261 Post-render scanline
241-260 0-19 Vertical blanking

You're using the 0=blanking convention. But more often on the BBS and elsewhere on this wiki, I've seen 0=active. The PPU power up state appears to agree with 0=active, as do the (X, Y) coordinate displays in the debugger of FCEUX and Nintendulator and the VCOUNT register on the Game Boy ($FF44) and Game Boy Advance ($04000006). The 0=active convention makes it easier to consolidate discussion of NTSC, PAL, and PAL clone timing as well. --Tepples 20:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Ahh, ok. I was just simply going off of what's in Brad Taylor's docs. The 0=blank method didn't make a lot of sense to me either, as does some of the other stuff in this doc (The shift registers make more sense if they shift left rather than right). I'll adjust this. --Drag 20:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

I think at some point, it would be worthwhile to document how the PPU outputs the vertical/horizontal sync signals. If for nothing else than to satisfy my own curiosity. --Drag 05:30, 6 July 2011 (UTC)