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Hudson HuC6280

1987

Hudson's 1987 CPU for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, a 65C02-derived core with an integrated sound generator and memory mapper.

Machines

Emulators

EmulatorTypeLicenseSite
Hu-Go!downloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
HuexpressdownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
JSPCEonlineMITWebsite ↗
MagicEnginedownloadableCommercialWebsite ↗
MednafendownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
Mesen2downloadableGPL-3.0Website ↗
OotakedownloadableFreewareWebsite ↗
ProvenancedownloadableBSD-3-ClauseWebsite ↗
aresdownloadableISCWebsite ↗
higandownloadableGPL-3.0Website ↗

Reference & documentation

External technical references for programming Hudson HuC6280 and for writing emulators.

ResourceTypeNotes
HuC6280 CMOS 8-bit Microprocessor Hardware Manual (PDF) ↗DatasheetOfficial hardware manual: registers, electrical specs, timing
HuC6280 CMOS 8-bit Microprocessor Software Manual (PDF) ↗Instruction setOfficial opcode reference, addressing modes, cycle timings
HuC6280 Hardware Manual: interrupt controller (PDF) ↗Interrupt listIRQ sources, interrupt controller and timer registers
HuC6280 Hardware Manual: MMU and memory mapping (PDF) ↗Memory mapMPR0-7 mapping registers, 64KB logical to 2MB physical
HuC6280 Hardware Manual: pinout and package (PDF) ↗PinoutPin assignments, signal descriptions, bus interface
HuC6280 PSG Sound Generator Manual (PDF) ↗ProgrammingPSG registers: six channels, waveform, noise, DDA
PC Engine Developer Documentation archive ↗ReferenceSoftware, hardware and PSG manuals; canonical mirror
PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Architecture (Copetti) ↗ReferenceTechnical CPU/MMU/VDC architecture analysis
Mednafen PCE/TG16 emulation documentation ↗ReferenceAccurate emulator notes: flags, PSG revisions, quirks
Hudson Soft HuC6280 (Wikipedia) ↗ReferenceOverview: 65C02 core, clocks, peripherals, variants
TurboGrafx16_MiSTer cycle-accurate FPGA core ↗SourceCycle-accurate VHDL/Verilog HuC6280 and VDC implementation
PC-Engine CPU/VDC Timing Test (Chris Covell) ↗Test suiteVisual raster test ROM for CPU/VDC cycle accuracy