I hate to rain on your parade, but the line scan time is only about 65 micro seconds. The book "Programming and Customizing PICmicro(R) Microcontrollers" by Myke Predko addresses the problem quite well. John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Stubbs" To: Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 11:54 AM Subject: [EE]: TV Video Signals > Hi, > > I want to display images on a TV set using a PIC. However, generating the > video signals myself will complicate the project quite a bit, and not leave > time for other, more important aspects of the project. As this is a project > idea for my final year of my degree in Software Engineering, if I encounter > many problems in generating the signals it could seriously affect my degree. > > I was wondering if there were any fairly cheap chips around to help with the > video signal generation? Something I could easilly interface with a PIC to > simplify things somewhat. As I sort of said, I am not an electrician. I'm a > programmer. Electronics is just a bit of a side hobby, and hence I do not > know that much about it. > > Regards, > > David Stubbs > > WEB: www.nti-uk.com > TEL UK: 07968 397782 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Peter L. Peres > > Sent: 27 July 2001 12:02 PM > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > > Subject: > > > > > > >- The 12C508A is about 80 cents, but requires external BOR, but has int. > > >clock. > > > > In my experience the watchdog in a 12C508A can substitute for a missing > > BOR if you apply some continuous self-checking algorythm (cpu exercizer > > etc). > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu