From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 10:24:50 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id ABF21721007C; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:24:50 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <20.007DD068@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:10:43 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 6424 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:10:37 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 6311; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:08:51 -0500 Received: from mail.elroynet.com [208.143.146.5] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:08:50 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by mail.elroynet.com Received: from THSystem ([65.171.152.134]) by mail.elroynet.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with SMTP id gAFI5V221717 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:05:31 -0600 References: <200211150302.gAF32uN14768@mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au> <000701c28c58$9f447670$8698ab41@THSystem> <01cb01c28c9d$cf1f8a20$e7bdf682@sstdwkiwi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <001401c28cd2$d488ef80$8698ab41@THSystem> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:14:25 -0600 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Tony Harris Subject: Re: [ee]: Outputting to TV? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600703 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 0000078d-0000 Well, what I'd like to do is output information to a video handling circuit. I've read about pong, and unfortunately, it is all black and white, and it still seems that he said a lot of time was spent in video processing - I need my chip available for other stuff. I'm thinking some sort of video circuit where it would know what mode it was in (graphics or text) and I could fill a specified block of ram with my data and it would spend the time drawing to the screen. I just don't know how to do this right. :) -Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan B. Pearce" To: Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:54 AM Subject: Re: [ee]: Outputting to TV? > >I'm trying to locate references / information on how to output to a TV that > >has a standard video input. I've found some info about the MC1377 chip, > and > >a few small sites that described basically how to do black and white > output, > >but I was hoping for some more detailed information on how to take my > >letter/number/symbol and output it in whatever color I want to a composite > >monitor/TV. > > > >If anyone has any references or suggestions, I would love to hear it. I > >normally use LCD's, but I kinda want a "larger" picture on this one ;) > > I assume you are trying to do this from a PIC, in which case you need to > chase up the Pong game someone did. Thought I had a link, but don't. > > If you are wanting to do it from a video card, then 800x600 resolution is > extremely close to both US and European TV rates. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.