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04/19/07 10:39
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#137506 - nope..... but i do know
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Using an 8052 to try to generate video signals (VGA or PAL/NTSC ) without hardware assistance is a hiding to nothing as the processor has to spend so much of its time generating the sync and video signals that its a hard job to get it to do anything else.Video is so sensitive to timing variations in the sync pulse timing that its almost impossible to generate a stable image without jitter.
Personaly i use dedicated hardware to do video stuff either something like the VGA driver VHDL code that you will find in the hardware library or the Dallas Semiconductor arbitary video overlay device which is part number ..erm Ive forgotten but i am sure you can find it.

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8051 to VGA            01/01/70 00:00      
   nope..... but i do know            01/01/70 00:00      
      Video            01/01/70 00:00      
         well, if throiughput is a problem            01/01/70 00:00      
         VGA vs. NTSC (OK, PAL)            01/01/70 00:00      
            especially on CRTs?            01/01/70 00:00      
               flicker            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Distortion            01/01/70 00:00      
                     until today...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Logical Processors            01/01/70 00:00      
                           not likely ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              sure, but what problem is that            01/01/70 00:00      
               It's the demand for precise timing            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Monochrome?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     He may be a bit misguided            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Ive used an spi interface            01/01/70 00:00      
                     This is the arbitary display overlay jobby            01/01/70 00:00      
      A NICE VIDEO GENERATING AND PROCESSING EXAMPLE!!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Is it VGA?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Video Buffer            01/01/70 00:00      
      and a "video DAC"            01/01/70 00:00      
         Well there are ways and ways ....            01/01/70 00:00      
            but VGA is twice as fast            01/01/70 00:00      
               VGA Pixel rate is faster but ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  If the MCU can\'t do it all ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     how about this one            01/01/70 00:00      
                        "stuffer"            01/01/70 00:00      
                           it'd better be a really cheap MCU            01/01/70 00:00      
                              why?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        the guy who pays for it would notice.            01/01/70 00:00      
                           why?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              The extra MCU contributes nothing. Why use it?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 because            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    TEXT => Pixels = character generator            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       sure, but            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          True, but only sometimes ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             HUH?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                so ... which MCU has those built in?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   those?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Here's what "those" are ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         options            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    working examples            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Nice to think folks remember Don's "cheap video"..            01/01/70 00:00      
                        What do you mean, Phillip?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           A notion not to radical or heretical ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I still think it's either/or and not both            01/01/70 00:00      
      Like the vhdl that you'll find            01/01/70 00:00      
         Here's an ARM7 Driving a VGA Display direct            01/01/70 00:00      
   75 Ohm?            01/01/70 00:00      
      75 Ohm it is...            01/01/70 00:00      
   dc motor            01/01/70 00:00      
      start a new thead - and be specific            01/01/70 00:00      

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