Quick-links:
Quick-links:
First 'proof of concept'
First Serial Data Shown
early non-inversed output
Output pin enabled 1 cycle too late
Output pin correctly enabled
Self Documenting Hardware!
Dithered characters (176, 177 and 178) don't tile particularly well on an (8+1)x9 pixel grid. I've attempted to reduce the effect by having a more 'granular' pattern, but it's not perfect.
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The following files are available for download:
| Version | Date | File | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Text on TV" article | 1.1 | 2009-02-25 |  art_SerialVideo_02.pdf |
(1.41 MB) |
| 1.0 | 2009-02-06 | art_SerialVideo_01.pdf |
(1.37 MB) | |
| circuit schematics | 1.4 | 2009-06-20 | sch_tm_14.pdf |
(57.8 KB) |
| 1.3 | 2009-05-20 | sch_tm_13.pdf |
(50.5 KB) | |
| 1.2 | 2009-03-17 | sch_tm_12.pdf |
(48.3 KB) | |
| 1.1 | 2009-02-25 | sch_tm_11.pdf |
(43.1 KB) | |
| 1.0 | 2009-02-06 | sch_tm_10.pdf |
(41.2 KB) | |
| firmware (source + hex) | 1.0.14 | 2009-09-05 |  code_tm_114.zip |
(110.2 KB) |
| 1.0.11 | 2009-06-25 | code_tm_111.zip |
(79.5 KB) | |
| 1.0.10 | 2009-06-20 | code_tm_110.zip |
(79.1 KB) | |
| 1.0.9 | 2009-06-09 | code_tm_19.zip |
(58.9 KB) | |
| 1.0.8 | 2009-05-20 | code_tm_18.zip |
(58.4 KB) | |
| 1.0.7 | 2009-03-23 | code_tm_17.zip |
(57.8 KB) | |
| 1.0.6 | 2009-03-10 | code_tm_16.zip |
(58.0 KB) | |
| 1.0.4 | 2009-02-25 | code_tm_14.zip |
(56.5 KB) | |
| 1.0.1 | 2009-02-12 | code_tm_11.zip |
(47.0 KB) | |
| 1.0.0 | 2009-02-06 | code_tm_10.zip |
(44.9 KB) | |
| example client code | 1.1.0 | 2009-03-06 | Brownian_01_1.zip |
(9.49 KB) |
| 1.0.0 | 2009-02-20 | Brownian_01.zip |
(9.26 KB) | |
| example client code (skiing) | 1.0 | 2009-03-13 | Skiing_1_0.zip |
(12.1 KB) |