For our own Phil Pilgrim a suggestion for a memorial

Buck Rogers

Hello!
This is going to sound positively strange, but our friend designed the Prop Backpack, to produce composite video. And of course to display stuff on just such a screen. I have one here, sent to me after a fashion via a member. I have just restored my efforts in using it to display "stuff" on a screen.

It was discontinued not too long ago.
How hard would it be to restore them as a short production run, say about anything up to 250? Naturally it uses the QFP form of the Prop and that was discontinued a while ago. This one would be on a DIP packaging variant. Obviously, I'm just blowing exhaust from plasma vents here but it does sound like a good idea.
Two mascots interested and watching.

Francis Bauer

I would be interested in a couple of them. I have copies of the original code from 2010, but none of the boards.

@"Buck Rogers" could you post some images of the board you have along with some examples of it working. It would be nice to get a visual of the board in action.

Even if we don't get a production run done, it would be nice to honor Phil with a at least a small demo or presentation of his creation.

DigitalBob

Do you have the original firmware prop_backpack_monitor.binary

DigitalBob

Q2's are UM6K1NTN

Francis Bauer

@DigitalBob said:
Do you have the original firmware prop_backpack_monitor.binary

I've attached the software zip file that I have.

Propeller Backpack TV Overlay
By: Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)
Language: Spin, Assembly
Created: Apr 12, 2013
Modified: April 12, 2013

This object permits the overlay of characters upon a standard NTSC video source, using the
Propeller Backpack (#28327).  It consists of the overlay object proper, plus three top-level
programs: a serial terminal program and two demo programs.  The documentation for this
object is included in the archive. Addenda pertaining to user-definable characters can be found
as comments in the overlay object.

Francis Bauer

@DigitalBob said:
Q2's are UM6K1NTN

Thank you @DigitalBob for the PDF and Transistor info.

DigitalBob

Thanks for the files. I guess all we need now is the "basic_sio".