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Stamp TV Interface

QAHQAH Posts: 13
edited 2008-01-05 00:57 in BASIC Stamp
Hello everyone. I have one question reguarding the basic stamp. How can I use my basic stamp to send signals thru TV A/V cables and show graphics on a TV? I want to show something like an Atari would. I am super in software development, but I kinda stink in hardware dev. Please help me with this.

Thanks

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2008-01-05 00:50
    You can't use a Stamp to generate the video. It's just not fast enough. A Propeller or SX microcontroller can do it. Hitt Consulting makes a Propeller-based TV display device that does text (and an older SX-based similar unit). You should be able to find other similar devices with a websearch, but most of them are likely to do text-only since that's the primary market. You should really consider getting a Hydra which is a Propeller-based board and extensive manual for building TV display type video games (with some capability for handling a VGA display).

    The book is also available separately along with a CDROM of sample games and other programs. It's quite good.
  • ForrestForrest Posts: 1,341
    edited 2008-01-05 00:57
    There are a few modules available that will output graphics on a TV - in conjunction with a Basic Stamp. One is Bean's monochrome SX Video Module www.hittconsulting.com/products/sxvideomodule/ for $33.95. If you want color, then checkout the ezVID www.multilabs.net/ezVID.html for $59.95. With a little more effort - you could probably setup a Propeller Proto Board to output TV graphics and have it communicate with your Basic Stamp
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