I would like to use the screen from a old hip gear controller as output for my arduino projects.
Here is the link from ladyada that lists the pinouts. Im not sure where to start to generate the composite signal since all ive seen says i need two out lines to a proper connector.
Can somone point me in the right direction? I've googled around to no avail
Cheers,
Thanks
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Here is the link from ladyada that lists the pinouts.
Where?
You can't post links on your first go, can you please try again.
That unit needs composite video input. Generating B&W composite from an Arduino is possible, although very CPU intensive and would take a good deal of tricky programming. Doing colour is right out.
after pinging a bunch of people, a friend said the same thing gardner, although no one has told me why its so tricky.
any readings you can point me to?
although no one has told me why its so tricky.
Because the processor is not fast enough to supply data at the rate that the display needs it. Also there is insufficient memory to hold much of an image for the screen display.
ah, thanks grumpy_mike.
Time to figure something else out now
This thread has a working solution for B&W that would drive your LCD.
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1272593798/0
awesome, many thanks 