Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) - A TMS9928A on the VDP Display Card!
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- This video follows on from my earlier Minimalist Europe Card Bus videos.
In an earlier video, I updated the TMS VDP Card to v2.0, adding support for the TMS9918A 60Hz Composite Video VDP chip, which was the most common variant used in NTSC TV standard countries.
Now, I'm really interested to see how the TMS9928A performs.
Will it combine the nicely framed 60Hz video of the TMS9918A, with the RGB sharpness of the TMS9929A?
Join me as I try a TMS9928A 60Hz RGB output and find out how well it performs.
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Video production setup:
Camera (overhead): Sony ZV-E10 (captured at 4K)
Camera (other): Logitech Brio 4K (captured at 1080p 60fps)
Eakins Trinocular + Eakins 3700W Camera (1080p 60fps)
Mic: Samson C01U Pro USB / Hollyland Lark M1 Wireless
Lighting: Double-row 8520 LED 6000K strip lighting
Capture / Post Prod: OBS / Camtasia 
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Another informative video, never did any video designs in my day jobs so always interesting to see something different. Day job just used lots of embedded micro's for audio control and routing. As in my area of work any video was super fast highly detailed and mega expensive.
Video design took my interest from the start, when I was initially playing with early “pong” video game circuits as part of my initial exposure to digital electronics design, as a teenager. So it’s good fun to again play with the early video display chips.
@@DigicoolThings My problem was I liked playing with electronics as a 14 year old, left school at 16 with no idea what I was going to do. 😞 two weeks later I was working for an avionics company. who would have guessed. I would never have thought at the time I would be an electronics engineer for the next 54 years.
@@TheEmbeddedHobbyist They were interesting times. I left school at 17. Having made and programmed my own microprocessor systems I tried to get a job in Computers, but was told I would get bored at lower jobs, but didn’t have the qualifications for jobs that matched my capabilities. Joined a retail electronics distribution company instead, and ended up computerising that business, and designing microcontroller devices as a side. I think what you end up as, is whatever you make of wherever you are. 🤔
@@DigicoolThings well I now tell youngsters if you really love your hobby don't get a job in that area. Your love your day job but will but lose your hobby. I found that its hard to come home and do the same thing again in your free time. But that's what I found.
@@TheEmbeddedHobbyist I do understand. My work life took over everything, but it was also very rewarding. Unfortunately, too many people get stuck in jobs they don’t really enjoy. I always tell people they should just follow their passion. That's usually the path to happiness and success.
I spotted a PICO project....using a PICO raspberry pi to emulate a TMS9918 VDP ..claimed the PICO board cost $4 USD !
Yes, I believe I might have seen that also. Perhaps it’s good to know there are potential “alternative solutions” for repairing old systems, once genuine TMS chips fall into short supply. But, from a (purely nostalgic?) Retro perspective, I always prefer the real original silicon, over a modern emulation. Especially, when it's software based emulation (as opposed to an FPGA based functional hardware re-creation). Hopefully, recovered original TMS9918 family chips will continue to be available for many years yet. 🤔🤓
@@DigicoolThings I asked the designer if he planned on putting an 80 column test mode and possibly more graphics mode on the PICO project. He said he may in the future, but for now he was just taking 'Baby' steps.