Minimalist Europe Card Bus (MECB) - TMS992x or TMS9918 VDP Display Card - v2.0 Update!
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2024
- This video follows on from my earlier Minimalist Europe Card Bus videos.
Recently, someone mentioned that they were planning on using a TMS9918 VDP chip, with the MECB TMS VDP Display Card.
As I live in a PAL 50Hz TV standard country, my original experimentation with the TMS VDP chip (and also the chips I had in my parts drawer), were all TMS9929A 50Hz parts.
The TMS9929A VDP variant, and its TMS9928A 60Hz "NTSC market" equivalent, feature Color Difference outputs, intended for an external color (colour) encoder circuit.
Join me as I update the MECB VDP Display Card to v2.0, which adds support for the TMS9918A variant.
To view my earlier MECB videos, please follow the link to the MECB Homepage.
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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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Wow, this project is going forward in a great way!
Thank you for your kind comment. I have lots of plans, but limits on my available time. However, we are steadily progressing. 🤓
Another great video, I love the "Never The Same Colour " (NTSC) system, they should have joined us with "Prolonged Active Life" (PAL) dog food format 😂😢😅
Totally agree that one SD video standard would have been much more sensible, and the world would be a better place. But then again, there are so many competing standards that have got in the way of focusing on just deliver single worldwide standard solutions. I mean, we could start with 50Hz vs 60Hz mains power, 240V vs 120V, or even just a single worldwide Mains Power Plug standard would lower manufacturing costs. Then we have Imperial vs the vastly simpler Metric system. We humans just like making harder work for ourselves! 🤔
@@DigicoolThings imperial was much easer in the old days when we had 12 fingers and toes. A genetic nutation forced us in to the metric system. that's when they stopped us marrying our sisters cos octal is much harder. 🙂
@@TheEmbeddedHobbyist Unfortunately, all I can say about that is in my country we switched from Imperial when I was at young / junior school. All I remember is that everything became so much easier overnight, when everything suddenly was a power of ten conversion! Of course, I also understand that those who have grown-up with Imperial for their whole life will naturally find it easier than re-learning in terms of powers of 10. 🤔
@@DigicoolThings i remember 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound, 21 to a guinea. As a kid you could get quite a lot of sweets for a thruppenny bit. 🙂
The TMS9918/TMS9929/TMS9928 are very popular video chips with hobbyists..so this card should be well received !
Indeed. I started playing with a TMS9929A not long after they were available, in the early 80's. They were my first introduction to Sprites. Be sure to watch my video “TMS9929A VDP Rediscovery and Alternative Retro VRAM Solution”, which is the precursor to my MECB VDP Card design. 🤓