Emulating a smart CRT display unit - ideas?

Arno Kletzander Arno_1983 at gmx.de
Fri Aug 27 13:10:02 CDT 2010


"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> For a really nice VGA display, check out the PICASO from SparkFun.  
> Coupled with a low-end microcontroller, that should give you pretty 
> much everything that you need, save for the differential receivers.

...and quite a lot I don't need, like colo(u)r and graphical "primitives" which aren't (drawing rectangles and circles,...), at a somewhat steep price.
 
> Google "VGA microcontroller" for other ideas.

I'll go looking for "BAS" (VBS) "Microcontroller", too, since that's probably the way I'm wanting to go in the long run (using a cheap portable TV as display), if the controller turns out to be intact after all.

Thanks,
Arno Kletzander
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