ST HDMI Out

[GadgetUK164]

This looks like a great project! I hope this gets past prototype phase.

[Arkemath]

I'm interested too !

[BoNuS]

Just bumping this one
Any progress on the HDMI field ???

[SainT]

Yes, but slow.

I'm not getting any time to work on this at the moment, but it's not dead. I've made up a PCB layout for the next prototype which is a daughter board for the mini FPGA dev board, but I just need to double check everything and then get it sent off to China to get a few PCB's made (cheaper than making them myself!).

[qq1975b]

Yes, but slow.

I'm not getting any time to work on this at the moment, but it's not dead. I've made up a PCB layout for the next prototype which is a daughter board for the mini FPGA dev board, but I just need to double check everything and then get it sent off to China to get a few PCB's made (cheaper than making them myself!).

Cool! Very interesting project. STe compatible only? Mega STe or Mega ST?

[SainT]

It'll run with any STF / STE / Mega / Stacy (and Jaguar, Amiga, Amstrad CPC plus, GX4000 and lots more machines) as they all output video using 1 pin per bit of the colour data. Unfortunately it wont work with the Atari TT as it has D2A converters inside the shifter and outputs RGB directly as analogue.

[GadgetUK164]

Wow!! That's sounding more awesome by the day. The idea of a convertor that works with Amigas as well is great!!

I would like a couple of these if you do a production or proto run!

[Shredder11]

I've been following this project thread from the start but now I am VERY interested!

[SainT]

The only downside with this mod is that you have to solder the RGB / sync / clock out cables directly to the motherboard...

[GadgetUK164]

Soldering doesn't bother me, even better as I can mount it inside the case!

[catmando]

Definitely interested in this. Good work

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[viking272]

Also interested too! Keep up the good work.

[troed]

Soldering doesn't bother me, even better as I can mount it inside the case!

I'll happily solder it for anyone living close to me in Sweden just to make sure that doesn't scare anyone away

(As long as it's completely compatible with all screen resolution demo tricks this is _the_ hardware upgrade I'm eagerly awaiting)

/Troed

[nativ]

if somehow it wasn't compatible, you could always make it switched, more soldering perhaps... but it's just an output jump board not a gfx card as such like VBXE

[delvis]

Sounds very interesting. Good luck on getting time to complete this.

[SainT]

if somehow it wasn't compatible, you could always make it switched, more soldering perhaps... but it's just an output jump board not a gfx card as such like VBXE

There's no switching required, this just outputs the same signal that goes to the monitor port to an HDMI port. So you could run an Atari monitor and an HDMI monitor simultaneously (which is what I do when testing) if you wanted.

I see no reason why it shouldn't run with all effects, but other people who have tried similar things say they have had issues. I'm not far enough in yet to see if I'm going to get any issues or not... but being optimistic I still don't see why I should.

[spiny]

I am also interested

[DarkLord]

Whenever they are ready to order, I'm in for one as well.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed, because past efforts have
so far failed to produce viable results.

Good luck!

[Anemos]

G/L to your project.
Anybody has try this Scart > Hdmi converter?
http://dx.com/p/scart-hdmi-to-hdmi-vide ... ack-129829

[RAHMAN]

Also interested in this..

Rahman

[Fratzengeballer]

Very nice work and promising progress. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

[Nikolas]

If works on all ST modes.
10 eur worth then i will get my won.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iVQrsDqaw4

[alanh]

It can't work in mono mode as that doesn't work over scart.

[SainT]

It can't work in mono mode as that doesn't work over scart.

Yeah, it can work with mono. HDMI is not scart.

You have to understand I take the video out directly from the shifter (4 bit RGB & single bit mono) and construct an HDMI data stream from this information. I output in colour modes at 720x576p @ 50Hz / 4:3, which allows low and medium resolution just fine. High res is 70Hz, so will require a different video mode, whether a 70Hz mode will work on your TV is a different matter though, as the HDMI spec only requires 50/60Hz modes at specific resolutions. A monitor should be able to deal with 640x400 70Hz no bother though.

Also, I have just ordered a batch of 10 PCB's from China for the bargain price of £18, so when they arrive I'll hopefully get to work again. Yay!

If I get something working with these PCB's I'll happily send them out to people to play with at cost. You'll have to build them up yourself though as I don't have much spare time, but they're not too tricky. The worst part is soldering the level converter chip, as it's quite a fine pitch SMD. I've added layout for the A2D converter and a proper HDMI connector too, so it'll keep me entertained for a while...

[DarkLord]

Just curious, is that pic to scale? I mean is that what the size of it is going to be,
or (I'm assuming) somewhat smaller?

Thanks!