Reply by Steve at fivetrees●March 30, 20062006-03-30
"Jim Granville" <no.spam@designtools.co.nz> wrote in message
news:442c3247@clear.net.nz...
> test wrote:
>> I want to get a small pc104 powerpc board but most have no video or if
>> they do it is in the form of a lcd output. So how am i suppose to output
>> the video to a crt screen. I have a special screen that is to my specs
>> and i am forced to use it. It is a vga 640X480 60hz 16color screen and i
>> just want to output some text from a small embedded board.
>> So any suggestions like using a serial to vga adapter to output the text?
>> So if you know of any adapters please email back.
>
> Sounds like an ideal fit for our Vga-232 module :)
>
> http://www.designtools.co.nz/vga_232.htm
>
> Supports scaled Text, and uses a simple string interface, outputs
> 640x480 16 colours.
Boy, this brings back memories. Especially when I visited the site and saw
(e)ANSI.
I've worked for a couple of public display companies (airports, public
transport etc) where this kind of gizmo was fairly common. Somewhere on this
drive I have antique code (wot I writ) for a script language (wot I devised)
for driving them...
Bah. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. ;)
Steve
PS: this led me on a bit of a hunt which yielded this, from the early days
of GPS:
http://www.sfdesign.co.uk/docs/ee-gps-hanover.pdf
The last page has a dodgy picture of me. You have been warned. (Hint: I'm
the bald-yet-still-hairy primate on the left.)
http://www.fivetrees.com
Reply by Jim Granville●March 30, 20062006-03-30
test wrote:
> I want to get a small pc104 powerpc board but most have no video or if
> they do it is in the form of a lcd output. So how am i suppose to output
> the video to a crt screen. I have a special screen that is to my specs
> and i am forced to use it. It is a vga 640X480 60hz 16color screen and i
> just want to output some text from a small embedded board.
> So any suggestions like using a serial to vga adapter to output the
> text? So if you know of any adapters please email back.
Sounds like an ideal fit for our Vga-232 module :)
http://www.designtools.co.nz/vga_232.htm
Supports scaled Text, and uses a simple string interface, outputs
640x480 16 colours.
-jg
Reply by Mike Harrison●March 30, 20062006-03-30
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:09:07 GMT, test <darwalost@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>I want to get a small pc104 powerpc board but most have no video or if
>they do it is in the form of a lcd output. So how am i suppose to output
>the video to a crt screen. I have a special screen that is to my specs
>and i am forced to use it. It is a vga 640X480 60hz 16color screen and i
>just want to output some text from a small embedded board.
>So any suggestions like using a serial to vga adapter to output the
>text? So if you know of any adapters please email back.
>Chris White
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:09:07 GMT, test <darwalost@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
>I want to get a small pc104 powerpc board but most have no video or if
>they do it is in the form of a lcd output. So how am i suppose to output
>the video to a crt screen. I have a special screen that is to my specs
>and i am forced to use it. It is a vga 640X480 60hz 16color screen and i
>just want to output some text from a small embedded board.
>So any suggestions like using a serial to vga adapter to output the
>text? So if you know of any adapters please email back.
>Chris White
Just add a VGA PC/104 card to the PC/104 stack.
Paul
Reply by larwe●March 30, 20062006-03-30
test wrote:
> I want to get a small pc104 powerpc board but most have no video or if
> they do it is in the form of a lcd output. So how am i suppose to output
Why does it have to be PowerPC?
Reply by test●March 30, 20062006-03-30
I want to get a small pc104 powerpc board but most have no video or if
they do it is in the form of a lcd output. So how am i suppose to output
the video to a crt screen. I have a special screen that is to my specs
and i am forced to use it. It is a vga 640X480 60hz 16color screen and i
just want to output some text from a small embedded board.
So any suggestions like using a serial to vga adapter to output the
text? So if you know of any adapters please email back.
Chris White