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Bus Pirate Support / How to order one of these (preorder v3)

August 10, 2009, 06:22:38 pm

I'm very much on a budget but I'd find one of these useful. I haven't found out where I can order one yet though. Thanks ahead of time.

Project development, ideas, and suggestions / Re: Universal Data Adaptor

August 10, 2009, 06:00:46 pm

Pretty much, I guess a more apt title would be universal A/V adaptor.

Project development, ideas, and suggestions / Re: Universal Data Adaptor

August 10, 2009, 05:18:34 pm

I didn't mean anything by that like it. But I do think that the ideas are similar and complimentary. This was more for audio / video and the like. Serial, parallel etc might change the thing up a bit but I figure simple common external things might be best such as usb.

Working with consoles I wanted to have something to adapt the video into another format. Audio as well. Mostly so I could get some cheap gaming on the go. Since there already is the bus pirate it wouldn't make much sense to reinvent that wheel for this purpose I don't think.

Here's what I mostly wanted the thing to do.

Video I/O
VGA, Svideo, RCA, Composite, Component, seperated rgb channels

The input is more important than the output here in a way. Most of those are similar enough in one way or another that the design can be piggybacked in a way like they do in console's proprietary connectors. The seperate RGB channel thing comes from the desire to interface with lcd tech.

Audio I/O [Which is usually easier]
RCA, Headphone, Headset.

Mostly playing the role of amps and filters. I would have included some form of wireless but I'm nottoo familiar with fcc regulations.

Power I/O
3/5/12 dc

I figure the power can be handled with v regs diodes and the lot. Just setup in a way that it can take whatever it can get and work with it. If 12 is only available then the circuits will turn that into the others. [Trying to work with the Dreamcast power board gave me that idea]

General discussion / Re: A few suggestions

August 10, 2009, 04:54:10 pm

The way to change it for everyone is to go to > admin > themes > reset > then you'll see options which you can set as default. Quick reply should be among those options.

You can also change it just for yourself by going to Profile > Look and Layout > There will be drop down menus there which have a number of options. Change it to on by default.

Project development, ideas, and suggestions / Universal Data Adaptor

August 10, 2009, 03:51:00 am

This was an idea I've been playing with for quite some time. It started out with separate ideas I had about 4 years ago when I was 17. Basically what I had back then were a few adapters which I made by splicing cables together. A while later I cleaned up the concept just a little and decided that it needed more. While I had at that time a near universal adapter for analog audio I had nothing for video or anything else besides power. The real thing this project needed were things I didn't and still don't have such as processors. I picked up a gba and a dreamcast and did some modifications to those but it was anything noteworthy.

Getting to the point the device would be like this. A portable device that let's you hook up just about any type of data source to it, display it, modify it, convert it, store it or whatever you want really. I'm not too tech savvy but I do know that it'd be quite possible with today's technology and the brilliant minds likely to run through this place. Any ideas tips or suggestions are welcome. If this is the wrong place I'll move it elsewhere.

General discussion / A few suggestions

August 10, 2009, 03:35:55 am

I run another SMF forum so I know a few things it can do. I think you should turn on quick reply. Try to get a few people around here to post a bit every so often but that's about it. See ya around.

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