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On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:24 AM, Christopher Havel laserhawk64@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Christopher Havel laserhawk64@gmail.com wrote:
The honest truth is that the triple-fistful of passives in there should be replaced by a trio of dedicated flash-DAC chips -- far less crude and far more effective.
.... but about $12 - as much as the rest of the BOM! - compared to around $1
But it's the *professional* way to do it. I'd say it's worth the extra money not to have a bunch of EEs not faint dead away on the sight of it... not to mention all the four-letter words Dave Jones will spout when he gets his mitts on one... ;) trust me, he'll make the air bright blue.
lol - well if i can find a LOW COST RGB/TTL-to-VGA converter IC - i remember there was one from Chrontel that i saw used in the gpl-violating CT-PC89e years back - then i'll *consider* it. i'll have to spend at least 2 weeks on doing a redesign plus component sourcing.... it's a lot of extra time.
bear in mind that we set the pledge levels based on component sourcing...
l.