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18 years ago

LCD TV Becomes Bulletin Board good or bad idea?

Do you see any reason this wouldn't work well? I am planning to build an FPGA device with VGA out and SD card input, this would simply display slide after slide on the TV with upcoming events, who ha...
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18 years ago

I'd consider the still images to be a true hassle in the longer run. I'd want to have some online connection and be it just over the serial line to a PC. The need to insert a memory card limits the range of possible locations to manually reachable locations. With just a serial port the content can be updated remotely. Meaning, add a PIC or an AVR for the slave serial port. It'll add a worthwhile two dollars to the cost.

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