I recently managed to score a 3″ B&W portable TV on eBay, a Panasonic TR-3000G. As these old units are now useless, thanks to the switch off of analogue TV signalling, I figured I could find a composite signal internally & drive the CRT with an external source. Here’s the
Here is the project I’m currently working on. A completely wearable computing platform based on the Raspberry Pi & the WiFi Pineapple. Above can be seen the general overview of the current unit. On the left: Alfa AWUS036NHA USB High Power WiFi Network Interface 512MB Model B Raspberry Pi, 16GB
Here are the viewfinder electronics from a 1984 Hitachi VHS Movie VM-1200E Camcorder. These small CRT based displays accept composite video as input, plus 5-12v DC for power. Here is the front face of the CRT, diameter is 0.5″. Closeup view of the PCB, there are several adjustments & a
This is an adaptor to convert computer VGA to composite & S-Video output for a normal TV. Bottom of the unit with option select switch. PCB removed from the casing, CPU in centre, buffer RAM on the right. Reverse side with the VGA connections at the top & the S-Video/composite
Teardown of the Xbox 360 HD A/V cable. Standard Xbox connector on the left. Component video/audio/composite video connectors on the right. Internals of the Xbox connector. Black unit is fiber optic audio connector, PCB underneath holds the HD/SD video switch. 00