[Wear-Hard] Heavy MyVu Crystal Modifications

[Olli Markkanen]

Thank you Brian.

Olli Markkanen


2009/6/15 Brian Kuriyama <yosh.five7 at gmail.com>

> Alright, so for the sake of knowledge and proving somebody wrong, I set out
> and proved myself wrong... To an extent...
>
> This is the decoder used in the MyVu pendant:
> http://www.datasheet4u.com/html/T/W/9/TW9910_Techwell.pdf.html
>
> Bad news:
> -Package is LQFP
> -Registers need to be modified to accept S-Video instead of composite.
> -Our own microcontroller would need to be added to the pendant (if you
> could find any room) to write to the registers
>
> Good news:
> -S-Video is definitely supported
> -Traces to the serial communication lines are exposed
> -Someone hardcore enough could possibly succeed with this modification.
>
> I personally think that this would be way too much effort since registers
> got involved and it wasn't a simple pin mod. The quality from composite
> looks pretty decent for the display as is, and I think that going for a
> marginal increase in quality with S-Video through this mod is not worth the
> effort, but you can decide that on your own when you get your headset.
>
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