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EnigmaPaul
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hi Guys,
This is a little off the wall, but I am designing an interface unit for
controlling power usage in homes and the built in LCD screen can only
be utilized to display a finite amount of information and I desire a
way to interface the unit to a larger screen in some applications. The
obvious thing would be to make the application web based and the user
can utilize a PC to communicate with the controller, etc. But in cases
where a computer is not available or is considered too complex for
non-techies, I am wondering if there is a clever way to display
information on the home owner's TV screen to achieve a larger format
display. What jumped to mind were things FM audio transmitters that
are used for iPods to shuttle audio to a standard FM radio. Very cheap
and they work well. The idea is to do something like that, but for
video and use the TV tuner as a display for the user interface. The
information would only need to be basic textual information, not full
motion video.
Can anyone think of any neat, practical ways of getting basic textual
user interface information from an electronic control unit to a TV
screen? Wirelessly would be nice, but I suppose it would have to be
done like the early home computers (Commodore, etc) where a TV
modulator was wired into the RF input of the TV.
Thanks!
Paul
This is a little off the wall, but I am designing an interface unit for
controlling power usage in homes and the built in LCD screen can only
be utilized to display a finite amount of information and I desire a
way to interface the unit to a larger screen in some applications. The
obvious thing would be to make the application web based and the user
can utilize a PC to communicate with the controller, etc. But in cases
where a computer is not available or is considered too complex for
non-techies, I am wondering if there is a clever way to display
information on the home owner's TV screen to achieve a larger format
display. What jumped to mind were things FM audio transmitters that
are used for iPods to shuttle audio to a standard FM radio. Very cheap
and they work well. The idea is to do something like that, but for
video and use the TV tuner as a display for the user interface. The
information would only need to be basic textual information, not full
motion video.
Can anyone think of any neat, practical ways of getting basic textual
user interface information from an electronic control unit to a TV
screen? Wirelessly would be nice, but I suppose it would have to be
done like the early home computers (Commodore, etc) where a TV
modulator was wired into the RF input of the TV.
Thanks!
Paul