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I want to connect an HDMI mini out (on my tablet) to a VGA input in a 'smart room' that I teach in-how? [closed]

I want to connect my Asus tablet mimi HDMI to a VGA in a 'smart room' that I teach in. Can I do this so I can show art work, play you tube videos, and recorded music and PDF's on the big screen in the ...
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FPGA Development platform for a video splitter with many HDMI outputs?

I am trying to build a video splitter prototype. It is intended to receive a video signal through an HDMI port, split and send it (through HDMI) to an array of displays. I have the idea about the ...
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HDMI/VGA/NTSC/PAL to 24-bit parallel RGB interface [closed]

Adafruit.com is selling TFT-LCD modules that comes with an NTSC/PAL driver board. The product specification page includes a link to the original manufacturer´s datasheet/specifications for the TFT ...
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Can I output a HDMI signal with an Arduino?

There's various articles online detailing how to use an Arduino to output a VGA signal, but can I use it to output a HDMI signal or is it simply not fast enough? It would only be used to display some ...
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How do I connect my laptop (VGA port) to a TV (HDMI port only) [closed]

I have a laptop which has a VGA port only. I want to connect it to a TV which has a HDMI port only. As expected, the TV has a HDMI cable only. So, what would be the simplest way to connect my laptop ...
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Microcontroller to process HDMI frames

I am looking for a microcontroller to process 1 HDMI input, manipulate the frame, and output to 1 HDMI output. What can I use?
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Making a HDMI switch basic question

I am doing a hobby project and I found a place to get PCB HDMI jacks and I wanted to incorporate an HDMI switch into the board. My question, is there an IC that I can use as the "switch". It will be ...
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Micro-B USB male to 2x Micro-B USB female Y splitter adapter [closed]

I'm looking for the above mentioned splitter. It's like this, but Micro-B USB and like this, but reverse the male/female. By the way, I was able to use my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone with the Samsung MHL ...
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How to create an FPGA based Ambilight clone?

Some quick background: Ambilight is a system on some Philips TVs that analyzes the color information on the screen and then sets some LEDs on the back of the display to project the screen's color onto ...
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How to convert AV to HDMI?

Is there a way to convert HDMI output to Composite AV? Any wire (HDMI to AV)? I want to connect the display to a development board but the display has composite AV ports and the board has HDMI output. ...
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HDMI Mixer/Blender/Superimposer-Chip (2 to 1) wanted

Is there a chip on the market which can overlay one HDMI-input over another ? Chip should have 2 * HDMI -IN and 1 * HDMI-OUT HDMI-IN-1 connected with Sat-receiver or other TV-Source HDMI-IN-2 ...
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Could a bad hdmi cable be the cause of 60hz speaker hum?

I was at a friend's house trying to help him get his computer/tv/stereo connected in his new apartment. We had some difficulty getting the tv to acknowledge the video signal. The hdmi source option ...
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Is it really necessary to unplug devices from the wall before connecting HDMI? [closed]

I was under the impression that HDMI was built to be hot-swap ready... like a USB device. I was told recently that unplugging HDMI while devices were powered on was risky and could actually cause ...
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Could HDMI be potentially used as a power supply alternative for smartphones?

I understand that HDMI's pin 18 carries a +5V charge. Similarly, USB carries 5 volts and this is used to charge many smartphones with a micro/usb connector. Could it possible to build a smartphone ...
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Legality of using HDMI connectors in non-HDMI product

I'm developing a product which needs an external 100ohm 100mbps LVDS connector. HDMI connectors would be perfect, especially because we could take advantage of the availability of cheap HDMI cables. ...
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How to utilize HDMI port on FPGA (basic)

Two questions. I have a Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA which only has HDMI ins and outs. Is there some sort of guide or pre-written code that I can use to start sending images to the screen? I have no idea ...
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HDMI ports and IP ports (spartan-6-atlys / or what???)

I'm trying to develop an HDMI to IP converter, what should I use? I'm considering using the Digilent Atlys with an Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA, 2 HDMI inputs, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHY, but is there ...
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How does CAT6 cable extend the range of an HDMI cable

Why is an un-powered CAT6 cable able to extend the length a video signal can be transmitted compared to a HDMI cable? Is the limitation on high speed data transmission cables such as HDMI mainly due ...
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HDMI to Component [closed]

I'm trying to use my Raspberry PI with HDMI output to my older TV with component in. Raspberry PI -> HDMI --> COMPONENT --> TV (tv specs in link) Is there any way to do this? The screen size is 32", ...
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Switching RCA composite video, under uC control - circuit ideas & suggestions

Trying to use Arduino TV-Out to switch feed to a TV set, s.a. ones found in Clinics, to display some information, s.a. next patient, expected delays etc. The TV is normally playing regular programming ...
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vga to hdmi converter

I'm making a little project purely as a hobby using a small fpga breakout board. I'm outputting vga video which works fine, but would like hdmi output instead so I can connect to a television that has ...