BOB-4-S On-Screen Display (OSD) board, 30 pin SIMM style.
Supercharge your project by adding a video display to it! Decade Engineering's BOB-4 works with most microcontroller chips and modules, including the BASIC Stamp™. It offers an impressive list of features, including user-definable character sets, bitmap graphics, and multiple languages.
Using its SPI or TTL serial interface, displaying characters and graphics on a video signal has never been easier.
BOB-4 can be configured to create a stand-alone composite video display or it can automatically genlock to an external video source.
Industry standard NTSC and PAL video standards are conveniently supported.
Here's a demo screen capture showing some of the OSD capabilities {Please click image for a larger view}.
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Key Features: |
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Simple hookup; requires just 5VDC/100mA, serial data, video I/O
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Latest version with 74.25MHz Oscillator (GPS receiver compatible).
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Immediately prints plain ASCII text in default configuration
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High display density; up to 480x240 (NTSC) or 480x288 (PAL)
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Arbitrary font size and proportional font support
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Bitmap graphics and vector graphics commands
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Off-board expansion for custom font & bitmap graphics memory
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Industry-standard ANSI control protocol (ECMA-048)
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Automatic vertical scrolling
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Text crawl (single-line smooth horizontal scroll)
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Async (RS-232 style), synchronous, and SPI control ports
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Automatic video mode control (local/genlock)
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Customer-configurable video standards (NTSC or PAL)
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Stand-alone operation for simple video source ID, target reticle, etc.
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Software-controlled digital outputs (5)
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30-pin SIMM format, 3.50 x 1.05 x 0.35 inches, 0.35oz/9.8g.
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RoHS-compliant
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Manufactured by Decade Engineering (USA)
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Suggested Applications |
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Remote Video Inspection |
Industrial Process Monitor |
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Scientific Experiment Monitor |
Home Automation |
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Remotely Piloted Vehicles |
Robotics |
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Teleoperated Mechanisms |
MATV ~ Pay TV |
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CCTV Surveillance |
Electronic Signs |
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Information Display |
ATV ~ Amateur TV |
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Dumb Serial Terminal |
Law Enforcement |
A mating 30 Pin SIMM style connector (not included) is available as an option.
BOB-4 Manual (PDF): Click Me!
Software Example (TXT): Click Me!
Screen Demo (TXT): Click Me!
