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- From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:02:16 GMT
- Subject: Re: Circuit to vertically crop NTSC video (letterbox)
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- References: <1992Nov17.165051.13069@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- Set up a counter which counts the horizontal sync pulses; zero it every
- vertical sync pulse. (If you need to separate these, consult any good
- book on basic video circuits, or get the National databook - not sure of
- the name - which has their video chips.) You'll need to have at least a
- 9-bit counter, as there are 262.5 lines in a single NTSC field.
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- Now, all you need is a circuit which "watches" the output of this counter,
- and holds the video (luminance signal) at the black (or blank, your pick)
- level for certain intervals; for example, to "letterbox" the video, you
- might want to hold the luminance at black between, say, lines 0 and 50
- and lines 212-262. You could do this with sets of 8-bit comparators (such
- as the 74LS688) setting and clearing latches which controlled the "black
- level" circuit. Programming which lines get blanked could be done via
- DIP switches connected to one set of the compartors' inputs.
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- This is a bit sketchy, but I think you should get the idea. Holding the
- output at black or blank can be done by clamping the sync tips to a known
- level, then clipping the video at the desired limit.
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- Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
- User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
- myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.
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