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World's worst video card? The exciting conclusion

World's worst video card? The exciting conclusion on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2019–2020.

Ben Eater

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Ben Eater finishes building a minimal VGA video card from logic circuits. He explains analog RGB signals, stores an image in an EEPROM and builds a simple digital-to-analog converter to display it.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an accessible, educational build that anyone with basic logic knowledge can follow.

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“Anyone with a basic understanding of logic circuits has enough background to understand it. Worth a watch.”
— MarioMan, Feb 2020, in “Brown: color is weird [video]”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

chrisdalkeDec 2020Recommends

If you're a visual learner, check out Ben Eater's channel: [link] He has a really great video series where he builds a small computer from scratch on breadboards. Also some other highlights: Reliable data transmission, more educational: [link] DIY VGA "video card": ▶ this video Super educational, but if you want to get into more embedded hardware hacking, I would say that building a homemade computer like he does is probably not a super exciting place to start. I'd recommend picking up some Teensy 4.0 microcontrollers and build some small hardware projects with the microcontroller before diving into lower-level circuitry.

in “NandGame – Build a Computer from Scratch” · View on HN

MarioManFeb 2020Recommends

Not the same thing, but you reminded me of this since it's in a similar vein. Ben Eater went through the entire process of building a VGA "video card." Anyone with a basic understanding of logic circuits has enough background to understand it. Worth a watch. Part 1: [link] Part 2: ▶ this video

in “Brown: color is weird [video]” · View on HN

cabaalisAug 2019Cites it

At 3:00 into the second video, he talks about hooking it into a computer. [1] It does a quick flash to what might be his breadboard computer. So I think he intends to connect this to the computer he has built. 1. ▶ this video

in “Let's Build a Video Card” · View on HN

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Electronics & circuit designAudio & video engineeringvgaben eaterdigital electronicseepromdacvideo card