By piggy backing a two-bit DAC signal of the correct voltage on a completely black composite video signal, a simple exploratory composite video noise synthesiser can be constructed. Each of the images below is of a relatively stable state that can be found by turning the two pots.
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2 comments:
I love your Exploratory composite video noise synthesis
is there a schematic available? what chip did you use for the D2a conversion?
i would love to make one (i have made ALL the fun with sea moss circuits)
thanks
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Hi there,
Cheers for the comment.
Basically, there is no chip that actually "does" the DAC.
All it is is two really fast oscillators built from a 74HC14 IC, with relatively small value ceramic caps and 10 or 50k pots.
Both of the oscillators form a two-bit DAC together. The low bit has a 1kΩ resistor and the high bit has a 330Ω resistor.
Additionally there is a 75 ohm resistor between earth and signal output.
Then its just a matter tuning the oscillators until you get some stable artifacts!
You can see the DAC resistance circuit here: http://hklab.net/wiki/TV_Video_Signal_Generator_with_Arduino
But instead of coming from Arduino pin 6 and 7, the two bits are coming from the 74hc14.
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