Applciation note for XESS XS Board to interface to and produce VGA displays. Does an excellent job of documenting VGA at a very low level.

See also:

• Don Lancaster's Tech Musings #134 on PIC based video character generation.
• Eric Smiths PIC based PIC-Tock and PIC-Pong
• Dave Thomas's PIC based "VCR Pong" and Video Time Stamp
• http://www.ubasics.com/adam/pic/archive/picdream.zip scrolling message along the top of the tv screen, and a real time clock ( HH:MM ) on the bottom of the screen. Was originally intended for amatour TV broadcasting, etc.
• Rickard's PIC based Pong and Tetris with software only video generation on an overclocked (to 12MHz) 16F84. Entire video hardware is a 560 ohm and a 1120 ohm resistor.
• Decade Engineering
• March 1999 edition of 'Everyday and Practical Electronics' It uses a PIC16C84, an EL4581, a 6116, a 74HC4040, and a 74HC132. You can download the software from 'www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk', and back issues and PCB's can be ordered from the magazines web site.
• http://us.st.com/stonline/books/pdf/docs/4434.pdf
• Philips Semiconductor 87C054 family is an 8051 microcontroller derivative that includes an On Screen Display (OSD) text overlay on video capability. This provides for color, shadowing, background, user-defined fonts, built-in video mux, etc. Plus you get an 8051 with several added PWM/DAC functions
• Video Signal specs
  • http://www.soltec.net/movpic/Video.htm
  • http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/ntsc/95x4.htm