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       [TUTORIAL]How to get a display on your TV with Arduino[TUTORIAL]
   DIR By: Artix
       Date: December 10, 2014, 4:25 pm
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       Hello! Scott here, and in this tutorial, you will learn how to
       take an old yellow video cable, 2 resistors, and some wire, and
       hook your Arduino to your TV via those parts, and display text,
       and shapes. Lets get started!
       Examples:
       [IMG]
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       What you will need:
       TVout library - DOWNLOAD:
  HTML https://code.google.com/p/arduino-tvout/downloads/detail?name=TVout.zip&can=2&q=
  HTML https://code.google.com/p/arduino-tvout/downloads/detail?name=TVout.zip&can=2&q=
       Arduino
       USB Cable
       1x Yellow Video Cable
       3x Wires
       1x 1k ohm resistor
       1x 470 ohm resistor
       Breadboard (optional)
       Perfboard (optional)
       [IMG]
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       Lets get started!
       So first, grab your yellow video cable, and strip it with some
       wire cutters. Two wires should appear. one of them is GND, and
       the other one will be connected to the 2 resistors. So grab a
       breadboard, and set it up like so:
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       I already prototyped it, and i put it on a perfboard. Mine looks
       like this:
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       Anyway... After that is done, you need to import the TVout
       library provided above. If you don't know how to import a
       library, you can use this guide:
  HTML http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries
  HTML http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries
       Once the library is imported, hook your arduino up, and upload
       this code to it using the arduino IDE:
       --- Code ---
       #include <TVout.h>
       
       TVout TV;
       char x, y;
       
       void setup()
       {
       TV.start_render();
       }
       
       void loop()
       {
       TV.clear_screen();
       TV.print_str(10,10,"This is");
       TV.print_str(10,20,"a test for");
       TV.print_str(10,30,"the Arti-X");
       TV.print_str(10,40,"TVout tutorial.");
       delay(1000);
       }
       --- End Code ---
       Now hook it up to your TV, and you should see this:
       [IMG]
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       Thanks for reading! I hope this was easy to follow.
       For more information about the TVout possibilities, visit:
  HTML https://code.google.com/p/arduino-tvout/
  HTML https://code.google.com/p/arduino-tvout/
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