[Coco] Generic VGA adapter

[Glen Hewlett]

I used the external power adapter that came with the SCART to HDMI adapter to get my 5 Volt supply and the ground is attached to the ground of that same adapter to the ground of the scart wiring harness.
> On Jan 24, 2017, at 9:11 PM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:
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> I do suggest you measure the voltage at pin 16 with a voltmeter with everything connected. If it’s not between 1 and 3 volts, preferably near 2 volts, that is your problem. I use an old cell phone charger to externally supply the 5 volts needed for the signal on pin 16.
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>> On Jan 24, 2017, at 12:46 AM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>> Steve C. towmater at gmail.com  <mailto:coco%40maltedmedia.com?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCoco%5D%20Generic%20VGA%20adapter&In-Reply-To=%3CCACAVgyHesogaf3AYKzUcZYg-4M-p9q%2BAN-TKbenNVJFRrN9WdQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E>
>>>>> Mon Jan 23 01:03:29 EST 2017
>>>>> 
>>>>> I built this RGB-SCART-HDMI adapter, but it is seemingly just taking the
>>>>> composite video on pin 20 to HDMI and ignoring the RGB. Any ideas where
>>>>> this went wrong?
>>>> On Jan 23, 2017, at 1:56 AM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com <mailto:barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com>> wrote:
>>>> One of 3 things is probably wrong.
>>>> 1) You did not connect a +5V supply to a 100 ohm resistor to pin 16 as shown in the diagram.
>>>> 2) You did not connect the ground of the 5V supply to ground on pins 4,5,9,13,17, and 18.
>>>> 3) you got unlucky and got a SCART to HDMI converter that does not support RGB video. Send it back and get a different one. If this is it, let me know as it will be the first time this has happened.
>>> Steve C. towmater at gmail.com  <mailto:coco%40maltedmedia.com?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCoco%5D%20Generic%20VGA%20adapter&In-Reply-To=%3CCACAVgyGdLho06%3DfhF1NMm8XAWVoUzP2YOk7h50Ksr36paZhpGw%40mail.gmail.com%3E>
>>> Mon Jan 23 23:26:32 EST 2017
>>> 
>>> I fear it may be the cheap SCART converter. I have the 100 ohm connected,
>>> and the grounds are all tied to the coco GND, (unless it is supposed to
>>> have a totally isolated 5V + ground? I used a pad conveniently marked 5V TP
>>> on the MB for power) I even went the extra length of using shielded coax
>>> for the RG and B lines with the shields tied to ground on the SCART
>>> connector and motherboard.
>> Sorry to hear that. This is a picture of the one I used: https://hackaday.io/project/7366/gallery#2245eff5259883e5811b6937ed1ff55a <https://hackaday.io/project/7366/gallery#2245eff5259883e5811b6937ed1ff55a>
>> All grounds are common. Perhaps that test point does not supply enough current. At pin 16 you should show 1 to 3 volts to ground. Pin 16 is RGB mode select To set RGB input mode, put 1 to 3 volts on this pin. (5 volts via a 100 Ohm resistor will set it at 2.1v due to the 75 Ohm load inside the SCART input device).
>> http://martin.hinner.info/vga/scart.html <http://martin.hinner.info/vga/scart.html>
>> 
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