Arduino feeding depth/compass data to a video overlay board

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Arduino feeding depth/compass data to a video overlay board

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Has anyone experimented with feeding Arduino complied data (depth, temp, compass, etc) to a video overlay board? If so what type of Arduino and video over lay board did you use?

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the tellymate is the only video output shield I've seen.

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http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9313

it looks like the tellymate should work with any arduino, like the uno.

another option would be a standalone video overlay device, like this one:

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http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9168

again, any arduino should be able to drive it.
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Thank you for the info. I will research both items.

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Re: Arduino feeding depth/compass data to a video overlay bo

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I've driven the second one with an arduino, works quite well
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Lostcaggy, do you have any additional information on the specific set-up you used, software, were you injecting the data into the video feed down in the ROV, or injecting it on the surface? I am new to arduinos.

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Re: Arduino feeding depth/compass data to a video overlay bo

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this video shield looks like it might be perfect:

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http://nootropicdesign.com/ve/index.html

it won't work on a arduino mega, though.
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ieee spectrum article about the maxim part posted above:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hand ... en-display

I'm surprised no one has made a shield with this part on it...
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Re: Arduino feeding depth/compass data to a video overlay bo

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Anybody has got a practical setup yet, with one of these devices?
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