Video monitor adapter enhances oscilloscope


Posted on Feb 5, 2014

Video signals can be difficult to display on an oscilloscope. Normal trigger circuits in most oscilloscopes have trouble getting a stable trigger from the combined vertical and horizontal sync signals, color burst, and picture signal in a composite video waveform. Even the TV Sync  trigger detector available in some low-cost oscilloscopes is inadequate to obtain a


Video monitor adapter enhances oscilloscope
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stable display. The circuit shown monitors a composite video signal and provides stable sync pulses for the external trigger of an oscilloscope (see the figure). The Trigger Selector switch chooses Video, Composite Sync, Color Burst Sync, Vertical Sync, Vertical Odd Field Sync, or Cursor Position for the oscilloscope. Two timer chains provide a rectangular cursor (width and height approximately 8% of the full screen). The cursor is movable across the full width and height of the screen by adjusting the Horizontal and Vertical Cursor Controls. The circuit provides a positive Intensity pulse for the oscilloscope Intensity (Z-axis) input. This permits close inspection of any portion of the video signal corresponding to the position of the cursor. If the oscilloscope is hooked up to a color demodulator as a vectorscope, this feature highlights the demodulated color on the vectorscope display. This is useful in applying color correction or enhancement as part of a video-editing setup. The circuit contains a Power LED and a Vertical Sync Indicator LED. The Cursor On switch allows the movable cursor to be observed on a video monitor attached to the Video Out connector. The Intensity switch controls the Intensity pulse to the oscilloscope. The LM1881 Sync Detector separates the various sync signals from the composite video into stable logic pulses. Color burst sync, which occurs at the start of every horizontal line, is applied to...




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