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100s of Video circuits for every hobbyist, technician, student, and design professional. A nice reference tool which includes lots of Video circuits. Have a look at these circuit ideas, some of them may need some modification if they are to work as advertised. Ideas along with pretty good descriptions for each circuit.

Video Mixer Circuits

Video Wall Circuits

TV Video Circuits

Video Modulator Circuits

Camera Circuits

Television Circuits

Photo Flash Circuits

Video Amplifier Circuits

Xenon-flash-trigger

This circuit is used for remote photographic flash units that flash at the~ame time as the flash attached to the camera. This circuit is designed to the trigger cord or hot shoe connection of a commercial portable flash unit and triggers the unit from the light produced by the light of the flash unit attached to the camera. This provides... .
Slide-timer

This circuit will record commentary and/ or music on one track of a tape and put the beeps that change the slides on another track. Gate U2a is used to trigger U1, which is configured as a timer when a pulse is received from either the tape input or via pushbutton switch Sl. Timer U2 outputs one pulse for every input pulse received, no matter... .
Electronic-photoflash

Using the CA3164A BiMOS control chip consumes less than 15 pA during standby, yet it can provide 100 mA of chopped current to the de-to-de converter during the energy-reservoir charging cycle. The CA3164A drives tbe primary of T1 with symmetrically chopped current at a 400 to 2000 Hz rate. The CA3164Ns chopper frequency is about 500Hz; .
Rgb-video-amplifier

Transistors Ql and Q2 and their associated components provide: a low-impedance output with the necessary power to drive the output stages, give increased gain tohigh frequencies, and peaking the video for enhanced transient response. Emitter followers Q3, Q5, and Q7 provides low-impedance drive to output stages, Q4, Q6, andQS. The output... .
Video-line-driving-amplifier

Q1 and Q2 form a differential stage which single- ends into the LT1010. The capacitively terminated feedback divider gives the circuit a de gain of 1, while allowing ac gains up to 10. Using a 20-fl bias resistor, the circuit delivers 1 V pk-pk into a typical 75-fl video load. For applications sensitive to NTSC requirements, dropping the... .
Summing-amplifier-clamping-circuit

This circuit is a traditional summing amplifier configuration with the addition of the de clamping circuit. The operation is quite simple; each component-synchronization, color burst, picture information, etc.of the composite video signal is applied to its own input terminal of the amplifier. These signals combine algebraically and form the... .
Dc-gain-controlled-video-amplifier

This amplifier employs a cascaded op amp integrator and transistor buffer, Q1, to drive the gain control element. Except for a simple modification, the HA-5190/5195 stage is connected as a conventional noninverting op amp, and includes input and output impedance matching resistors R1 and R4, respectively, series stabilization resistor RZ,... .
Video-gain-block

This configuration utilizes the wide bandwidth aod speed of HA-2540. plus the output capability of HA5033. Stabilization circuitry is avoided by operating HA-2540 at a closed loop gain of 10, while maintaining an overall block gain of unity. A maximum block gain of 3 is recommended to prevent signal distortion. .
Low-distortion-video-buffer

This buffer amplifier"s overall harmonic dis tortion is a low 0.01 % or less at 3-V rms output into a 500-fl load with no overall feedback. The LT1010CT offers a 100 V/p.s slew rate, a 20 MHz video bandwidth, and 100 mA of output. A pair of JFETs, ]1 and J2 are preselected for a nominal match at the bias level of the linearized... .
Rgb-composite-converter

The incoming RGB inputs are terminated with resistors Rl, R2, and R3 and potentiometers RVl, RV2, and RV3. These provide input impedances of approximately 75 0. The presets should be adjusted to provide a maximum input of 1 V pk-pk into the MC1377. The inputs are ac-coupled into the encoder; the large value capacitor is required for the 60 Hz... .
Single-supply-wide-range-sync-separator

This circuit extracts the sync pulses from a video signal over a wide range of amplitudes and operates a single +15 V supply. IC1 buffers and amplifies the incoming signal and applies it via C3 to the peak detector, consisting of D2 and C4. It is also applied to one input of a comparator, IC2. The other input of IC2 is set at a voltage... .
Composite-video-signal-text-adder

This circuit shows a simple way to add text information to a composite-video signal that might be floating at some indeterminate de level. The text generator and composite-video source must have the same sync signal. The video-input and -output signals share the same terminal. C3 couples the video signal to the output of a rectifier circuit... .
Wireless-video-camera-link

This high-performance video-camera link transmits signals from your video camera to your VCR, or from your VCR to TVs throughout your home. The first stage of the rf chain is a crystal-controlled oscillator, Q1, with a frequency of 60 to 65 MHz, which is one-eighth of the final output frequency. The oscillator produces a signal of about +6... .
Picture-fixer-inverter

The circuit will accept a video signal, separate the sync pulses, invert the video, and add new video to the old sync pulses. The video signal is brought in through Jl and applied to a clamping circuit consisting of Cl, Dl, D2,D3, Rl, and R2. The clamp circuit forces all of the sync pulses to align with the same de voltage level. With the... .
Video-dc-restorer

The main requirement for efficient de restoration is to provide a short time-constant during the clamp period, with a long time-constantlluring the active line time. The switch within the Harris HI201HS has an on resistance of 30 0 and the PM! buffer, BUF03, has an input resistance of 50 MO. .
Color-tv-crosshatch-generator

This circuit provides a simple, low-cost crosshatch generator tor convergence and geometry adJUStments on color TVs. The generator is driven by two clocks, one for the horizontal drive, IC1ab, and one for the vertical drive, IC2ab. The clock outputs are applied to the two binary counters contained in IC5 which generate the line and field sync... .
Video-signal-clamp

The circuit uses a track-and-hold amplifier in a closed-loop configuration to clamp the back-porch voltage of a standard video waveform to 0 V. The circuit"s outputs include a clamped composite-video signal and a TTL-level horizontal-blanking pulse. Differential input buffer IC1 and the summing amplifier IC2 isolate the input video signal.... .
Automatic-video-switch

Tum on a game, computer, videodisc player, or whatever, and its output takes priority over the antenna-derived signal-the antenna is disconnected and the alternate source is fed to the monitor. When the alternate video source is no longer detected, the switch automatically reconnects the antenna. When the rf carrier is detected, a high logic... .
High-performance-video-switch

This figure shows a one-of-two switch with a sunnning amplifier. The video source"s line can be terminated either externally or internally to switch RO. With this termination resistor, a load change of less than 1 0 will be seen by the source when the switch changes state. For this reason, input isolation amplifiers are. not necessary. R4 can... .
Wien-Bridge Oscillator

The HA2541 is well-suited for use as the heart of an oscillator. In spite of the rudimentary diode limiting that is .
Photo-Event Timer

S2 is used to initiate timing. A light-to-dark or dark-to-light transition stops this timer, depending on the setting of .
Time-Delay Photo-Flash Trigger

Ql is a phototransistor that is normally illuminated by a beam of light. When the beam is intercoupled, pin .
Camera Trip Circuit

This circuit was used to trip a camera shutter. Grounding pin 2 of U1 makes pin 4 of U1 go high. This triggers both tim .
Slide Projector Auto Advance

A 4001 CMOS Quad NORgate is set up as an astable multivibrator, which drives a simple differentiator and relay .
Analog Voltage Camera-Image Tracker

By using a low-cost RS-170 camera and this circuit, a voltage that trades the position of an object in .
Tv Line Pulse Extractor

This circuit uses a sync-generator chip, a counter, and a decoder to detect the horizontal sync pulse that occurs a .
Color-Bar Generator

IC5 generates RS-170 NTSC synch. IC1, IC2, and IC3 make up the red, green, and blue video signals that drive the video .
Remote Selection Video Switch

The A/B Switch circuit consists of three ICs and a handful of resistors. Two gates from a 4011 quad 2-input N .
Video Signal Carrier Circuit

In the video system of Figs. A and R, a single coaxial cable carries power to the remote location, selects one of eight video channels, and returns the selected signal. The system can choose one of several remote surveillance-camera signals, for example, and display the picture on a monitor near the interface box. The heart of the multiplexer... .
Enlarging Light Meter Circuit

Meter Ml, a +/-50-uA zero-center D`Arsonval meter movement is driven by Ul, a TL081 FET op amp, through R3. The gain of Ul is set at 11 by Rl and R2, while capacitor 01 is used to restrict the bandwidth of Ul to 1.6 Hz. Power for the circuit is derived from a simple dual-polarity 12- V power supply (consisting of Tl, D3, D4, 02, and 03). A... .
Photo Strobe Circuit

Sound or light sensors corniected to J2 produce a voltage that is amplified by ICl-a and ICl-b. A positive trigger voltage that is developed by D1 and 1)3 and amplified by ICl-d, drives 1C2 and 1C1 to trigger SCR1. SCR1 is connected to a strobe. .
Darkroom Timer Circuit

The electronic darkroom timer is built around a 555 oscillator/timer, a pair of general-purpose transistors, a buzzer, and an LED. The 555 (Ul) is configured as an astable multivibrator (free-running oscillator). The frequency of the oscillator is determined by the values through i3 and Cl through C4. Switch SI is used to divide the capacitor... .

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