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How to make a cable that can connect your Arduino board to a TV RCA video
jack. Put your Arduino on the big screen!

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Arduino with TV! Yup, it is possible only with two resistors.
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Arduino boards are pretty useful, but lack an output screen. This project let you allow
to write sketches that will output onto a TV screen via an AV Video cable. This is very
much a beginner project that just about anyone can do!

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Hardware
First off, you need to add the resistors inline to some hookup wire, according to this
diagram:

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Your RCA cable will have 2 wires in it, a ground wire and a vid (Video) wire. Generally
the vid (Video) wire is sheathed in plastic and the ground wire is not.
Depending on your setup and what you want to achieve (audio or video etc) refer to
the following hookup guide:

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Connection Diagram

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Wiring diagram

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I used heat-shrinkable tubing to make sure that everything was electrically insulated
and to provide a little more strength in the solder joints:

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You can then plug your new Arduino TV out cable into a TV or monitor and then plug
the hookup wires to the Arduino.
Different Arduino boards have different setups with the Sync/Video, but you can rest
assured that Ground will always go to the Arduino GND pin.

Software
Step 1: Arduino-TVout Library
Download Arduino-TVout library (https://github.com/Avamander/arduino-tvout).
Step 2: Install Library
Open Arduino and goto "Sketch" menu / "Include Library" / "Add .ZIP Library..." and
select the library downloaded in Step 1.
Step 3: Compile & Upload Sketch

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From "File" menu / "Examples" / "Arduino-TVout" and select "DemoPAL" and upload
it.
Done!
Now, connect up the Arduino and give it a go!

CODE 

Arduino TV out repository

I have modified the code from the old repo and pushed to github. Please use my code,
as the older code will not work!

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hub What should I do to improve the display ? I have inserted am amplifier circuit
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