Secret HDMI Portsdown?
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:17 pm
One of the accidental? things that has been done with the Portsdown 4 is to make the HDMI output to work when in remote control mode. This may be something that could be very useful. For example if you were giving a demonstration of the Portsdown 4 in a hall with two large TVs. One could have the HDMI output and the other the output of your browser with the Portsdown 4 remote screen on it.
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 in a case with just a Minitiouner Express, 5v PSU and HDMI monitor. The RPi runs the Portsdown 4 software in remote mode and is connected to my WiFi. I can use a computer or mobile phone browser (on the same LAN network) to receive DATV on the Monitor.
Why not use a Ryde you say. Well I can also connect a Pluto and transmit from the remote browser. Using vMix should allow me to send video to the Portsdown etc.
Using this approach you don't need the 7" screen (although I have another Portsdown 4 setup with the screen). The cost of this simple setup is less than the full setup with screen and extras and might be the starting point for some.
Buying a RPi kit with PSU SD card etc from the PiHut for example: https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-starter-kit
gives you all the bits you need to start before buying a Pluto and biulding a Minitiouner from the BATC shop.
Hope this gives someone a push to experiment...
Martin G8LCE
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 in a case with just a Minitiouner Express, 5v PSU and HDMI monitor. The RPi runs the Portsdown 4 software in remote mode and is connected to my WiFi. I can use a computer or mobile phone browser (on the same LAN network) to receive DATV on the Monitor.
Why not use a Ryde you say. Well I can also connect a Pluto and transmit from the remote browser. Using vMix should allow me to send video to the Portsdown etc.
Using this approach you don't need the 7" screen (although I have another Portsdown 4 setup with the screen). The cost of this simple setup is less than the full setup with screen and extras and might be the starting point for some.
Buying a RPi kit with PSU SD card etc from the PiHut for example: https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-starter-kit
gives you all the bits you need to start before buying a Pluto and biulding a Minitiouner from the BATC shop.
Hope this gives someone a push to experiment...
Martin G8LCE