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How to interface PIC mcu with a VGA display?

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Hi guys,
I'm just planning to do a controller board with a PIC mcu on it that can drive a VGA display. I plan to just display text and simple graph or chart. I've found some info on the internet:

http://www.lucidscience.com/pro-vga video generator-1.aspx
http://www.pyroelectro.com/projects/vga_test_box/index.html

But I just want an assurance from you guys, can a 8-bit PIC mcu able to drive the VGA display?
Is it true we can drive the VGA display by just using 5 signals (RED, GREEN, BLUE, H-SYNC, V-SYNC)?
 

see this module..it uses a television monitor (RCA plug; the yellow coloured RCA plug) instead of a VGA port.

I have used this in my project for a real-time data logger, that had to show real time data on a TV. It works very well and is very easy to configure using a PIC.

Link is posted below.
http://www.decadenet.com/bob4/bob4.html

thanks
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old technology maybe..but then its more popular as other technologies like HDMI, DVI etc, are more processor intensive and cannot be handled by a PIC.

you could always convert the video out signal to VGA using a converter.
 

PIC PAL Video Library
https://www.micro-examples.com/public/microex-navig/doc/089-pic-pal-tv.html

089-PIC-PAL-TV-pic_pal_video_4.JPG


089-PIC-PAL-TV-pic_pal_video_2.JPG


Not VGA but interesting.
 

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