Digital Visual Interface

It didn't have, uh...

It didn't have pass-through via HDMI, so you had to use the DVI cable that came with it.

Ooh, that sucks.

DVI cable? Oh, man.

That shit was 90 bucks, though.

I ain't complaining.

It's been, uh-

90 bucks?

So it's got not only the microcontroller itself, the brains, but it's got loads of peripherals that, uh, let you use it as sort of a small, uh, early sort of terminal computer type thing or, uh, a set-top sorta media box game system type thing.

So it's got DVI output, uh, a SD card slot for storing stuff.

It's got Wi-Fi, USB ports for plugging in controllers or keyboards or mice.

It's got audio, uh, out with the jack right there.

And this is actually to another coming soon, Adafruit board.

This does conversion from DSI to, I think, DVI.

We'll call it DVI because I don't know if it's official HDMI.

But there's a converter chip here that goes from DSI to that.

I was hoping that I'd actually be able to use this to show you basically what's on my CircuitPython screen, but I haven't actually gotten this part of it working yet.

So lots of stuff this week.

And thanks, Scott, for helping with audio DVI, which I just submitted another PR for.

But it is working.

So you can use a DVI cable with your CircuitPython hardware, so something like a FruitJam, for example, and get audio over it.

And it is on by default now.

That will be in the next release the turbo work this came out of last week's in the weeds conversation that really started off with Todd bought having some problems packaging up turbo libraries and they're basically breaking so we added an optional true option.

Next on our list, this multiple choice question that asks, a technician encounters a DVI port on an older workstation which is labeled as supporting both digital and analog signals through the same interface.

Which of the following is the technician looking at? Are they looking at DVI Dual Link, HDMI, VGA, DVI-I, or Mini HDMI? Got a few options here to choose from.

Some of this might be-- I mentioned earlier that there might be some in here that are a little harder.

There might be some in here that are a little easier.

A lot of you got your answers locked in, so let's see how you did.

The question again asks, a technician encounters a DVI port on an older workstation which is labeled as supporting both digital and analog signals through the same interface.

Which of the following is the technician looking at? Are they looking at DVI Dual Link? Are they looking at an HDMI interface? Are they looking at VGA? Are they looking at DVI-I, or are they looking at Mini HDMI? Let's see what you think the answer was.

Little bit of a, a mix, but we can see we do have a, a majority of fifty-seven percent of you that say the answer is DVI-I.

Um, a, a guide is forthcoming, so.

The other thing I was working on has been CircuitPython DVI audio, which, um, s- will be somewhere in review this week and getting, you know, probably better redesign feedback.

But, uh, is not so far off as in terms of that it is functional already, where you can get audio over a DVI cable without having to plug in additional, um, uh, adapters, eighth inch plugs, or use speakers.

Uh, it's just a matter of are we doing it the right way? So that's, uh, in progress.

analog output.

I mean, DVI had it.

Sure.

DVI.

You just cross the stream and it works.

See?

You're going to pay an arm and a leg for this, but for those small items this could carry, maybe there is a critical widget thing you need.

Crap, I need to convert this HDMI to DVI.

Here's the other thing is why are these people not carrying spares if it's that critical?

Oh, let's talk about that.

I'm Yeah, I'm really not entirely sure what the scope is.

It has, like, HDMI, DVI.

I think it's a bit of a...

Like, you can use it for a lot of high-performance, high-band stuff.

I eventually find a DVI to DisplayPort.

but our computer doesn't have a DVI port.

So I've fixed one problem, but don't have the right converter.

So eventually I go and I find Stevie's, and she has a box of cords, and in that is a DVI to HDMI to DVI.