Hello from Germany

[Semir_DE]

Dear All,

a  Hedghog made me sign up here  Please allow me to introduce myself. I am an electrical engineer (telecommunications) and live near Frankfurt/Germany. My interest in radio and TV dates back to the 70's when I was about 12 years old. At that age my father had signed me up for a radio and TV repair course. Soon after completing it I got an old TV as a gift from my grandmother. It took me three weeks to get it back into working order -that was my first ever TV repair.

TV has been part of my whole professional life in one way or another. In my current Job I sell broadcast TV cameras and other equipment related to video. Collecting and repairing vintage radios and TVs is one of my hobbies, but I also collect more modern equipment like AM stereo receivers and tuners (mainly US models) from the 80's. For the latter I have designed a low power (10mW) AM stereo transmitter that uses the Motorola CQuAM system so I can listen to and demonstrate AM stereo.

Currently I am working on a project designing a 625 to 441 line standards converter using simple digital technology i.e. not FPGA based. Frank Cs project has, however, inspired me and made me think about learning FPGA design, so I started looking at VHDL tutorials online.

I am currently in the process of assembling a Hedghog. A 405 line TV will also find its way to Germany within this year...


Cheers

Semir

[ppppenguin]

Semir, welcome to GVR from another TV industry professional. Most of my career has been in video R&D. This included a few years with Michael Cox Electronics. For the last 30+ years I've been freelance, working for various companies. I've been winding down my business and now only serve one client, Courtyard Electronics.

Vintage wise, my main interest is in 405 line TV. You can see various articles on my website. I'm very impressed with what Frank has achieved with his Hedghog converter. He has achieved results that are directly comparable to the Aurora SCRF converters which have been the gold standard for several years. Darryl, who designed the Aurora, is a design professional who chose to apply his excellent skills to the subject. Frank has succeeded without such a background. He has also chosen to make the Hedghog completely open source, both hardware and software. A most generous gesture.

[`FRANK.C]

Hi Semir
Welcome to the forum, it is great to see you here.
You are in the right place to learn about FPGA's. When it comes to FPGA's/VHDL Jeffrey is a fount of knowledge.

Frank

[Trumpetrousers]

Hello from another new member...London here!

Martin

[BusyBee]

Hi Semir,

Welcome!

Tracy