Hey all, I am currently a EE student and had recently formed a 4th year project team. We came up with the idea of developing a wireless monitor and would like some input on the usability and the technical implementation. =)
The idea is that the system will connect directly to the output of a digital signal of the video card, convert the signal into a wireless signal, and we'll have a receiver on the other end that converts the signal back to a video signal. The endpoint connection will be connected as a point to point connection. We are also seriously considering using powerline instead of wireless to transmit the data.
digital signal from video card -> microcontrollor device -> wireless/powerline medium -> receiver -> port on TV/ monitor
The advantage of this is that you no longer need any more of your bulky VGA/DVI/displayport cable!
Several problems we had brainstormed:
- Wireless channel, are we limited to the 2.4 and 5GHz bands?
- Will it be a better implementation to transmit the video signal over powerline?
- Prototyping: an FPGA broad like the Altera DE2/DE3 be sufficient?
- Bandwidth and latency constraints
Any input, comments on the general idea are welcomed even if you have no technical knowledge, feel free to comment on the idea itself!!
Cheers,
HiME
The idea is that the system will connect directly to the output of a digital signal of the video card, convert the signal into a wireless signal, and we'll have a receiver on the other end that converts the signal back to a video signal. The endpoint connection will be connected as a point to point connection. We are also seriously considering using powerline instead of wireless to transmit the data.
digital signal from video card -> microcontrollor device -> wireless/powerline medium -> receiver -> port on TV/ monitor
The advantage of this is that you no longer need any more of your bulky VGA/DVI/displayport cable!
Several problems we had brainstormed:
- Wireless channel, are we limited to the 2.4 and 5GHz bands?
- Will it be a better implementation to transmit the video signal over powerline?
- Prototyping: an FPGA broad like the Altera DE2/DE3 be sufficient?
- Bandwidth and latency constraints
Any input, comments on the general idea are welcomed even if you have no technical knowledge, feel free to comment on the idea itself!!
Cheers,
HiME