Re: RGB switch (was Custom Kat5-RGB modules)

[Rob Barrow]

Keith,

I know what you mean - 24hr days just don't seem long enough anymore, but
I'm
putting that down to the fact I'm doing a selfbuild.

Hopefully when the house is finished I'll rediscover my evenings and
weekends,
no doubt spending them watching all those DVDs I've accumulated and never
opened!

Anyway, I like the sound of the modular approach to the switcher and look
forward to it being ready for market.

Please let me know if I can be of any help in the Beta testing phase. : )

Regards,

Rob.


----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Doxey
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Subject: RE: [KAT5] RGB switch (was Custom Kat5-RGB modules)


Hi Rob

Still working on the switcher. Last night I completed the display driver
board and am currently being hypnotised by a pretty test pattern I am
running on it :-)

Dont know when it will be available or exactly how much yet but it is being
designed in a modular format so an RGB switching facility should be
possible
as well.

Most of the bits of the switcher have now been prototyped on veroboard and
tested individually. I also have chunks of software that control various
bits of hardware. I now have to "glue" them together and get the
software
doing its stuff. Once I am basically happy with that I will make the
prototype PCB's which after a short testing period should result in the
switcher being available.

It is quite possible (almost certain) that initially there will be a few
little software bugs to iron out so I will be getting some KAT5 users to
Beta-Test pre-release versions to try and break it. (Hopefully not in a
physical sense but in a reproducable way that will enable me to find the
bugs).

As always, the biggest enemy is lack of time. I would love to spend all
day,
everyday, working on it but I dont think my family or my boss would be
overly impressed by that!!

Keith

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