QL Pico VGA

[Peter]

Your earlier photographs show the Mini VGA board soldered to VGA pins 1-5, whivh should support the VGA and Pico RP2040-Zero.

A wire link from GND to VGA pins 6,7,8 and wite links to HYSNC, VSYNC.

No. The PCB directly connects to pins 1 to 10. Pins 13+14 are wire links. Please read the schematics and my previous posts.

I thought the converter could be fitted into this type of D-Sub case:D-Sub Shell.jpg

That looks nice. At the moment I only have one which is much larger and the others too small.

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi Peter,

I looked at the Gerber files in Kicad Gerber Viewer (Gerbv), I noted that pins 6-8 are soldered to pads on the PCB, not clear on the photo. Which should make construction easier.

I will see if I have the time to make one.

[Maskenlos]

Hi all,

this morning I was hit by heavy jetlag so I used the extra time for QL-ing.
All parts have been waiting on my desk for completing the VGA adapter, so I assembled it and I am happy that everything works really well!

Thanks to Oliver for releasing the project to public and thanks to Peter for the perfect PCB.

Enjoy the Sunday.

Stephan

[Jack_Free]

Unfortunately, I'm not good at electronics.
Will it be possible to buy a ready-made device somewhere?
Does anyone plan to sell a finished piece?
Thanks for the information.

[Peter]

Will it be possible to buy a ready-made device somewhere?

Not from me, but I'm working toward a slightly larger, more easy to build version, which would make that easier.

Does anyone plan to sell a finished piece?

Quite likely yes. But probably not the extremely miniaturized board I presented here.

[Peter]

Finally found the time to order a nice D-Sub hood for my miniaturized version. Type Conec 16-001810E. It has an optional side cable exit, the cable relief for it should be filed off a little. With the circuit fitted, it looks like this:

And the completed QL to VGA adaptor cable:

Had I waited for a black cable, it would be perfect.

[ppe]

With the circuit fitted, it looks like this:

Looks absolutely amazing! What a great piece of kit!

[bwinkel67]

Finally found the time to order a nice D-Sub hood for my miniaturized version. Type Conec 16-0018E. It has an optional side cable exit, the cable relief for it should be filed off a little. With the circuit fitted, it looks like this:

That looks fantastic!

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi,

The new case looks great.

I could only find CONC 16-001820E, here is the data sheet.

*** Data Sheet removed

I will get some PCBs made.

I just have to find a way of powering the adapter from an unmodified QL with all the video lines connected. Most modern VGA LCD monitors have a USB connector. which could be used for powering the adapter board or a mobile phone power supply would do.

[Peter]

I could only find CONC 16-001820E, here is the data sheet.

Sorry, I made a typo. I used the Conec 16-001810E, now corrected in the original post.
The 16-001820E is obviously wrong width, not a good idea to post the datasheet here. Hope people are not confused now.