VGA

I would like to be able to output VGA from AVR projects. VGA LCDs (used) are incredibly cheap. I don't need incredibly high resolution.

The main limit is cost, if the project is close to $25, then I might as well just add a rasPi. I think the best approach is to use SRAM to buffer a bitmap and then sync that up with the monitor.

This sram chip would work. There are some "tsop adapter" relatively cheap.

• http://hackaday.com/2010/11/23/vga-interfacing-avr-microcontrollers/
• http://www.theresistornetwork.com/2013/03/avr-vga-generation.html
• http://dqydj.net/how-to-produce-640x480-vga-color-video-from-an-arduino/
• http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=11608
• http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=955
• http://tinyvga.com/avr-sdram-vga

This might work well with double buffering - two ram chips one in read mode, one in write mode and a single bit to switch.