How do I use the lightning rod as TV antenna, and display it in high resolution on a Radio Shack TRS

[Leonard Lollobol]

High I am in the last year professional electronic engineering,
and I am the best of my year, there is a final project I want to do:
How do I use the lightning rod as TV antenna,
and display it in high resolution on a Radio Shack TRS80 GVA monitor?

Also the circuit should have a FGPA in it, and at least 3 DA converters,
one for the sync, and 2 for the rest of the colors.
Can I do this in software or do I need components too?

Your help is greatly appreciated.
Regards
LL

 

[John B]

High I am in the last year professional electronic engineering,
and I am the best of my year, there is a final project I want to do:

A very sad day for the EE profession, whatever must the rest be like.

How do I use the lightning rod as TV antenna,
and display it in high resolution on a Radio Shack TRS80 GVA monitor?

I very much doubt that any true professional engineer would try to do
that.

Also the circuit should have a FGPA in it, and at least 3 DA
converters, one for the sync, and 2 for the rest of the colors.

You need to rethink your approach here. The sync is a bi-level signal
and does not need a DAC. However, it is unlikely that 2 DACs will be
sufficient for the video. A little more research on how an RGB video
signal is constructed would probably help.

Can I do this in software or do I need components too?

My guess would be that you'll probably need at least a microcontroller
of some sort to run your software on, but I may be wrong. Perhaps it's
'airware' in which case you won't need anything to run it on.

 

[John O'Flaherty]

High I am in the last year professional electronic engineering,
and I am the best of my year, there is a final project I want to do:
How do I use the lightning rod as TV antenna,
and display it in high resolution on a Radio Shack TRS80 GVA monitor?

Also the circuit should have a FGPA in it, and at least 3 DA converters,
one for the sync, and 2 for the rest of the colors.
Can I do this in software or do I need components too?

It's very easy. Once the lightning strikes, the blinding white flash
will contain all possible images, and all you need to do is use the
FPGA and DA converters to make a programmable filter to extract the
image you want. Unfortunately, since it's a homework project, you have
to figure out the details yourself.

 

[Gareth]

High I am in the last year professional electronic engineering,
and I am the best of my year, there is a final project I want to do:
How do I use the lightning rod as TV antenna,
and display it in high resolution on a Radio Shack TRS80 GVA monitor?

I do not think that a lightning rod would make a good TV antenna.

Also the circuit should have a FGPA in it, and at least 3 DA converters,
one for the sync, and 2 for the rest of the colors.
Can I do this in software or do I need components too?

You will need analogue components too, like an RF amplifier and filters.



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