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What project do you wish you had the time, the resources and the knowledge to build?

dougw
dougw over 2 years ago

This is not a question about what is on your bucket list, since I think of a bucket list as things you might actually do. But you could mention bucket list projects as well. To keep save-the-world mega-projects off the list for now, it should be a project you could do mostly yourself.
Do you want to build an autonomous solar powered boat to take you around the world, how about a solar powered aircraft, how about a completely self-sufficient off-grid dwelling complete with automated greenhouse, how about the ultimate gaming computer with an 18 core i9, or how about a full AI system to discuss politics with, or a robot to do all your chores for you.
Personally I would like to build a humanoid android robot just for the challenge of making it seem human, not trying to make it better than a human.

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  • KennyMillar
    KennyMillar over 2 years ago

    I wish I had the reousrces to buld a 4x4 HDMI multiplexor.

    4 HDMI in at resolutions up to 1080p, to 4 HMDI Out, with any combinatin of ins-to-outs.

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    KennyMillar over 2 years ago

    I wish I had the reousrces to buld a 4x4 HDMI multiplexor.

    4 HDMI in at resolutions up to 1080p, to 4 HMDI Out, with any combinatin of ins-to-outs.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago in reply to KennyMillar

    It sounds like the core of a really fabulous system.

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  • Andrew J
    Andrew J over 2 years ago in reply to dougw

    Especially if could do HDMI 2.1 and HDR pass through with optional sound separation.

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    dougw over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew J

    Cool, but it is starting to require a bit of explanation about what else is connected to this super mux.

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to dougw

    I worked on a couple of projects about 10 years back which used 32x32 and 16x16 matrix routing cores. One was to link multiple venues together and the other was for routing signals through a video wall processor. They provided the audio embedding and de-embedding functionality for external audio DSP.

    Inputs and outputs were either connected direct to the core or combined with video extenders (similar to HDBaseT) to allow up to around 100m distance from the core. Fibre cards allowed for greater distance (phase 2), but I never got that far (something to do with budgets).

    They were later replaced by AVoverIP solutions which basically allows an existing IP multicast network to do the routing.

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  • baldengineer
    baldengineer over 2 years ago in reply to KennyMillar

    If you decide to work toward this one, I would recommend something digital and not "analog." ie, don't try to build an "analog" switch matrix that connects the HDMI signals. That is going to be really messy because of impedance mismatches.

    Instead, having 4 HDMI sinks on the input side, 4 HDMI sources on the output side, and (probably) an FPGA in the middle would be more viable.

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