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Are there suggestions on any guides or what I could read to understand chips and graphics? I've never worked electronics or electrical engineering for that mat

Are there suggestions on any guides or what I could read to understand chips and graphics? I've never worked electronics or electrical engineering for that matter but have always been curious how an enlarged lego block with metal spikes can hold graphics; produce sound. What's inside the casing of one, I know its something to do with transistors but what are those and what's inside them. All cool, none the less.

jeffwass 3y ago
“Getting Started In Electronics” by Forrest Mims. Start from there. http://www.forrestmims.org/publications.html http://www.forrestmims.org/publications.html
TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
From Nand to Tetris explains the principles. https://www.nand2tetris.org/course https://www.nand2tetris.org/course If you want more detail about how transistors and logic gates work, the Art of Electronics is pretty definitive. https://artofelectronics.net/ https://artofelectronics.net/
Dwedit 3y ago
Let's say you have an old VGA monitor, it needs 4 things: Red, Green, Blue, Sync And you need to deliver them at a steady pixel clock rate. Horizontal sync is between each scanline, and Vertical sync is between each frame. There are official standards to follow here, with things defined such as voltage ranges for RGB, voltage levels for Sync, "Front Porch" and "Back Porch" (how much blank space you have before and after Sync), horizontal frequency, vertical frequency (refresh rate), etc, etc. Look for a video on Youtube called "The world's worst video card" for an example of constructing such a circuit.
easygenes 3y ago
To see literally what's inside electronics, the book "Open Circuits" is enlightening. Many pictures of electronics carefully sliced open with explanations of the internals: https://www.opencircuitsbook.com/ https://www.opencircuitsbook.com/
- doubleg72 3y ago
  Great book, but definitely not what the OP is asking.
RF_Savage 3y ago
Ben Eater's "Let's build a video card" series might fit the bill. https://eater.net/vga https://eater.net/vga Well explained and the parts used are not unobtainium, so one can follown along at home with real hardware, if one so desires.

jeffwass 3y ago

“Getting Started In Electronics” by Forrest Mims. Start from there. http://www.forrestmims.org/publications.html http://www.forrestmims.org/publications.html

TheOtherHobbes 3y ago

From Nand to Tetris explains the principles. https://www.nand2tetris.org/course https://www.nand2tetris.org/course If you want more detail about how transistors and logic gates work, the Art of Electronics is pretty definitive. https://artofelectronics.net/ https://artofelectronics.net/

Dwedit 3y ago

Let's say you have an old VGA monitor, it needs 4 things: Red, Green, Blue, Sync And you need to deliver them at a steady pixel clock rate. Horizontal sync is between each scanline, and Vertical sync is between each frame. There are official standards to follow here, with things defined such as voltage ranges for RGB, voltage levels for Sync, "Front Porch" and "Back Porch" (how much blank space you have before and after Sync), horizontal frequency, vertical frequency (refresh rate), etc, etc. Look for a video on Youtube called "The world's worst video card" for an example of constructing such a circuit.

easygenes 3y ago

To see literally what's inside electronics, the book "Open Circuits" is enlightening. Many pictures of electronics carefully sliced open with explanations of the internals: https://www.opencircuitsbook.com/ https://www.opencircuitsbook.com/

doubleg72 3y ago
Great book, but definitely not what the OP is asking.

RF_Savage 3y ago

Ben Eater's "Let's build a video card" series might fit the bill. https://eater.net/vga https://eater.net/vga Well explained and the parts used are not unobtainium, so one can follown along at home with real hardware, if one so desires.