VideoOverlayShield now available from Seeed Studio

I am happy to announce that the VideoOverlayShield is now available from Seeed Studio.

The board has all the same great features it’s always had but now at a new lower price of $39.95.

Purchase the VideoOverlayShield at Seeed Studio for $39.95.

VideoOverlayShield is now Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

We’ve decide to update the license on the VideoOverlayShield product. Previously it was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike, which says you can copy and remix the product but not for commercial purposes.

We have decided that this is no longer necessary and have changed the license of the VideoOverlayShield to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This allows the copy and remix of the product even for commercial purposes. This also puts the product more in line with the values of the Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Definition.

VideoOverlayShield is now available for purchase

Low Voltage Labs is now shipping the VideoOverlayShield. This Arduino compatible shield board overlays text on analog video, using the Maxim MAX7456 on-screen display chip. This board allows easy overlay of text onto an analog video signal, NTSC or PAL.

Links for ordering the can be found on the VideoOverlayShield product page.