--- title: HDMI For The Color Computer 2 | daily.dev description: A hobbyist built a custom HDMI video and audio output adapter for the TRS-80 Color Computer 2, using a Tang Nano board with a Gowin GW1N-1 FPGA to snoop the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hdmi-for-the-color-computer-2-phv8anfqr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HDMI For The Color Computer 2 | daily.dev og:description: A hobbyist built a custom HDMI video and audio output adapter for the TRS-80 Color Computer 2, using a Tang Nano board with a Gowin GW1N-1 FPGA to snoop the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hdmi-for-the-color-computer-2-phv8anfqr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PhV8aNFqR.png og:image:alt: HDMI For The Color Computer 2 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HDMI For The Color Computer 2 **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hobbyist built a custom HDMI video and audio output adapter for the TRS-80 Color Computer 2, using a Tang Nano board with a Gowin GW1N-1 FPGA to snoop the digital signals feeding the MC6847 video chip and convert them into a modern HDMI signal, plus an analog-to-digital converter to carry the sound over the same cable. The project was born after the maker missed out on commercial CoCoVGA and CoCoDV upgrade boards, which were sold out. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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