video-terminal-revival/README.md

Video Terminal Revival

Physical recreation of a video terminal device for connecting to a serial console. Emulates a VT100 terminal using an ESP32, a keyboard and a TV.

Hardware

• ESP32 as the main processing board
• Display with a composite video input (ideally a CRT)
• LK201 terminal keyboard

Software

• TinTTY for VT100 emulation
• ESP32Lib for composite video output

Building

1. Connect up the hardware. See Hardware.md
2. Get the Arduino IDE, Install ESP32 board package, Install ESP32Lib library.
3. Compile and upload the sketch in video-terminal/video-terminal.ino

Resources

• LK201 Interface for keyboard specification