[MinnowBoard] hdmi on minnow max

[John "Warthog9" Hawley]

Using a powered splitter / switch should solve the issue for you, as they tend to include level shifting themselves.

On November 25, 2015 11:27:12 AM MST, Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 11/24/15 16:49, Leigh Gawne wrote:
>>
>> The Minnowboard A2 rev has a hardware issue with missing level
>> shifters so the HDMI output is not compliant, which is a problem for
>> some monitors. I had big problems with this which I could only
>resolve
>> using an external level shifter.
>>
>
>Googling around and including the phrase "level shifter" lead me to:
>
>http://wiki.minnowboard.org/MinnowBoard_MAX#Weak_HDMI_signal_causing_some_monitors_to_not_work
>https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7027
>
>Thanks for the tip! As it turns out, I'm using a passive HDMI splitter:
>
>http://www.amazon.ca/Portta-PET0301D-Switch-1-5-Feet-Support/dp/B0030AZ44O/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448475845&sr=1-3&keywords=hdmi+splitter
>
>and it's causing me issues. If I plug my MinnowBoardMAX directly into
>my
>monitor, then apply power to the board, the HDMI works fine. I'm still
>curious to know how others are solving this issue with the level
>shifters, it would be nice to be able to continue using my splitter (or
>maybe a powered splitter?).
>
>Best regards,
>    Trevor
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