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Looking for a solution to a specific application. Need to stream variable text to an on screen display.

I currently have a composite camera and a XBOB-4 that I stream information to via a serial port.

This gives me an OSD On Screen Display that I can update in real time with any information that I need.

I would like to do the same here. Either use a composite in or better yet, use the 5M camera and stream

information over serial (or Ethernet if I can figure out how to do that.) The device that supplies the data is a

redlion DSP that is capable of serial or Ethernet communications. I only mention the redlion for background

information. If the leopardboard can accept a serial string, I can make the redlion conform to whatever

requirements are necessary.

So now to ask the question....

• Can this device fill this need?
• Is there a software package that addresses this?
• How much coding on my end would be necessary to make this work?

I can code but I am a total NOOB with embedded hardware and Linux.

Any advice, help, suggestions are welcome.

- Curtis -