Every picture needs certain information.
Analog Sync Generator Signals (1)
Drive Pulses
The first thing the sync generator provides is drive pulses. These are the signals that tell the camera what line of the CCD to read off. There are two types of drive pulses, one each to control both the horizontal and vertical position of information being read off of the CCD. These two types are horizontal drive pulses and vertical drive pulses.
Blanking Pulses
The second type of signal the sync generator provides is blanking pulses. As you might suspect, the blanking pulses tell the electron gun when to lower its voltage at the end of a line or field. There are two types of blanking pulses: horizontal blanking pulses (end of a line) and vertical blanking ...
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