The Custom Integrator Show is back with instalment 28, this show looking at Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) data structure:

This Installment dives into the Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) data structure, which is the way that a display device "describes" its capabilities to the source.  EDID is defined by a standard published by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA).  It is what allows the source to know what the sink is capable of doing.  EDID structures have been around for quite some time and also are a key component of how VGA-based displays have been identifying themselves to computers for the couple of decades (since about 1994).  Note, also, that there also is the E-EDID (Enhanced EDID) structure, which supports multiple extension blocks and additional data fields, which is actually is used more in the HDMI world than the original EDID structure because of the additional information that can be conveyed.

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As even make sure you read Derek’s full post on the show blog and checkout the pre-cursor notes

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