Nathan Dane
@nmsni.co.uk
Broadcast engineer
Creator of https://nmsceefax.co.uk
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Creator of https://nmsceefax.co.uk
ENQUIRIES EMAIL info@nmsni.co.uk
https://www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/
I have designed some SDI receivers to continue my Interference With Video Via FPGA.
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I have designed some SDI receivers to continue my Interference With Video Via FPGA.
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
Another massive "cloud" (someone else's PC) outage. Ceefax still unaffected. Why aren't YOU self-hosting things yet?
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another massive "cloud" (someone else's PC) outage. Ceefax still unaffected. Why aren't YOU self-hosting things yet?
Apparently JLCPCB send you the X-Rays of PCBs assembled with BGA chips. Rather cool. You can see the innards of the chip if you look closely. Please ignore how much my PCB designery sucks.
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Apparently JLCPCB send you the X-Rays of PCBs assembled with BGA chips. Rather cool. You can see the innards of the chip if you look closely. Please ignore how much my PCB designery sucks.
Not to worry, I shall be watching Ceefax as intended, on a CRT 😆
October 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Not to worry, I shall be watching Ceefax as intended, on a CRT 😆
Ack I missed a trick! Should have got this patched into Pres before I left earlier hehe 😁
October 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ack I missed a trick! Should have got this patched into Pres before I left earlier hehe 😁
I've wanted to learn about FPGAs for quite a while - here is a selection of silly experiments done to live* video in an FPGA.
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I've wanted to learn about FPGAs for quite a while - here is a selection of silly experiments done to live* video in an FPGA.
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Have got a terrific ornament for beside my desk. This is the mimic panel for part of the old BBC Radio distribution system, NICAM-3.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Have got a terrific ornament for beside my desk. This is the mimic panel for part of the old BBC Radio distribution system, NICAM-3.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
Next time you hear an audiophile talk about their gold plated cables & 192kHz DACs, remember this is the sort of thing actual radio studios run on:
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Next time you hear an audiophile talk about their gold plated cables & 192kHz DACs, remember this is the sort of thing actual radio studios run on:
"next day delivery" my ass
October 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"next day delivery" my ass
Several matches in progress tonight on nmsceefax.co.uk P331
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Several matches in progress tonight on nmsceefax.co.uk P331
People sometimes ask about Ceefax stats:
- The current instance of the PFC stream has had 42,400 views in its 248 day runtime - or around 170 per day
- About 130 people per day read Ceefax via the interactive viewer
- Around 20 people use Ceefax on a Raspberry Pi (via feeds.nmsni.co.uk) every day
- The current instance of the PFC stream has had 42,400 views in its 248 day runtime - or around 170 per day
- About 130 people per day read Ceefax via the interactive viewer
- Around 20 people use Ceefax on a Raspberry Pi (via feeds.nmsni.co.uk) every day
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
People sometimes ask about Ceefax stats:
- The current instance of the PFC stream has had 42,400 views in its 248 day runtime - or around 170 per day
- About 130 people per day read Ceefax via the interactive viewer
- Around 20 people use Ceefax on a Raspberry Pi (via feeds.nmsni.co.uk) every day
- The current instance of the PFC stream has had 42,400 views in its 248 day runtime - or around 170 per day
- About 130 people per day read Ceefax via the interactive viewer
- Around 20 people use Ceefax on a Raspberry Pi (via feeds.nmsni.co.uk) every day
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We also have the league tables:
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We also have the league tables:
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
Apparently apps doing Football scores Ceefax-style are very popular at the moment. No worries, they've been on NMS Ceefax for nearly 10 years now, and are staying there.
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
September 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Apparently apps doing Football scores Ceefax-style are very popular at the moment. No worries, they've been on NMS Ceefax for nearly 10 years now, and are staying there.
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
...a wonderful piece of BBC history lives again. This unit was last used on-air in 2012 for DSO! (2/3)
September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
...a wonderful piece of BBC history lives again. This unit was last used on-air in 2012 for DSO! (2/3)
Pleased to say that despite a truly horrific leaky battery and stinky exploding RIFA caps... (1/3)
September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Pleased to say that despite a truly horrific leaky battery and stinky exploding RIFA caps... (1/3)
