# mogrinz/AMT630A

> Arduino/ESP32 library for controlling the hardware OSD engine of the AMT630A chip in composite-video LCD monitors: text, glyphs, 4bpp bitmaps, palettes, blending and window scaling.

- Magnitude: 2.2 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 11 total · +13 stars today, ≈ 15 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Hardware, IoT & robotics · Language: C++ · License: MIT · Created: 2026-09-20 · Last push: 2026-09-30
- GitHub: https://github.com/mogrinz/AMT630A · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/mogrinz/AMT630A

## Useful for

- Draw text and custom glyphs over composite video on an AMT630A monitor
- Convert GIF/PNG to 4bpp OSD bitmaps with the Python converter
- Automate entering the hidden factory menu via 74HC4066 and ESP32

## Why it’s here

- 13 stars so far today, about 15 expected by the end of the day.
- The repository is 10 days old and already has 11 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “Reverse-engineering a $35 backup camera display (AMT630A)” — 58 points, 1 day ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 0
- Issues and pull requests: 1
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 2 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 5
- Latest release: v0.7.1 (2026-09-29)

## Stars per day, last 11 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-20 … 2026-09-30: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 13

## Hacker News

- Reverse-engineering a $35 backup camera display (AMT630A) — 58 points, 19 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49884346

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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