Signal Flow I
CMS 3510/3511 - Fall 2018
Signal Flow
RUBE GOLDBERG
IN (cable) OUT
(brain)
(audio mixer)
(video cable)
(highway)
(river)
Video source
(camera)
video out video cable
Video destination
(switcher or monitor)
Video source
(camera)
video out video cable
Video source
(camera)
video out video cable
Multiple inputs
Audio source
(mic)
audio out audio cable
Audio mixer
Audio source
(mic)
audio out audio cable
Audio source
(mic)
audio out audio cable
Multiple inputs
speakers
(monitor)
audio cable
DA - Distribution Amplifier
audio out audio cable
audio out audio cable
audio cable
in
Multiple outputs
audio out
COMPONENTS
of Signal Flow for Television...
- Cable (audio or video)
- Video source (camera)
- Audio source (mic or instrument or PC)
- Video switcher (tricaster or ATEM)
- Audio mixer
- DA - Distribution Amplifier
- Monitors (audio or video)
Power supply
Other signal Flows
Freeway Mazes - Traffic Flow
Wired Magazine
(flow chart)
Should I work for Free?
(flow chart)
Full flow chart at:
Can I park in the Fire Lane?
(flow chart)
Engineering...
(flow chart)
Maps
Geographic Semi-Schematic Schematic
Realistic Abstract
London Underground Schematic (map)
Early Semi-schematic map 16th C. Italy
-note the stylized towns and zig-zag roads
Internet Speed and Connectivity of Japan (system)
Map showing geography relative to population
Map showing lots of geographic detail
Playing with Logic Gates
- AND
- OR
- NAND
- NOR
- NOT
- etc....
Signal Flow I
By Scott Calhoun
Signal Flow I
The concept of signal flow as a thinking tool.
