Engineering notes

How Phosphor got built.

Architecture, video pipelines, and the bugs that show up when you treat an iPad like a real monitor.

Bob Cook 14 min read Architecture

Why I Built Phosphor: Turning an iPad into a Real Wired Monitor

Hotel desks, a 15-inch portable screen I no longer wanted to pack, and the stack that finally made a 60 fps HDMI preview feel native: VisionCamera v5, Nitro, and React Native Skia.

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