It's a so-called cold cathode fluorescent light or CCFL. Digikey has some, including the inverters needed. In short: it is high-voltage (>100V at start) ac at quite low currents. Perhaps a search for "CCFL" and "inverter" will help you.
Uwe. Friedel Bruening wrote: > > Hi all, > I was digging around for the information quite a bit, but couldn�t find no > answer, > somebody by chance can tell me : > there are some type LCD�s let say 128x64 which have a neon type backlit, > I do have one, but the black box type generator only works when it has desire > to do so. > What is the voltage they use for this backlit`s (white), AC or DC, how much > current ??? > > Cheers > > Friedel > > Friedel Bruening > Bolivian Instruments > Casilla 4856 > Santa Cruz > Bolivia > > Tel : 00591-773-92119 > Fax: 00591-3-3580572 > e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Author: Friedel Bruening > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Author: Uwe Zimmermann INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
