Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 03:31:12 -0400
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=B7TechnoDragon=B7?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Pinout for LCD Display, 100/110
>Hello Folks, wondering if anyone here has ever attempted to separate their
>Display from the main board. My reason is that my poor little 100 (O/C'd to
>266mhz) simply just doesn't have enough "Oomph" to suit my needs. However I
>want to retain the
>LCD for my car (Try finding a 7.1"-7.5" active matrix capable of VGA, next
>to impossible was my experience). I could purchase a PCI LCD video board for
a
>desktop and run the box in the trunk and the display up front. The only big
>stumbling block I
>can see is what control signals run on what wires to interface with the LCD
>board. I'll probably need a amplifier for the control signals as well. Any
>help if correctly identifying what wires do what would be appreciated.
I have no idea what the pinouts are for the libreto's lcd display, but
I'd lke to know myself because I want to use one in a handheld mp3 player.
The big problem when using a lcd of the nature of the special lcd video
cards and direct lcd displays is that the effective cable legnth is measures
in 3 ft or less in many instances. This is because the cable runs of such
cables for direct to lcd signaling is extremely short.
With a video card that has a SVGA output and a lcd display that uses a
SVGA input, you'll get better performance.
I did a lot of research for an mp3 player for my car, and concluded that
unless I located the cpu up front in the glove box or something, I'd have
oneheck of a hard or expensive time getting the signal up front.
I decided to settle on a cpu unit with a composite video output and an
old lcd display that I got from boeing surplus (boeing = the airplane
manufacturer, they have a surplus sture south of seatle) that was used to
instal inth ebacks of seats so that people could watch tv when vlying, play
video games, etc. if you gave them a credit card to swipe through and were
willng to pay big bucks. It never cought on and the prototype seats were
scraped, etc.
Anyways, the display is about 8" andtakes a composite signal off of any
device that provides a composite signal, and runs on 12v DC. This display ran
me $150, but I concidered it worth it for a car mp3 player because I could
have a very long cable run, and it was usable on almost any device that
outputs a NTSC composite video signal, vcrs, camcorders, tvs, etc, etc.
You can find displays like this on ebay, sometimes cheap, sometimes not.
I plan to install a IR touch screen on it for controls, and even though it's
not as sharp a picture as a true lcd interface display, it's clear enough to
make out mapquest maps, control winamp, and run it well enough in 640x480 mode
to surf the web and check email, etc, from a ricochet wireless modem.
You could probably get the pinout of the connector if you know the exact
model # of the lcd display and call the manufacturer of it. (I think Citizen
or
Cannon, or some company starting with a C) But for the cable run from the
trunk to the dash, an amp may work, but I'm willing to bet it won't. You'll
probably get ghosting, static, trailing pixels, etc, etc. It probably won't be
pretty. NTSC / Composite for such a long cable run is your most stable option.
Just my 2�.
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