Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 
> 
> > As far as I know, when you blank the screen (i.e. Screensaver), the
> > backlight should switch off.  That certainly happens with my embedded
> > systems, but I use a VGA - LCD interface attached to the screen.
> 
> I might have not expressed myself clearly enough. The LCD screen I use is not
> a monitor with a VGA interface, but a Toshiba TFT screen with a 18-bit data
> bus, a few control signals, and a backlight power supply (+/- 1500V).
> 
> The backlight power supply is connected to an 'inverter' which produces the
> necessary power voltage from a 12V power supply. The inverter has 2 control
> signals, one is used to switch the backlight on or off, and the other one is
> used to control the contrast (0V -> minimal contrast, 5V -> maximal
> contrast).
> 
> The Savage4/IX has a 50-pin connector LCD interface. One of the pins is called
> ENABLK, and is not connected to the LCD data bus, so I assumed that it can be
> used to turn the backlight on or off.
> 
> What I need is to know how to control the ENABLK signal. The Savage4/IX driver
> code doesn't seem to handle that, so I'm looking for the chipset
> specifications.
> 

s3 specs are still available through s3 graphics
(http://www.s3graphics.com) for some chipsets, although you generally
have to sign an NDA.  You may get a faster response calling them if you
are doing this for business.

The web page for the Savage development is at
http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html and the author might be able to
give you additional info.

-- 
Kevin
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