Hello everyone. Long time lurker.... first time poster. Hopefully someone can help me. I was rummaging thru some stuff this weekend and I came accross a couple of old items. The one that interests me the most is this Toshiba Infina LCD Module. It came with a Toshiba Infinia 7200 that I/my Parents bought me forever ago (back when a 200MHz Pentium was crazy fast). Anyways... while I found the drivers etc... for windows 95 for this thing.. it is really no good as it is (especially since it cant/wont work in XP/Linux). So.. I was wondering if anyone has modded these or knows how to. I seem to remember that some people had modded these before.. but I cant find the links anywhere. Here are some pics of the module so you know what I am talking about. FRONT of the Module... Notice the USB Connection for power and everything (USB was an amazing concept when this computer first came out). BacK of the Module.. gives the model# and stuff. Hopefully someone has done (or knows about someone who has) some modding to this so that it can work. I am fine with taking it out of the casing and changing things around so that I can use it to display ????? whatever. LMK. Thanks in advance D.
I'm not too sure about modding one but I assume you would need the controller chip number(s), then search google for spec-sheets etc for any further moddage to take place/getting a driver. I'm just guessing from what I have read before (please someone rescue me) Welcome to the boards! Good luck
Thanks for the reply. When I took it apart I forgot to write down the board number.. but it had Toshiba written all over it... which makes me think I may have a tought time getting the specs of the board. As for drivers... I was able to find the old 95 drivers for it.. plus some registry changes in order to get it to "work" with 98... but all that will do is make it so you can control the TV tuner and FM tuner etc... that originally came with the computer it came out of (still have that card.. but it is so old and useless... definatly wont work well with xp/linux). What I am hoping to do is get the lcd to work and display ???? whatever I program/want it to.. like system temps, music playing, system specs etc.. I noticed that the lcd looks pretty standard with a 18pin connection to the controller board.. so I was thinking I could maybe find a new controller board that is compatable and controlable. If it had the same 11 button layout and volume knob so I could utilize the housing buttons etc.. that would be great (although I doubt I will be so lucky). I will take it apart again and look for some more numbers and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the reply. I know I saw some time ago that a couple of people had this same controller that they bought off of ebay and were modding (trying?) it. D.
Yes you can use that LCD module to display interesting stuff, i've seen other people using them, I believe there's some newer software out there somewhere. It was a long time ago when I found it, so it might be gone, but all you got to do is look, must be out there somewhere.
Have a look here, i'm not sure but it looks like it gives some info on getting the LCD to work! http://infinia.virtualave.net/intouch.html
Thanks for the responses. I have been searching for the past 3 days.. and all I have come accross so far is the same site Chrix pointed me to. From what the site even says.. it probably wont work on XP, plus even if it does.. all it will do is want to word the way it did in the infinia... but since I dont use the old TV/Radio tuner card.. it wont do me any good. I also remember something quite some time ago that someone had the same lcd module and had either found a way to mod the hardware or software (maybe both) to get it to work/display differently. I will try some more searching, so if anyone else comes across anything... PLEASE let me know. D.
Well... I decided to try and install the drivers/software as outlined on the site. Would not work. XP finds it as an unknow device and then says the drivers is not for the correct type of device. So.. I took it apart again and here are the numbers on the control board Underneath a bar code on a sticker is " 68593 - 7 633 0014899 " Then on the board itself " ASSAY B21000533015 REV " after REV there is a white space where I guess a revision number could go.. but it is blank. Also there is a sticker on a chip that says " 69224 Copyright Key Tronic " Ther is an 18 pin connector where the LCD plugs into the board. Oh and on the back of the same control board " B21000532018 Rev D " Here is a shoddy pic of the top of the board Hope this helps you help me.. D.
The display module is 256x48 pixels with T6963C controller. The picture in the 256x48 section here is using this same display: http://www.skippari.net/lcd/lcdinfo_user_pic.html Also in this thread you can read how ltickett got the display work with LCDInfo: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=465979
Great!! Thanks alot Henri! I will read over the thread you posted and see what I cant do. Plus, if anyone else has any more info... it still will be greatly appreciated. D.
As long as the LCD has the T6963c controller, you're all set. Check out this site for software and this site for a connection diagram.
The biggest thing I have noticed is that all the diagrams and such show a 20 pin configuration all in a straight line. My LCD has 18 in 2 rows of 9. I will try and go thru more from the link posted earlier and see. THere has to be a way 'cause it looks like it has been done by at least the one person. D.
Does it have a backlight? On the datasheet that I've seen, pins 19 and 20 are for the LED array. Datasheet here
For this LCD, there are led's that are used to illuminate the screen. I will check out the datasheets. D.
Ok.. just got home and took the module apart again. I found a chip on the back of the LCD which says " Toshiba T6963C " Now what really throws me off from the diagrams I have seen are there are only 18 pins in this order 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 10 9 12 11 14 13 16 15 18 17 Two rows .. so how am I supposed to power the LED backlights without pins 19 or 20? Anyone with ideas? D.
I've seen this one a few times but ive got no info on it, doa google search thats my best suggestion.
Ok.. so now I see how I can connect pins 1-13 but I am still unsure about 14-18. 16-is To LED 3 on backlight 17-is To LED 2 on backlight 18-is To LED 1 on backlight Which leaves 14 and 15. The other person who got this lcd to work somehow left the 14-18 pins connected to the controller board (which I have pictured up above) then connected 1-13 via a parallel cable. This means he had to still plug in the usb cable to provide power to the LED's and plug in the parallel cable to display graphics. Not too bad.. but I am trying to figure out how he was able to bypass 1-13 from the controller board since it is a tight fit if 14-18 are still connected D.
