Modding UPDATED PICS!!!Got a bunch of 2.5 lcds from friend any ideas?

sure it would

 

When you receive the LCDs, just google what ever serial numbers they have on or around them, I'm sure you could find cheap controller boards.

Feel free to send me one or two when you get them and I'll be sure to get you a controller board.

Oh, and the original picture you supplied can't be the right one for the LCDs, they look greenish which means they are dot-matrix, they'd be black if they were color.

 

dot matrix colour maybe? i know the casio calculators which can display black, blue, red and green look green like that when they're off
and yeah, def google the SNs when you get them. there ought to be something that'll help you

 

definatly will do, but if a lot of people buy the lcd's the controller boards will go way up

 

well... if they turn out to be dot matrix, i wouldnt mind if you posted me one

 

is it me or when i go to the private messages here the ad to the right cuts off like half the message?

 

I had that once, but it was just a one off thing, page didn't load properly or something. Does it happen all the time? What resolution and browser are you using?

 

I really don't think those displays will do any good in a projection system. Maybe you could get a tiny projected image showing the time or temperatures of the pc etc..but it will not be able to show any hig-res images or movies that you want in a DIY projector.

/GNU

 

Albeit, a little projector -projecting something... - would be cool.

 

scchhhhhh......not that loud....I was planing to do so in my upcoming case..

/GNU

 

sry, here. *edits post*

 

Hehehehehe lol ... thx

 

If they dont have the contoller board then I would just sell them on ebay if they do just (thinking.....................) oh i got it sell them on ebay.

 

You could always make second X/windows head with it, I've got a bunch of 2.5 lcds with drivers. I've got one going in the compass for my carpc.

It's suprisingly readable at 640x480.

Here's a 4mb qt vid I made. Just using S-Video though.

http://www.leeland.net/lib/leeland/xorg-minilcd-out.mov

But without a driver board, probably of no use unless it's to replace a broken one. Probably worth more too. I posted the ones I got here and they were cheap (2 for $25 IIRC) with a driver board etc, not too many takers from this site.

You could use it to make a projector but the res isn't that good. I had it to a 9ft (albeit very dim as I was just using the backlight) and the pixels were fingertip size. Keep in mind this is just held in place in the test and just using the normal backlight. Hard to get a good pick with it being so dim.



update
FYI, the moire pattern on the lcd in the video is an artifact of the recorder, you don't actually see that when looking at it. I originally was going to use one or two of these for a HUD, which I still may, but there's a lot of optic issues.

 

shotgunefx, you just project in the front windscreen? If so, then I suggest putting a plexi plate in front of it, so you project onto that... That would help al lot

 

Actually, it's a piece of HUD glass. I dont' want to hijack this thread. but the short of it, is figuring out how to project it correctly @ infinity is a PITA.

 

pics finally up, i'm thinking i'll sell them in multiple quantites for way cheaper since they are so hard to ship with those pins. Anyone think they know how to use them model number says they are VP4L3F-10886-AC

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Philips-mobile-...ryZ38331QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is an Ebay auction that says that they are for PDA's made by Philips. The guy selling them says that he will do his best to answer any questions emailed to him.

 

^^ yeah i'm watching that to see if it sells, i'll unload mine that way also probably.

 

If these Displays are meant as replacements for micro devices such as cell phones, the displays will have controllers on board.
They seem to me a bit like those serial controlled dot matrix LCD's from the old Nokia 3310.
But even if it is controller less, it's a small size (so probably low res) display, you may be able to interface them to a microcontroller.#
But without a datasheet that shows you the pinout, you're stuck.
Unless you get a device that has exactly this type of Displays, then there's a chance that you can figure out how they are wired. (best would be a PDA, as they use pretty well documented parts)