Any 3.5" manufacturers/projects?
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:52 pm
So I thought I'd do a quick search on LCD displays - with every PC manufacturer releasing a "media centre" these days they all seem to have flash LCD screens in them
and there's loads of this LCD stuff going on!!! I want one!!!!!
I've built my own from a shuttle case (i always say custom builds are better than manufactured - and that's even more true for media centres IMHO)
I currently have a card reader stuck in the 3.5 slot in my shuttle case, but if I can find the right display, I'd say bye-bye to that!
I've already developed a custom network music playing system/remote control of my media centre, using a wireless PDA
I know matrix orbital don't do 3.5" mounting kits from another thread, but I was wondering if anyone else had any more information on other suppliers/sites??
Ideally I'd like to find a display that's blue, or oled but mainly one that maximises the limited space available with 3.5" bay sizes
So a screen almost covering the whole of the bay would be great
Anyone have any suggestions for this??
Secondly, what is used to program these things??
I know about LCDC for matrix orbital displays
Basically I was hoping I'd just be able to change the display contents by writing scripts in AutoIt to refresh the information
Or is it more involved than that??
Does the controller software for some of these things let you create scripts that you can run to change the display? Ideally through the command line
This is really exciting - i had no idea there was such a massive market for all of this kinda stuff already!!
I need to get me one of these things!!!
Thanks
Ben
and there's loads of this LCD stuff going on!!! I want one!!!!!
I've built my own from a shuttle case (i always say custom builds are better than manufactured - and that's even more true for media centres IMHO)
I currently have a card reader stuck in the 3.5 slot in my shuttle case, but if I can find the right display, I'd say bye-bye to that!
I've already developed a custom network music playing system/remote control of my media centre, using a wireless PDA
I know matrix orbital don't do 3.5" mounting kits from another thread, but I was wondering if anyone else had any more information on other suppliers/sites??
Ideally I'd like to find a display that's blue, or oled but mainly one that maximises the limited space available with 3.5" bay sizes
So a screen almost covering the whole of the bay would be great
Anyone have any suggestions for this??
Secondly, what is used to program these things??
I know about LCDC for matrix orbital displays
Basically I was hoping I'd just be able to change the display contents by writing scripts in AutoIt to refresh the information
Or is it more involved than that??
Does the controller software for some of these things let you create scripts that you can run to change the display? Ideally through the command line
This is really exciting - i had no idea there was such a massive market for all of this kinda stuff already!!
I need to get me one of these things!!!
Thanks
Ben