Backlight Modded GLK: RED!

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:45 pm

here are some pics of my red modded GLK backlight. used a 10,000MCD superultramegabright LED from allelectronics.com. I filed out the white LED in the backlight unit, and then filed the red LED to a rectangle so it would fit in (but i kept the tip rounded). got some new polarizing film, and ta-da, presto chango

my cam sucks hehe
yes im using that APC bezel and buttons...those buttons on the right have spaces for LEDs behind them so they light up...perfect for setting up a set top TV center

btw, any new developments on the graphical LCD front?

Post by **Henry** » Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:59 am

That turned out very well!!! post a couple of pics in the gallery!!! probably under the "other projects" topic.

Hallis · Post by **Hallis** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 10:42 pm

Well i bought that LCD from you Dex and i cant make it work,, hehe, can you take a pic of the cables you used? to make sure the ones from Matrix Orbital that i bought have the same Pinout.

Hallis · Post by **Hallis** » Fri Mar 21, 2003 2:58 am

turnes out the pinout on the cable i bought from Matrix ORbital, the 4BL or something,, was backwords,, the ground was fine but the serial send and recieve pins were reversed, I changed them around and bingo.

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:47 pm

heh, cant take any more cool pics cuz i had to sell the LCD for some $$$. ill probably be buying a glk12232-SM in the future, when money flows free once again

hope you enjoy hallis!!

Hallis · Post by **Hallis** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 6:52 pm

I will be as long as i can figure this thing out

Have to figure out what software will be best to drive it for PC stats and such. I am having difficulties with text just overlapping when screens are switched. LCD Smartie seems promissing but i cant figure it out to the extent that i need to. Anybody recomend anything? Ive download lots of apps like LCDC and LC Driver, the matrix orbital graphic LCD software works really nicely but doesnt offer any of the functions i need. Other than loading fints and such. So any recomendations would be helpoful. if you wish email me.

Shane13@gte.net

Post by **Cheese** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 3:55 am

Hallis wrote:turnes out the pinout on the cable i bought from Matrix ORbital, the 4BL or something,, was backwords,, the ground was fine but the serial send and recieve pins were reversed, I changed them around and bingo.

You're right of course, the 4BR cable is wired differently for the -WBL (orange and green lines are swtiched).

As for GLK dirving software, LCDC is probably your best bet but it'll take some work to make it display nice graphics (set as a 4x20 display you need to make sure you send 4x20 characters every screen and that every line either adds up to 122 pixels wide, or the line starts with a move cursor ro next line command... so adding the odd graphic to lcdc screens is doable but isn't simple

- also only use a fixed spacing font).

Rob.

Watchman · Post by **Watchman** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 3:49 pm

Is that blood on that monitor speaker in the top pic and MAZDA????

migmog · Post by **migmog** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:17 pm

Wow - this is what I want to do on mine.... How would I go about getting blue/white characters on a black background? I want the VFD look but already own an LCD! Where I can I buy the polarising film? what colour do I need to get?

migmog

Backlight Modded GLK: RED!

Backlight Modded GLK: RED!

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