what do you think about this?

**PaulzY** · 02-05-2002, 01:51 AM

Originally posted by Sleeka:
I bought one of those LCD's a few months ago for $42 USD. I bought it originally for the touch part as I already have a 8.4" LCD and controller. The controller for the touch overlay was included but no cable. I E-mailed Microtouch and they sent me the cable free (express right to Canada). There were no VGA adapter cards at the time but he was in the process of finding some because he had alot of LCD's.

I have been running into limitations on my current LCD setup so I have just received a controller from Allen. In the posts from the Christmas sale he had, the LQ9D161 was listed so it should work. I will be testing it in the next couple of weeks.

did yours come with an inverter? and if not is it possible to get these working without one, or does anyone know where i can get one, perhaps with a brighter backlight?

**Alives** · 02-05-2002, 01:54 AM

yeah i got the whole shebang... the EL is on the right of the display...kinda wierd. to get a cheap inverter look for a compaq contura 410cx with a damaged screen or something cheap... rip it apart and there you go... thats what i did.

Do you have the pinout for this screen? looks like it only has 3R, 3B, and 3G ??

**Meatballman** · 02-05-2002, 02:09 AM

Originally posted by Sleeka:
The controller for the touch overlay was included but no cable. I E-mailed Microtouch and they sent me the cable free (express right to Canada).

Who did you email at Microtouch?

EDIT:

By the way, I got mine working tonight!
here's a couple pics:

more images can be found at:
http://dynsol.wpc.net/auto/

[ 02-05-2002: Message edited by: Meatballman ]

**kardas** · 02-05-2002, 04:40 AM

awesome!!!! what controller are you using? mine should be here in the next couple of days, i have allens controller(dont know if it will work with this screen) but what else will i need to get this screen to work and where from?

thanks kardas

**kardas** · 02-05-2002, 04:43 AM

and also i have to add the picture doesnt look half as bad as i thought i would look

kardas

**Alives** · 02-05-2002, 04:47 AM

thats not the sharp 8.4" is it?

**PaulzY** · 02-05-2002, 06:36 AM

yeah it is

but does anyone know if you can use a brighter backlight ?

**mtmsol** · 02-05-2002, 09:58 AM

Meatballman: Is that SBC a PCM-5862? Did you get the screen working with the LCD controller built into that SBC?

Edit: My apologies, just saw your post above. Where did you get the cable to connect the LCD to the SBC?

[ 02-05-2002: Message edited by: mtmsol ]

**Meatballman** · 02-05-2002, 12:05 PM

Yes, It is a PCM-5862. I ordered the cables and backlight inverter from EarthLCD. I probably paid more than I should have. They charged me $80 for the whole lot. From there it was plug and play. The display is a LQ9D161 w/ touchscreen. While browsing the the SBC section of the EarthLCD site, I noticed that the pinout for the LQ9D161 and the LQ9D03B is identical. As far as I can tell, the only difference between the two screens is the the LQ9D161 runs off 3.3V and the LQ9D03B runs off 5V. So I just told them that I wanted KIT-D03B-SBC without the LCD.

Also wanted to note that there is definite color banding on any gradient because it is only 12 bit, but I'm still pleased with it. most video is still watchable. This will be used 90% of the time for GPS anyway, as my Empeg will be dishing out the MP3's, and I probably won't watch movies in my car.

[ 02-05-2002: Message edited by: Meatballman ]