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meh722 · 04-25-2008, 01:42 AM

I have a NEC 10.4 LCD that I want to convert to LED Backlit so its brighter. I also shocked myself off the inverter. It definitely got my attention.

I have some programming background with a little bit of electronics knowledge. I love the idea of using a photoresistor to control light output based on light coming into it. As a hobby I play with the Arduino board (http://arduino.cc) which is a cheap USB programmable board for $35.

I was thinking once the CCFL is convertered to LEDs to control the leds by reading the value of the photoresistor in the Arduino board so instead of controlling it with a potentiometer (although that would be good to have one for scale) it would be automated. The coding side and hardware interfacing would be easy, the CCFL -> LED Backlit is where I will have trouble.

04-25-2008, 01:42 AM	#22
meh722 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3	I have a NEC 10.4 LCD that I want to convert to LED Backlit so its brighter. I also shocked myself off the inverter. It definitely got my attention. I have some programming background with a little bit of electronics knowledge. I love the idea of using a photoresistor to control light output based on light coming into it. As a hobby I play with the Arduino board (http://arduino.cc) which is a cheap USB programmable board for $35. I was thinking once the CCFL is convertered to LEDs to control the leds by reading the value of the photoresistor in the Arduino board so instead of controlling it with a potentiometer (although that would be good to have one for scale) it would be automated. The coding side and hardware interfacing would be easy, the CCFL -> LED Backlit is where I will have trouble.