OC 5" displays

[sweinhart3]

I got mine in today. woot. 2 of them. Unfortunately, the advertised composite video connection is nothing like the ones in US. In fact, all the connections on it are totally unfamiliar. I don understand any of it other than the whole thing is obviously for European standards and not US. No instructions included of course as with the rest of OC products. Plus I thought they would be 5" horizontally and they are only 4" horizontally, 5" diagonal. So it looks like my $250 investment is gonna be totally worthless for me.

[brydling]

OC are not exactly known to be good at anything.

[sweinhart3]

I hope Im able to figure out the IO electronics I bought. If not I may end up trying to tackle programming of my own pic controller and then just replacing the chip.

[hassata]

Post some pics in the Home Pits. Hopefully someone there will know their way around the displays

[JLZ]

I'm far away to be an expert or something like that, so sorry for my ignorance...

 

I suppose you take composite signal from some source (by RCA jack or S-Video) and than present it to controller card and then it "digitalis it" to LCD?

If that was a case, there was difference between NTSC and PAL standard and you need to use RF modulator PAL/NTSC between signal's source and CCard. Now, if source is graphic card's TV output you can change output standard from NTSC to PAL in drivers and give it a try.

 

Why, in the first place, signal goes from digital (Graphic card) to analog (controler card) and then back to digital (LCD)? Am I missing something here?

 

Also, maybe receiving part of controller or emitting part of signal source could be switched to other side's standard. It's usually one bit change (pull-up resistor is(not) there). Study data sheet before any more time-consuming operation.

 

I hope your investment wouldn't be worthless. BW

[sweinhart3]

Here are some pics of it. There is no RCA jack and I cant figure out what kind of jack these are or what their purpose is.

[JLZ]

:huh:

 

Sony...

 

Those are video plugs from Playstation 1 and 2...

 

Now, you know where to look ;)

[sweinhart3]

thank you. Ill see if I can do something with that. Does anyone remember what displays SCS simulations were using for their MFDs? I thought they were 7" samsung but they dont have it on their website anymore. What are other people using? Seams like 1:1 ratio displays arent available but Im specifically looking for non widescreen displays. Im looking for something that will fill most of the display area 5"x5".

[Gadroc]

thank you. Ill see if I can do something with that. Does anyone remember what displays SCS simulations were using for their MFDs? I thought they were 7" samsung but they dont have it on their website anymore. What are other people using? Seams like 1:1 ratio displays arent available but Im specifically looking for non widescreen displays. Im looking for something that will fill most of the display area 5"x5".

 

Those where Samsung U70 picture frame / monitors. They are not tall enough vertically to fill the entire MFD, so must be carefully mounted in the center to minimize the impact. They do have some limitations so I'd recommend doing some searching and reading before jumping in.

 

You can find 8" 4:3 LCD Panels on e-bay along with VGA driver boards for them. This completely fills the TM MFDs. This is not that much more than the Samsung U70 and is more reliable.

[digital_steve]

Gadroc - do you know the brand of these 8" 4:3 panels?

[Gadroc]

Gadroc - do you know the brand of these 8" 4:3 panels?

 

The ones I have are Innolux AT080TN52 panels.

[sweinhart3]

Thanks Gadroc. Just ordered 2. If anyone is interested in the 2 OC displays I will sell them 1/2 price completely unused.

[BaD CrC]

Funny. This is exactly the 5' screen I got after opening an old Sony PS1 screen. Bought it for 60 quid on ebay at that time.