Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] LCD hack help

One of the problems that you are going to run into is that the regular video output on a PC is an analog signal and the LCD panel
needs digital signals.

There are several possible solutions:
1. The panel might have a built in Analog-Digital converter. This is common on the expensive once that you buy in the store. (I
just bought a ViewSonic VG150 15" 1024x 768, $1000, for a non-CNC application and it is fantastic)

2. There are graphic cards available that will output digital signals for LCD panels.

3. There are external A-D converters available to solve the problem. One company is Digital View, but the converters run about $300
last time I bought one. (About two years ago)

4. Look for an old laptop.

Bertho Boman
Vinland Corporation
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Joe Vicars wrote:

> I really want to get the CRT out of the shop.
> Is it possible (i.e. Easy) to take an older monochrome LCD from a
> 386 laptop and somehow splice a connector to it and make it work with a
> regular desktop PC display adapter?
> Ok, if not, does anyone know where you can buy small (640x480) color
> LCD's to plug right in to regular video?
> I have found several sources for large LCD monitors, or the small
> ones are wholesale OEM (not wired up).
> Remember the post about hacking into a "Web Surfing" computer? Can
> anyone remember the address of that post?