okay, basically, i've been working on graphical LCD, with the dimension of 240*128 pixels that is.
this is not mine, but a forummer here, i will COD with him maybe on friday in LYP.

The journey

i spent my sundays and monday to work on the exact one as this.......
the modding of the graphical LCD is the hardest because i have ever attempted it and neither do i have any experience in it. But i still got to make sure that it's really cool and it will be inherit great features as well.

so i started off with how is it going to look at the first place....i got the idea from IMAC, the model which has got a half sphere as the rig and the LCD mounted on top.

the idea was fresh and good, but there are a lot of complications to it like :
- make the wiring doesnt look messy
- mount the graphical LCD nicely without dust getting into the viewing glass
- not making any scratches on the acrylic during modding
- making all edges smoothly and rounded
- and many many more !

when i completed the first one, i was totally devastated to discover that there's problem with the display ......thus i scrapped the whole thing and i was got really upset and discouraged by it.

after i rest for half a day, i began to pick up my spirit to make a new one again......and take note that i spent at least 9 hours to make a new one, and it must be done with full concentration and dedication, or else it's screwed up !

so, after so much struggle, i was able to present to you my idea and my design of the graphical LCD.

Hope that you guys will like it.



basically, this is the graphical LCD.
everything is built on 3mm acrylic and all the edges is rounded and smooth




this is the rear part of the LCD,
as you can see in the picture, the black cable wrap is hiding some of the wires...





there's a small piece of circuit board(in brown) which holds the green SMD LEDs
basically there are 2 switches and 1 knob.
the first flip switch(on the top) is for the 2x green SMD LED while the second one is for the power for the whole LCD

and the knob is something like brightness control




the mounts (the silver colour 'stick' in between the graphical LCD and the rear acrylic is to form a spacing between the two)




this is a side view of the graphical LCD........enjoy the pics !








This post has been edited by AllnGap: Aug 28 2006, 10:19 AM

okay, so many asked what can this display do......
basically, you can display anything with it as long as you know how to program what you want into the software.......
for me, i let it display my HDD space, upload and download speed, CPU speed, time/data, temperatures and so on..







This post has been edited by AllnGap: Aug 28 2006, 10:17 AM

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Aug 23 2006, 06:26 AM

feel free to drop me a pm if you are interested in getting one of this as i still have got a few pieces left

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Aug 28 2006, 10:18 AM

reserved.............

how surpise is it???waiting ur pic here
fast fast upload it

must be something hebat

A drink squirting casefan?

hu hu hu... so tension.. i wanna bump this post ,... hehehe

enjoy the pics ya!!!

OK>. that's leet.. huhuhh
btw... if u and led at the lining.. sure look more gempak..

hmm....how is this suppose to work?? i dun understand...through USB port?

respect, you have god hands in cutting the acrylic too. anyway, can the program interate with samurize?

Cool man

nice one dude

Woah nice mod there bro.. frm far it looks like a miniture monitor
Ur the god in modding

bro...wats the 2 switches and the knob at the back for?

EDIT: nice mod by the way

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Aug 23 2006, 01:08 PM

put it near your keyboard, u got a logitech G15 wannabe

how muchie this mod cost? can ask u build one if dun cost my arm n leg

i'm really sorry, i seriously cant think of a way to make that happen.....maybe you should propose it to japanese modders



actually i thought of doing so, but the wiring is gonna spoil the clean look in front.....
those that look nice on the LED lining thing is usually those big screens which the wiring is not that noticeble compared to this.


i will explain later.....still cleaning up my room......

what software are you talking about ? havent heard before.....


thanks man !

thanks again !

actually my idea is based on the IMAC theme again....i will explain later....


i will explain later.....it's a long one...
thanks man ! i love your casing design too.....so evil

this is far better than G15 bro......so much better than that.....G15 users will definitely drool over mine

lets just say that it's quite expensive to us, but the price is definitely cheaper than the retail product available on the market

Wow...really best of the best!!!
Love it so much!! Good job + Well done yea!

Whoa, lama didn't enter casemod section!

A really nice mod AllnGap!
Btw, if you don't mind me asking what do you call those things that hold the arcrylic?
Cause I've always wanted to get them.

one word to describe the mod: clean and sleek....

hehehe...actually 3 words...hehehe...

take it to the next level dude, put up a color screen version and i can bet ur college fees can be easily be covered by the orders coming in for that particular version ....that is if it is being appreciated by modders tho ....till again...

very very very nice mod.. although not a fan of those display thing... btw, can teach me how u buff the side of acrylic? damn nice lar

pay my college fees ?
i think i got to multiply myself in order to reach that amount


i dont use any special technique or what.....sand paper will do




btw, i will update the rest on sunday....will be leaving for KL tonite and should be back in penang on sunday

HMMM sandpaper... then mind to PM me step by step instructions? I suck at deciding what grid to use and when to wet/dry sand...

oh man, you must be kidding me.....did you skip KH lessons at school?

as for the grid, i also never refer, i just trial and error until i get the rite result

holy...

but i must say, why not use a color lcd instead?

i mean, u can strip off one 320x240 3" 65,535 color lcd from any old PDA (cost about 200-300 now) and have a l33ter lcd. no?

it's not that i cant, it's " how are you going to plug into your PC " question.
bare LCDs arent plug n play

KH where got teach how to buff acrylic... kayu got lar

Nice mod you got there. Finally get to see more shots after the preview shots you sent me on MSN last night.

I'm guessing that the knob and the two switches behind have something to do with the back green LED/brightness level?

Other than that, good job. How I wish I was in Penang....

Damn... tat is cool

Nice mod

if only that was a colour lcd like the car lcd...haha..anyway really cool!

Seen like customize modding for small LCD. Watta nice mod. keep going.....

hmm.... got planning to mod my 24inch lcd ??

but it look nice... good job man

what is this for ar?

All N Gap indeed!! Superhero LCD mod freak

you know what, you giving me an idea to make a wired remote, replace the screen with toch screen, and you got a 1337 remote

zzzZZZzzzzZZzzzzZZz

erm, the software i meantion is where it can monitor temp voltage and stuffs. instead of making it into numericals. you can design and mod it to display whatever you like. kinda cool if it can integrate with it.

the software that i used can do like what you said, but you need to program it.

it's not like the normal interface like drag and add....it's more towards programming (scripts)

Nice mod. I like the way you made use of spacers rather than building a whole acrylic enclosure. Very inspirational

How did you attach the two acrylic surfaces together? Would epoxy glue leave any 'glue-stains'? Couldn't see any indication on how you attached them together as it was crystal clear!

And how far back did your vertical stand have to be to prevent the top-heavy end of the LCD from causing the whole thing to topple over?

actually, there is a little glue stain.......my only advice is to keep trying until you get the result you wanted......
(tips for ya : go learn how to put water on the glass slide used for microscope )

as for the positioning, i dont know how to describe it to you....but the main thing is that the screen's position must be within the base acrylic(neck of the acrylic LCD cannot be longer than the base; it's compared horizontally).....it has got something to do with moment that prevents it from flipping, but i've used this method and it works everytime

Ic ic, so because the glue is clear, all you need to do is fill up the entire surface-contact area for it to be unnoticeable.

Lol, only an engineering student would use the word 'moment'.

So you're saying that the neck's length has to be sufficiently short as to balance out the weight of the LCD screen? (to keep the moment about the x-axis as low as possible)

wow!!!!great stuff u got there mate..do u intend to sell it?



Please do all sale enquiries by PM only. Let's keep the forum clean for mods n discussions only.

This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 14 2006, 02:51 PM

it's easy to say it, but it's not that easy to do it.....

the neck length must be short and the base must be longer than the screen.
i can rotate the screen in any direction and it wont flip over.

i do sell it bro, if you are interested, then just pm me alright

Yea, I've got no illusions of it being a cakewalk but I'll give it a try anyway Thanks for the tips anyway. Much appreciated

This post has been edited by tyrion4: Sep 14 2006, 01:53 PM

why don't u smoke sections of the acrylic...? it looks nicer in a way of "covering" the flesh..

WARNING: Computer-simulated images only..

hhmmm...........i dont think that it is impossible to do so, just need to get the diffused type of stickers which are used on glass doors will do......

thanks for the suggestion ! i never thought of it also

whoa..u sure are an engineering student..
civil eng. ka?

btw, AllnGap, if i order from u ar, how much is the cost?
must make it an external one (like u did here) cuz my casing is oledi has been mod by me using an alpabetical lcd..

this icd is using what port to connect to pc?
parallel or usb? or maybe sata? hehe

nice work

like built from factory

didnt see any cacat there

judging from the pictar.....its connected to a parrarel port right

Good work man!!! how much for the whole thing ?