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 LCD TFT as PC VGA monitor ­ LCD4hobby

3. LCD TFT as PC VGA monitor

At first try I bought
universal LVDS
controller based on
MT6820 chip.
Controller offers to
made PC monitor from
any LVDS screen, so
very promising as
repair solution or as
universal screens
tester.
This kind of controller
was chosen because 
- extremely cheap
- small dimension
- single supply 5V
- easy screen
programing by jumpers
Board works with 5
keys interface and have
really nice OSD menu. 
Very nice is screen
programming by
jumpers, screen type
changing is very fast,
we avoid all dedicated
VGA connector I2C
programmers with all
problems they have,
etc. 

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Board have standard

LVDS socket described
here 2. LVDS cables .

This board is available

in many internet places
but good price is in this
store 
In fact, board from link
above is sold out,
however link remained
for reference, this
boards is easy to find
on many internet
stores.

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As first sample lets try
UB133X01-2 screen ,

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so first of all we need

LVDS cable b. 20 pin
small cable
Now is time to connect
all parts together. 
As supply power can be
used any old laptop's
power module or
whatever supply power
around 2A, I tested
supply power modules
from 10V to 20V, all
works well. 
As DC/DC I used also
very cheap converter
from China 
It made 5V (regulated)
from any input 7V-20V
, is possible to get
one HERE

and universal CCFL

driver board, working
well with 10V to 20V
Vcc  

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Small universal inverter

working in wide range
of supply voltages 5V-
28V is available in this
store

To be honestly, all was

done very fast, was very
simple and similar to
play with Lego blocks. 

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Finally monitor works

very nice

    

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Another sample of
1440x900 screen ratio
19:10 (8:5) .
This screen needs 30pin
cable as 6bit 2channel. 
Unfortunate I had no such
cable but I got few 30pin
8bit 2 channel.
So again using needle I
was able to unscramble
LVDS pairs

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also removed 2 pairs as

not needed

Finally was only to

connect all to made
screen working -
success

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The board was also tested
with many other displays
using  c. 20 pin cable and d.
30 pin cable
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I tested screens
resolutions 1024x768
to 1600x1200 , all with
success. 
I will add pictures later.

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In my workshop, for
few years lie a part of
19'' monitor, it was
only screen mounted in
metal chassis and
burned supply power
board plus LVDS cable,
there was not plastic
housing nor electronic.
I never had opportunity
to test this screen, so
now I was able to do
that.
I had ready to use LVDS
cable so connection
was easy to testing
board, however this
screen have 4 CCFL
lamps, I connected only
one lamp, just to check
if screen works at all.
Guess what - it was
working.
Very good, my next
step was to repair
supply power unit, as it
contains driver for 4
CCFL lamps and

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provide supply 12V and

5V. 
There was burned chip
in power switching
circuit, so easy fix by
chip replace.
Than I decided to use
original LVDS cable, so
I had to unscramble all
connections in socket
and put them in proper
pins in Universal
board's connection. A
lot of work because this
screen use 2 channel 8
bit, so 10 pairs of
wires. 
Fortunate no
soldering. Removing each
wire by unlocking it by
needle, than insert them
back at proper pin/place 

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now cable is ready to

use with new universal
controller.

So let test it, there is no

need for universal CCFL
driver as supply unit have it,
only must be connected
BL(on/off) signal and
ADJ(dimming). Also no need
for 5V DC/DC converter, as
supply unit provide 12V for
CCFL and 5V for electronics.

Set for first testing,

supply cables need to
be a bit longer.

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And final set. Board

have not mounting
supports but is so
small, that holds good,
screwed only at VGA
connector. 

That was a nice

surprise, this
"Fankenstain 19'' PC
monitor" works really
nice

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