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Re: [k5synth] Display swap with T6963C ?

2019-09-13 by Sevo Stille

Depending on the default into which these displays start, it might be
necessary to pull up pin 17 (character width), by the way - that will be
evident if the text is cut off and oddly spaced.



Am 13.09.2019 um 19:25 schrieb Mo Morgan lightsforsynths@...
[k5synth]:
> �
> Did it come�with a presoldered ribbon cable? Because the problem could
> also be the cable orientation
>
> On Friday, September 13, 2019, 01:15:04 p.m. EDT, Sevo Stille
> sevo@... [k5synth] <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
> �
>
> I used http://artronic.eu/pl/p/LCD-AG-240064A-FHW-KW-E6/1036?currency=EUR
>
> Am 13.09.2019 um 18:38 schrieb Mo Morgan lightsforsynths@...
> <mailto:lightsforsynths@...> [k5synth]:
>> �
>> Did you verify the model of lcd �was directly�swappable�with your lcd
>> ?� t6963c doesn't make it directly compatible
>> there could be�some additional electronics�you might� have to add.
>> Also if your internal battery is dead you�would get blank text
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, September 12, 2019, 07:53:19 p.m. EDT, Sevo Stille
>> sevo@... <mailto:sevo@...>
>> [k5synth] <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> <mailto:k5synth@yahoogroups.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> �
>>
>> It is the right controller. YMMV as to the layout of the plug and
>> configuration of the display and connector. You might have to tweak
>> the contrast, twist the cable, or set a cable bridge to change the
>> font size.� Time for experiments - but there will be some setting
>> where it works.
>>
>> Sevo
>>
>> Am 12.09.2019 um 21:57 schrieb nebelfuerst@...
>> <mailto:nebelfuerst@...> [k5synth]:
>>> �
>>>
>>> As my backlight is dead, I tried to avoid disassembling the LCD by
>>> buying a replacement LCD.
>>>
>>> I read somewhere, that the type should be compatible with�T6963C
>>> <https://www.ebay.de/itm/Powertip-LCD-Grafik-Display-24064-GLCD-240-64-PG24064E-PD-T6963C-1-St%C3%BCck/311819406726?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649>.
>>>
>>> So I bought this one:
>>>
>>> https://www.ebay.de/itm/Powertip-LCD-Grafik-Display-24064-GLCD-240-64-PG24064E-PD-T6963C-1-St�ck/311819406726?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
>>>
>>>
>>> I connected everything except the 100V. The display became black,
>>> without any letters visible.
>>>
>>> Did anyone replace the complete LCD yet ?
>>>
>>
>

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