adrianh1984
- Feb 6, 2011
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Look on the display got a part number. It is most likely not something on the bar-coded sticker.
That display also has a CCFL backlight which requires a high voltage current source.
I presume it's a bitmapped display (i.e. it doesn't just display n rows of m characters). Is is colour?
The photo of the main board reveals a UPS051 chip. This appears to be the driver for the LCD display, and chances are that this board does little more than provide a backlight voltage and house the driver.
If you can figure out the interface used by this board you may be in luck. For that you will need the documentation on the controller which is possibly this. The document refers to AUO TFT panels, and that ties in with the AU visible on the display.
Someone else looks to have been playing with a similar interface here.
You may be able to get a little more help here.
The simple answer is "No"
The more complex answer is that you *can* read specifications, it just might be a lot of hard work and you may have to teach yourself stuff. In this case you might have to teach yourself an awful lot of stuff and get some hardware to decode the video to allow it to be displayed.
The person who got a similar unit playing video may have posted some useful info.
Well, I recommend you start reading the specifications on the controller from the beginning and ask us questions as soon as there is anything you don't understand.
If it's not trivially explained we may be able to point you somewhere.
What is your level of electronics experience? If you end up having to start from Ohms law we may be assisting you for a while
Presuming you have some level of experience, getting hold of "The Art of Electronics" is a good start.
This sort of thing is not the ideal first project. You'll have to do some design work (most likely).