Black on White LCD

[highrider]

Hi dudes!

I may have not been posting, but I read a good part of the forum, in particular threads regarding the midibox sid.

Couple of days ago i received my base pcb w/parts and cs psb for the *no praise is good enough* MB-6582. Soldering nice and steady ,it's looking good but I'm struggling to find the right display. See, i have plans to paint the pt-10 case white and I wanted to have the lcd to match. All i found so far are green on black, yellow on black but no white. I came to the conclusion that white characters are somehow technically difficult project on a black lcd, but that's silly, right? Or perhaps there is an invert option on this oneMy link http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFA634-TFB-KS

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hope you're all doing great!

V!

[lylehaze]

Hi dudes!

I may have not been posting, but I read a good part of the forum, in particular threads regarding the midibox sid.

Couple of days ago i received my base pcb w/parts and cs psb for the *no praise is good enough* MB-6582. Soldering nice and steady ,it's looking good but I'm struggling to find the right display. See, i have plans to paint the pt-10 case white and I wanted to have the lcd to match. All i found so far are green on black, yellow on black but no white. I came to the conclusion that white characters are somehow technically difficult project on a black lcd, but that's silly, right? Or perhaps there is an invert option on this oneMy link http://www.crystalfo...t/CFA634-TFB-KS

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hope you're all doing great!

V!

Well, I found a white on Black at SparkFun

It's a start, anyway.

Have Fun,

LyleHaze

[Sasha]

Well, I found a white on Black at SparkFun

It's a start, anyway.

Have Fun,

LyleHaze

Optrex makes very nice 20x4 negative white/black displays.

Edited January 12, 2010 by Sasha

[flip]

I have this one:

http://www.optrex.com/products/partdetail.asp?PartNumber=C-51847NFQJ-LW-AAN

It's a very nice display.

Bought it from Mouser:

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Optrex/C-51847NFQJ-LW-AAN/?qs=B%252bqVsPVDGkrqJZj0DOTQBg==

If you want to use this display, as per Wilbas advice, you have to swap R4 for about 80K, because this display needs less current then standard LCDs.

[lylehaze]

An Important note:

The displays we have shown you are all parallel interface, which is what the MidiBox is designed to drive easily.

The core you showed us is a serial interface, which is NOT the "native" type supported by MIOS.

Just something to be aware of as you shop around.

LyleHaze

Edited January 12, 2010 by lylehaze

[Syntax]

Check displaytech displays. I've one with white chars and black background

[highrider]

Thanks guys! I should have found these myself, somehow they evaded me.

Thanks for the fast reply's! I will upload pics once I have finished the project.

Cheers!

V!

[highrider]

Ok, so I've nailed down this one called Batron .

LCD MODULE, ALPHANUMERIC, 20X4

No. of Digits / Alpha:80

Illumination Colour:White

Character Size:4.69mm

Supply Voltage:4.6V

Display Area Width:76mm

Display Area Height:25.2mm

Operating Temperature Range:0°C to +50°C

SVHC:No SVHC

External Depth:14mm

External Length / Height:60mm

External Width:98mm

Background Colour:Black

Character Width:2.9mm

Connector Type:T, 1 x 16

Display Technology:LCD

Font Colour:White

No. of Columns:20

No. of Rows:4

Supply Voltage DC:5V dc

It's in the Uk so I will save on postage. Can somebody please confirm if this one has a serial interface or not?

I can't find it saying that anywhere in the description or datasheet.

Thanks!

31779.pdf

[nILS]

It has 8 data lines, which is a kind of a giveaway ;) It's parallel, all good.

I took the liberty of deleting your double post and fixing the font-tags.

[highrider]

It has 8 data lines, which is a kind of a giveaway ;) It's parallel, all good.

I took the liberty of deleting your double post and fixing the font-tags.

Thanks, I'm glad you did! I should rename the topic ...I was looking for a white on black display after all.

Please bare with me, I'm learning fast. The only DIY project I have completed before this one was the mGB Arduino and that was a snap compared to this stuff.

Still the wiki and forum make it really straightforward..

Oh the ramblings...