removing LCD display shield

[julienvoirin]

Hi Midiboxers

I am building a SEQ v3 and I would like to remove the metallic shield of LCD Displays to make them thinner.

It seems it can be made easily.

Is there any failure to do it ? What is it supposed to do ?? (Except protecting device).

Thanx

[nILS]

DON'T DO IT!

It holds together the whole thing. The display itself is just sitting on the contacts with no attachment whatsoever. If you remove the case the entire thing will come apart.

[julienvoirin]

too late ... no I am kidding  ;D

I were sure that this awful piece of metal was not there for nothing. I solved my problem by redesigning the panel.

thanks for your reply nils

[nILS]

No problem. I tried it once with an LCD I ripped out of a fax machine (it was broken beforehand, had a crack in the glass ;-)) I did manage to put it back together using some sticky tape, but even the slightest jiggle and the display will quit working... The DOG-LCDs (you can find them at conrad.de) are really tiny though. Only problem so far, they only come in 16x2...

[stryd_one]

...and there's no mios driver for them............yet.....

[nILS]

Whoops, yeah, I forgot about that =)