On Fri, 27 May 2011 12:47:18 -0800, Jon Anderson
wrote:

LCD in my Sony pocket cam died. Discovered I could get a replacement on
ebay cheap, did so, and it's now working again.

Being the tinkerer I am, I took the old LCD apart just to see what it
looked like. No idea why the LCD portion wasn't working anymore, but
pondered the backlight screen a bit. Applied 3.6 volts as I just
happened to have a 3 cell AAA holder, and it lights up real bright!
So I'm wondering just what I might do with this. Seems a shame to toss
it. I'd stick with what I assume would be the 2.4 volts provided by the
camera's 2 cells and put it all in some sort of simple case. Just need a
purpose to put this on the to-do list...


Jon

Flat low intensity flashlight?

LCD in my Sony pocket cam died. Discovered I could get a replacement on
ebay cheap, did so, and it's now working again.

Being the tinkerer I am, I took the old LCD apart just to see what it
looked like. No idea why the LCD portion wasn't working anymore, but
pondered the backlight screen a bit. Applied 3.6 volts as I just
happened to have a 3 cell AAA holder, and it lights up real bright!
So I'm wondering just what I might do with this. Seems a shame to toss
it. I'd stick with what I assume would be the 2.4 volts provided by the
camera's 2 cells and put it all in some sort of simple case. Just need a
purpose to put this on the to-do list...


Jon

On 05/27/2011 01:17 PM, Pete Keillor wrote:
On Fri, 27 May 2011 12:47:18 -0800, Jon Anderson
wrote:

LCD in my Sony pocket cam died. Discovered I could get a replacement on
ebay cheap, did so, and it's now working again.

Being the tinkerer I am, I took the old LCD apart just to see what it
looked like. No idea why the LCD portion wasn't working anymore, but
pondered the backlight screen a bit. Applied 3.6 volts as I just
happened to have a 3 cell AAA holder, and it lights up real bright!
So I'm wondering just what I might do with this. Seems a shame to toss
it. I'd stick with what I assume would be the 2.4 volts provided by the
camera's 2 cells and put it all in some sort of simple case. Just need a
purpose to put this on the to-do list...


Jon

Flat low intensity flashlight?

If it's like my cell phone screens it won't be enough to read by, but
it'll let you walk around at night without stumbling and without killing
your night vision too much.

You need a red version...

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"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
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LCD in my Sony pocket cam died. Discovered I could get a replacement on
ebay cheap, did so, and it's now working again.

Being the tinkerer I am, I took the old LCD apart just to see what it
looked like. No idea why the LCD portion wasn't working anymore, but
pondered the backlight screen a bit. Applied 3.6 volts as I just happened
to have a 3 cell AAA holder, and it lights up real bright!
So I'm wondering just what I might do with this. Seems a shame to toss it.
I'd stick with what I assume would be the 2.4 volts provided by the
camera's 2 cells and put it all in some sort of simple case. Just need a
purpose to put this on the to-do list...


Jon

You know that commercial with the beer app where real beer pours out of a
smart phone? Make a whiskey flask in the shape of an i-phone and attach
this backlight with a transparency of a little whisky bottle.