LCD front logic with a bigger and brighter screen…

Okay, the new LCD screen that I ordered from ebay has finally arrive it’s 2.4 inches and works perfectly. I will perhaps change out the internal battery for a little longer running time but at present it lasts for hours on one charge. Next from ebay is a 5 inch version for the rear logics. I will post pics when they arrive. As I mentioned in a earlier post this is a simple solution for those that have issue with LEDs and the wiring. That should be anyday now. Keep in mind once again that video cams can’t give the LCD display justice. The still pics give you and idea 😀

Yes, I’m still building…

This summer has been a work on the house kind of summer, but as my new events season is just around the corner it’s soon time to fix, repaint and change domes. Changing it to the metal aluminum dome, finally. While I was in the mists of changing out the domes inner electronics I got an idea while reading Calvin’s R2 blog. I’m not sure where his idea’s come from but from his I begin to rethink my major artoo issue and presto!!!  Because of the 1001 LED lights and fiber optics as well as other things in there I always had a lack of space in there.  Now I finally figured how to make this no longer an issue and it only costs around 20 dollars. Yesterday I bought a key ring with a 1.5 inch LCD digital photo album to test an idea I had.  I dismantled it down to its prime parts and then made a sequence of displays in Photoshop and the results speak for itself. This is looking to be a great way to increase the space and lessen the weight. I may change out most of the LED for this in the dome. By the way, the display was almost as bright as my LED version. And, the LCD screen lasts for 8 hours per charge. Here are some pictures and video. Keep in mind that the colours are rich in reality but video filming an LCD screen just doesn’t look too great 😉