Summary of the project to date, tying it together in one document.
(1) The Nature and Use of The 'Care and Feeding' Web Page
(2) Overview of the project
(3) What the support circuitry must do
(4) Support chips
(5) Implementing the support circuitry
(News.1) Julie Porter Gets Cybermaxx LCD Working Using Revision 'L' Board. April 6, 2000
(News.2) Two Designs Underway
(News.3) Kristian Bognaes's LCD Driver Board Design
(News.4) A Fully Integrated Design
(News.5) Groundwork at Delectra Jouet Relevant to the Test Setup
(News.6) Data Julie S. Porter Has Collected (Getting the MN83803AK to Lock Onto An NTSC Sync)
(News.7) Care and Feeding of the Cybermaxx LCD
(1.2) MN83803AK in PV-D705 camcorder
(1.3) MN83803AL in PV-950B
(1.4) IR3y05y in PV-950B
(1.5) Discrepancies in the schematics
(1.6) Inferences we draw from the schematics
(1.7) Some other potentially useful camcorder manuals
(1.8) Video processor schematic to go with Kristian Bognaes's MN83803AK driver PC board
(2.1) MCL0712A03 LCD Data Sheet (HTML excerpt, with digitized images of the important graphics)
(2.2) MN83803AK Timing Driver Chip
(3.1) Our most recent design
(3.1.1) Revision 'L' (ExpressPCB format)
(3.1.2) Errata
(3.1.3) Revision 'M' (ExpressPCB format)
(3.1.4) Pictures of Revision 'L'
(3.1.5) Parts list for Revision 'L'
(3.2) Kristian Bognaes's PC Board For the MN83803AK
(3.2) Software and Services for PC Board Design and Manufacture
(3.3) Tips on Soldering Techniques
(3.4) Some camcorder PC board layouts, from Panasonic repair manual
(3.5) Surface-Mount Techniques
(4.1) Connectors
(4.2) Pin configuration
(4.3) Backlight Pulse Timing
(4.4) Voltages
(5.1) Timing Chips
(5.2) Video Chips
(5.3) Connectors
(5.4) Optics
(7.1) Cybermaxx 180k (Cybermaxx II)
Information on specific designs (ours and others'), Cybermaxx design information, as well as hardware and software of use to the design effort.
(8.1.) Design Resources: Our system designs:
(8.1.1.0) Kristian Bognaes's MN83803AK driver board
(8.1.1.1) Phil Stewart's video processor to accompany Kristian's board
(8.1.2.0) Delectra Jouet's Integrated System Design
(8.1.2.1) Revision 'L' Description and notes
(8.1.2.2) Parts List for Revision 'L'
(8.1.2.3) PC Board Design for Revision 'L'ExpressPCB Format, 37k bytes.
(8.1.2.4) PC Board Design for Revision 'M' ExpressPCB Format, 37k bytes.
(8.1.3.0) Tom Cumming's Program for a Computer RGB Video System Using an FPGA for LCD Timing Logic Control
(8.1B.1) Julie S. Porter's data from her test of how to get the MN83803AK to phase-lock to incoming NTSC sync
(8.1B.1.1)
Julie's Correspondence Describing Her Test Process and Results
(8.1B.2) Julie S. Porter's data from her test using our fully integrated Revision 'L' design
(8.2.) Design Resources: Cybermaxx Designs
(8.2.1) Nate Caine's Cybermaxx Reverse-Engineering Page
(8.2.2) Insight Product Development's Case Study on Cybermaxx Product Development and Manufacturing
(8.2.3) Cybermaxx II (Cybermaxx 180k) designs supplement information on our current design project, and are of general interest to virtual reality system designers.
(8.2.3.1) Cybermaxx II drivers. Included as a design resource, since the VR helmet is pretty much useless without proper software interface to a computer.
(8.3.) Design Resources: Other design information:
(8.3.1) Nate Caine's Verbal Description of the LCD's Timing Control Signals and Registers
(8.3.2) Marc Cygnus's Video Test Board
(8.3.3) Delectra Jouet's Video Sync and Test Pattern Generator
(8.3.4) EIO.com's LCD Expert
(8.4.) Design Resources: Useful devices and software resources
(8.4.1) Software Resources
(8.4.1.1) Andy MacDonald's Cybermaxx Drivers Page
(8.4.2) NTSC Shareware Program (summarizes key NTSC parameters)
(8.4.3) ExpressPCB Freeware CAD program for use with ExpressPCB manufacturing services (highly recommended)
(8.4.4) Useful Electronic Parts
(8.4.4.1) Sharp IR3y05 video processor for LCD-based electronic viewfinders
(8.4.4.2) Harris CD22402 Sync Generator
(8.4.4.3) National LM1882 (74ACT715) Programmable Sync Generator
(8.4.4.4) LM1881 Sync Separator
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