A Summary of The Information Sources We Have Drawn On

(1) LCD & Backlight Data Sheets (2) MN83803AK Data Sheets Courtesy Jep Holtrop (PDF) and Tom Cumming (hardcopy) (3) IR3y05 Data Sheets Courtesy Sharp Microelectronics. (4) Panasonic Camcorder Manuals Panasonic Services Corporation (4.1) PV-D705 (4.1.1) Schematic Diagrams (4.1.2) Parts lists (4.2) PV-940 & PV-950 (4.2.1) Schematic Diagrams (4.2.2) Parts Lists (4.3) PV-950B & PV-950B/K (supplement to PV-940/PV-950 Manual) (4.3.1) Schematic Diagams (4.3.2) Parts lists (5) Nate Caine (5.1) Cybermaxx Headset Web Page at Halted Specisalties http://www.halted.com/online/cybermax.htm Particularly useful information from Nate Caine's Cybermaxx page: (5.1.1) Chips used (IR3y05, MN83803AK) (5.1.2) IR3y05's gamma correction function (5.1.3) Design flaw in Cybermaxx I, where alternating horizontal scans from one eye to the other subverts the function of the IR3y05's switched inverter, potentially harming the LCD (5.1.4) Logic diagram of LCD design: reveals much about its functioning and timing signal requirements (5.1.5) Cybermaxx system connection diagram (5.1.6) General description of the Cybermaxx's design, including its head-tracking system (5.2) Verbal description of the LCD's timing control registers and timing protocol (5.3) Information on the Cybermaxx's power supply setup, including the use of elevated ground to get around 14 volt supply using 7812 3-terminal voltage regulator chip for IR3y05's VCC2. (5.4) Advice on soldering techniques. (6) Gordon Ledford Molex connector type required to connect backlight, and extensive empirical data from experiments with the backlight. (7) Daniel Heckenberg Cybermaxx 180k (Cybermaxx II) video PC board photographs, chip names, pinouts, Sharp Microelectronics integrated circuit line, including IR3y05 and similar chips that work for PAL systems rather than NTSC. (8) Cybermaxx 180k Parts List Courtesy Arthur Zwern, the General Reality Corporation (9) Cybermaxx shematics (tilt sensors) Courtesy Arthur Zwern, the General Reality Corporation (10) Marc Cygnus Information about video chips used in the Cybermaxx 180k. (11) Julie Porter (11.1) PC Board and SMT fabrication and construction techniques (11.2) Color Bar Generator Design (11.3) Experimental results with MN83803AK on how to get the chip to sync up to incoming NTSC video. (11.4) Experimental results, getting LCD to work with a modification of our Revision 'L' board (11.5) Video Processing Generator Design (12) Kristian Bognaes Soldering techniques and PC board design (13) Phil Stewart support circuitry design to go with Kristian Bognaes's MN83803AK board (14) Eric Smith Information about the design of the Cybermaxx's head tilt tracking mechanism and software for it. Eric designed software for this subsystem of the Cybermaxx.