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Julie S. Porter. jporter@delectra.com
A Silicon Valley native, she brings a broad spectrum of skills to the project. Working for Apple Computer, Inc. with the software testing of embedded printer video controllers, she learned PC board fabrication and SMT rework from the hardware designers. Her main interests include
clockworks,
robots, and
video animation. When looking for parts for her robots she stumbled across the MCL0712A03-- this to make a perfect working TV for a doll's house. In addition to working with the Panasonic display she also got the 6" Sharp TFT LCD display working with the MC44011.
Her work with the Harris CD22402 sync generator enabled us to get the backlight working. She is now working on testing designs using the MN83803AL and IR3y05 chips. A summary of her work on the MCL0712A03 is on this site.
Nate Caine. natecaine@aol.com
Electrical Engineer based in Silicon Valley, Nate documents his reverse engineering of the CyberMaxx, including much useful information on the MCL0712A03 LCD and its related circuitry (MN83803AK, IR3y05y) at http://www.halted.com/online/cybermax.htm . Nate built a CyberMaxx from surplus parts for Halted Specialties, Inc, to test its viability as a kit project, and has since moved on to other things, though he has continued to assist people working on this project.
Kristian Bognaes. bognaes@usa.net or kbo@norman.com
Kristian has produced a 'breakout board' mounting the the MN83803AK and its ancillary components, and tested it as a driver for the MCL0712A03, producing what appear to be very close to the correct timings. The last time I heard from him, the backlight was working, driven by this board, and it looked like all it would take would be a separated NTSC sync signal to drive the MN83803AK, to get everything working. However, there was no picture on the LCD at that time. Kristian has sent me a sample of the board, and elsewhere on this web site you can find the layout and overlay templates for it.
Michael Kulik. makulik@shaw.wave.ca
Michael owns a company called Digital Vantage Point and designs virtual reality software. Follow this link for details on his work.
Stephen Ross. sross@istar.ca
Hopes to hook up the LCDs to a VGA port (via appropriate circuitry) and has, in his own words, 'a fairly minimal set of equipment (soldering iron, and about 4 of these displays, with access to many more really cheap. However I have access to more equipment if I should need it).'
Sollie. sollie@mpinet.net
Has a B.S. in EE though he is now mainly doing computer hardware/software support now. Sollie is scanning the camcorder manual and LCD data sheets for webbing at the moment, and is setting up an LCD/TFT-oriented web site.
Marsette (Marty) Vona, , Marty.Vona@dartmouth.edu, a computer science and engineering student at Dartmouth College, has recently taken up the gauntlet to work with Kristian's p.c. board. A visit to his web page will provide you with a much better introduction!
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