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classiccmp.org] Namens Jos Dreesen
 Verzonden: woensdag 30 december 2009 14:18
 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
 Onderwerp: Re: HP Integral / display schematic ?
  I assume you mean that the power rails were fine,
and there were
 sensible waveforms on the other pins.
    
 Indeed, voltages ok and syncsignals as described in the HP
 Journal article.
  The small PCB mounted on the back generates a
blanking signal that
 was also correct.
      
 Right. It's neen a long time since I've looked at one of these
 displays. Is this a little PCB on top of the display PCB itself?
    
 
 No, it is a small PCB mounted on the plastic frame,  and it
 contains 5 TTL to calculate the framing signal from H and V
 sync. Should have been done in the displaycontroller imho.
 > This was indeed the culprit : it is a 5V to
5V isolation  
 converter,
   used to
power some logic that is required on the far end of high
 voltage
      
 Where does it get the HV from? It must be generated on the  
  display board itself.
     
 The very small pcb mounted on top of
the displaycontroller
 board is the 5V convertor.
 The high volatge is probably generated with the small
 transformer on the big board.
 > I would still be interested in any schematic
of the driver
> electronics of any Epson electroluminiscent display 
 Of course is is actually a
Sharp display...
 Still would like to know why it needs a CPU & Eprom, since it
 has already all required signals.
           Jos 
Mine is working fine until now..
When I got mine it wasn't used for several years, and I got the Idea it
wasn't used much in the years before. And I did checked the screen signals
and had the idea it was the HV-supply not having a high enough voltage to
ignite the screen cells.
Or one of the little japanese who live in old electronics wasn't awake yet
;-)
Never the less after letting it (by accident) on for a few hours the screen
switched on. And it stays working..
Did you read the HP journal article about the Integral ?
It describes the engineering background of the Integral.