Re: Fitting a screen inside the wooden box
Posted: 18 Aug 2021, 03:03
That's a wonderful idea! I'm waiting for another Gigatron PCB, so I will have two. I decided to buy a 10.1" VGA display (exactly like the one in the above picture), I paid it 50 € free shipping from China. We'll see...
I haven't the original box, so I planned to make one of painted MDF. So I will have enough freedom to hide the display driver board behind the gigatron; it would be fine to make a direct connection for the VGA signal, removing the VGA connector and using a ribbon cable or something similar.
The LCD panel is slightly smaller than the Gigatron board, so It will need some thick frame; however it would be useful to hide the upper part where the connections (power, vga, etc.) are.
...and I need to find a way to run some pictures (or anything else) at boot. Actually I have no idea about how to program the Gigatron and how to get the rid of the boot menu. I wish it to start automatically at every power up.
I haven't the original box, so I planned to make one of painted MDF. So I will have enough freedom to hide the display driver board behind the gigatron; it would be fine to make a direct connection for the VGA signal, removing the VGA connector and using a ribbon cable or something similar.
The LCD panel is slightly smaller than the Gigatron board, so It will need some thick frame; however it would be useful to hide the upper part where the connections (power, vga, etc.) are.
...and I need to find a way to run some pictures (or anything else) at boot. Actually I have no idea about how to program the Gigatron and how to get the rid of the boot menu. I wish it to start automatically at every power up.