[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 139, Issue 2

[Jim Witte]

> .. mostly in secret tunnels under the Dusseldorf river bridge.

You mean the trolls have Newtons?! :)

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>    1. Re: Newton display replacement - with different display?
>       (Greg Goodwin)
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> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 20:59:09 -0500
> From: Greg Goodwin <drclu at yahoo.com>
> To: Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de>, NewtonTalk List
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> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton display replacement - with different
>         display?
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> You know what I'd like to see??? A replacement LED backlight that you
> can select the color.? :D
>
> Greg / Doc Clu
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> On 7/1/25 11:41 AM, Matthias Melcher wrote:
> >
> >> On 1. Jul 2025, at 17:24, Jim Witte <jim.witte at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> This is probably answered somewhere, I've been off NTLK for a decade
> now..
> >> What type of display does the MP2000 use in terms of electrical
> interface?
> >> Could the protocol from the display cable itself be "massaged" with
> >> something like a Raspberry Pi to allow a different display to be used in
> >> the form factor of the original case?  (Possibly with a bit more height
> >> needed for the components - 3D printing a different back would be easy
> >> enough.)
> >>
> >> An E-ink display would be interesting.  How fast is the current E-ink
> >> display's "waveform generator" that figures out how to change pixels?
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > yes, there has been a lot going on, mostly in seceret tunnels under the
> D?sseldorf river bridge. But evry so often, there is a glipse into those
> caverns:
> >
> > https://youtu.be/Q1Ef7FQeF78?t=657
> >
> > All the relevant data about the internal display port is in the Einstein
> Wiki:
> >
> > https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein/wiki/Internal-LCD-Port
> >
> > EPDiy is one possibe approch at running an EPaper display:
> >
> > https://github.com/vroland/epdiy
> >
> > All kinds of 6" ePaper displays are a surprisingly good fir for teh
> MP2x00, but there are a few LCD and OLED displays that could work aswell.
> >
> > For example, the 6-Zoll-ED060XD4(LF)C1-00 eink has frontlight and touch
> built in. The digital interface is relatively easy, but the display needs
> four or five esoteric voltages whereas an LCD needs only 5V.
> >
> > Or to put it short, yes, all that is very feasible.
> >
> >   - Matthias
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