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ok ive finally made a list of people who've registered interest here:

http://www.ecutalk.com/consultlcd/lcdorders.php

if you thought you had but arent on the list, either just post here/pm me. theres about 50 people so far on the list, but some of those are people that registered interest quite a while ago so not expecting all to still go ahead with V2. im getting a batch of 100 made, so should be enough anyway.

still waiting to hear about enclosures, should have PCB's changes completed and ready for manufacture by end of this month (then a few weeks till delivery of those)

  • 3 weeks later...

have just submitted final PCB designs for manufacture and partial assembly, should get PCB's back start of April. then will just be matter of getting enclosures sorted if they arent by then.

Good work peter :P looking forward to seeing them all together :yes: ,come on lad`s& lass`es start getting :D $$ ready,not long to go. :(:) ,cheer`s chuckie.

ill be getting 100 made in this batch, id expect maybe half of those to be taken by people waiting, and the rest to sell until sold - then probably keep making while ever there is still demand (and while ive still got time etc). only reason i stopped the v1 displays was so i could make them better

I can't wait until these are ready... been on the list since october last year. Can't wait to be able to tell fuel economy! DIN mount would be cool too...

yeah im using the trip meter screen much more than the main data display, surprised i didnt think to get the trip meter done sooner!

wont have DIN mount available to start with (hard enough getting plain enclosures done for when PCB will be ready) - but it will be smaller than DIN so you can probably rig it up into a din slot somehow

yeah im using the trip meter screen much more than the main data display, surprised i didnt think to get the trip meter done sooner!

wont have DIN mount available to start with (hard enough getting plain enclosures done for when PCB will be ready) - but it will be smaller than DIN so you can probably rig it up into a din slot somehow

That's cool, more flexible

  • 3 weeks later...

these arrived today. havent had a chance to test that theyve been assembled right though. pics, like all my pics, suck, but you get the drift.

given whats there, for each display (minus the enclosure), i need to place the pcb sub-board on the left (with buttons/usb), need to put the 3 chips in their socket, make and attach the cable, and then solder connectors onto the LCD and slot it in. which, compared to last lot (where i hand soldered all 50) is a lot less work! though there is 100 for this lot.

ill be sending one off to help with making a prototype enclosure, hopefully not too long after that we might have a prototype enclosure and sometime next month (fingers crossed) be ready to start selling them.

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hey on ur website there are pics of this screen below blue with white writing are these screens gonna be available for the displays as i would love to have one

Cant wait till there ready ay not long now !!!

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yes white on blue screens will be available for $10 extra. they arent as easy to see as the green/yellow as they compete with natural light (green/yellow is enhanced by natural light)

yes white on blue screens will be available for $10 extra. they arent as easy to see as the green/yellow as they compete with natural light (green/yellow is enhanced by natural light)

yeh i read that on ur website. do u reckon if i put a sunshade on it it will be easier to read, the screen must look sick as at night time

probably depends on where its mounted and how much ambient light it gets. say low in a DIN slot should be fine, but on the dash may be almost impossible to read in daylight. but on the other side, mounting it low might come into viewing angle problems as the displays have better viewing angles from below (ie, u want the display up high/level rather than below) so that may be a bit of a compromise.

heres a video from a few years ago with the blue screen:

http://www.ecutalk.com/consultlcd/consultlcd.avi

from memory the display was shaded a bit whilst recording (i was driving, cant remember exactly). id say thats the best ive seen the blue one in natural light, i guess its hard to really know until you do it. of course at night time its great. personally i only would use the green one, but im not one much for looks

though if you find you dont like the blue ones i can swap a yellow one over for you for cost of postage

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I can't remember whether I pmed you or not, Peter. If I did it would've been under the username rrrage.

But put me on the list for the new one anyway - very keen to fill the hole in my dash with one of these!!!

doesnt look like you did, so ive added you to list (which is up to date now for SAU ppl)

btw in case i havent mentioned price much recently - still aiming for it to be $200 + postage (add $10 for blue screen version), but cant confirm that till ive got enclosures sorted.

Hey so which u reccomend the blue on white or the origanal lolz, when should i have money by so i know to have it by then lol ^^

depends on your use of the display...

if you want it there for continual monitoring, etc, and perhaps want to mount it somewhere easily seen, then you probably want the yellow/green.

if you want it more for looks and the occasional use of various functions but not necessarily continual monitoring, and are happy to mount it out of direct sunlight, then blue/white one would be good.

the lcd is removable (requires 1 resistor to be changed) so i can always swap over the lcd at a later time if required

at this stage i think we'll be lucky if we get it sometime in may, most likely june. until i actually have the enclosures in my hands i cant make any promises.

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