I like the sound of it.... hmmm, I might have to look into adding another temp sensor and wiring it into the compressor along with a TPS to kill the A/C when I'm flooring it (and yes, I know, it's been done)
Blue CC Temp Display!
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Kai said:
Hehehe.... perhaps down the road. I've got enough on my 'to do' list as it is right now. Thanks though.
Hehe - np, although i think it's just a function of the unit itself, not requiring of the temp sensor - but i'll check anyway just to be sure.
Hmm - not sure, will have a look tomorrow - but from what i've seen under the engine bay, the fan stops being on whenever i try and look at it 
Here are a couple photos from the yellow(amber). Believe it or not these were the best of the group I took. Apparently I cant hold a camera still long enough for the exposure. The cc control in a couple looks like it is actualy yellow but it emits the same color as the rest of the lights.
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Damn! I really like it! So is the temp display still green or have you found a pin compatible yellow display? Or is it red? Well? You gonna keep me guessing here?
It looks VERY nice!
It looks VERY nice!
Thank you CRE, the digital display for the cc is still green. I have a white 90 turbo that I did a full conversion to blue on and it also has the same issue with green displays for the cc, clock, and tems indicator lights. Would like to get rid of the green and turn it to each respective color but like I said...got lazy and don't know how to do the board you were describing for the cc display. The other note that I didn't get a photo of is the exterior lock bezel for the white car I have also turned to blue. Having a problem finding a yellow(amber) 5mm rectangular led for the brown car. If anyone knows where I can a couple I would appreciative. Thinking if I get four I may be able to rig a board for the tems indicator lights.
Brian
Brian
i've got a radio that displays in orange, how would i be able to change it to blue? would i just get some tint and cover it? One more question, did you guys learn by just messing with this stuff or learn from past things that you have done.
-Brian
-Brian
Doward said:
The 7 seg. displays I used I got from DigiKey. As mentioned before they are not plug and play. I haven't found any that are. The blue display I've made is made up of two 7 seg. modules mounted on an intermediary PCB I etched.
The character height of the stock unit, as well as my replacement, are about 10mm.
BAD BRIAN said:
I avoid, as much as possible, trying to change lighting color using any tint. Using tints and lighting gels very quickly kills the display's brightness. A complete change of color using filters, such as red to blue, is usually much worse. If the display isn't just rendered painfully dim it may not show anything legible at all.
How to go about changing it depends on how the stereo face is illuminated to begin with: LED backlit LCD, LED sidelit LCD, CCFL backlit or sidelit, VFD.... there are a lot of possibilities. There is usually more than one way to change a display color, most aren't terribly easy. The easiest is if you can find a direct drop-in replacement, such as the red display a couple people have used in the MKIII's CC.
Do you happen to know if your stereo's display is LCD, LED or VFD based? If it's VFD, you'll probably have a hell of a time with it, unless it's a full dot matrix display.
As for learning this 'stuff', I learn the most from actually digging in. The theory involved in this stuff is simple. The actual operation in some cases is very involved. I have an uncle who is an electronic engineer and a cousin (the aforementioned uncle's son) who is a microprocessing engineer (I think that's the title). I hit the two of them up when I'm stumped on something or if I need a fast solution for something. I've always just dug in though, for as long as I can remember. I like having a fair idea of how the things I interact with on a daily basis function and are made... although my memory is in such a sad state lately that I find myself actually referring to notes... :3d_frown:
xrated89 said:
I'm working on it. I haven't had too much time to work on it. I will be looking into it further on Sunday and Monday. At this point in time it's looking like I'm going to have to build a whole new unit to fit in the stocker's enclosure. On the plus side I may be able to add a few extras to it. :icon_cool
So CRE, I take it you used the 10 DIP 160-1521-5-ND blue LCD display?
Kick ass... going from a 10 to a 16, right? (I seem to remember reading the stocker is a 16)
I can see the need for an intermediary PCB in that case. Hmm... Wonder what the odds of you selling those would be?
That PCB, if I'm right, will allow you to use any 10 DIP Liteon common anode setup.
In other words -
Blue
Yellow
Yellow/Orange
Super Red
Definetely a worthwhile project, man! +1.
Kick ass... going from a 10 to a 16, right? (I seem to remember reading the stocker is a 16)
I can see the need for an intermediary PCB in that case. Hmm... Wonder what the odds of you selling those would be?
That PCB, if I'm right, will allow you to use any 10 DIP Liteon common anode setup.
In other words -
Blue
Yellow
Yellow/Orange
Super Red
Definetely a worthwhile project, man! +1.
Doward said:So CRE, I take it you used the 10 DIP 160-1521-5-ND blue LCD display?
Kick ass... going from a 10 to a 16, right? (I seem to remember reading the stocker is a 16)
I can see the need for an intermediary PCB in that case. Hmm... Wonder what the odds of you selling those would be?
That PCB, if I'm right, will allow you to use any 10 DIP Liteon common anode setup.
In other words -
Blue
Yellow
Yellow/Orange
Super Red
Definetely a worthwhile project, man! +1.
Not quite. There are a couple reasons I couldn't use the 2 digit, 10 DIP 7 seg. displays. One might not be an issue, but the pin locations is. It was easier for me to layout an adapter for 2 single character 7 seg. displays.
BAD BRIAN said:
PepBoys has nothing useful for these mods.... except for perhaps some light window tint to replace any colored filters, such as the green on in the CC.
In a VFD you'll usually see a small glass tube/nipple sticking out of one side with it's end melted shut. There will also be some barely visible wires strung parallel hanging over the display's lower stratum. I'll try to post a picture of the one from the clock later tonight or tomorrow.