Another LCD Topic, Ihave a broken TI-83 calculator...

Angry · 03-20-03, 07:56 AM

I have a broken TI-83 calculator, the key pad is messed up and well the teacher who had said I could have it to mess with....

So would it be possible to use LCD off of it? it has the ribbion cable attached to it...

RadRacer · 03-20-03, 08:22 AM

yeah i would think it would be possible. you should be able to get the pin outs from TI with no problem (they are an electronic component manufactuerer after all) Let us know what you find out.

Angry · 03-20-03, 09:32 AM

Okay, I have another question...Do I wire the ribbion cable straight to a paralle port/ Serial port? (errr...better Idea get a blank PCB from the shack and solder...)

Angry · 03-20-03, 02:15 PM

Really need to know this.....please

LittlePiggie · 03-20-03, 02:18 PM

there should be a controller board attached to it somewhere. I would think that you could get the pinouts for THAT, and then wire the serial port to it.

gastro54 · 03-24-03, 12:00 AM

hey im interested in doing the exact same thing as you -- i just dont know which one of those chips is the lcd controller

gastro54 · 03-24-03, 12:02 AM

1st and second pic in this post are the #s on the back of the LCD

[OC]Lucifer · 03-24-03, 03:44 AM

I have a working TI-86 and the serial port graph link cable, and I know you can screen capture the calculator onto your pc with the software, so I dont see why you cant send display data to it.

Cyrix_2k · 01-10-04, 06:55 PM

Ok, I know this an old thread, but I want to what they were trying to do. I do have a somewhat dead 83+ and would consider using the screen out of it if it were easy to wire for serial use. Otherwise I'll buy a parallel interface LCD as the 83+ isn't completely dead. If If I hit it a few times, it'll work. lol.

Agent_Mull · 01-10-04, 07:34 PM

I just bought a new TI-83+, you couldnt pry the thing out of my hands to use it as an lcd. i know this is kind of off topic, but it fits in w/ graphing calcs. will the TI-83+ be good enough for me to use for all of high school?

Cyrix_2k · 01-10-04, 08:43 PM

Should be. My friend who's in AP calculus is using a silver edition. I have a TI-83+ "Platinum Edition" was a "Gold Edition" and a Silver edition

The first TI-83+ has been modded and spray painted several times. That's why I made up the different edition's for it.

Here's a pic:

There's a pic with the platinum edition working.

Agent_Mull · 01-10-04, 08:49 PM

its amazing that the ti-83+ is 6000x more powerful than the first computers. i think eniac ran @ 1000hz. imagine how long a seti wu would take @ 1000hz

Cyrix_2k · 01-10-04, 08:59 PM

We've completed the first ever SETI WU in a lightning fast 20.6 years! We only used 600 MegaWatt's of doing it too!

If you want to think fast, my friend just got a Dell Axiam which is approx. the size of the 83+. It runs at 400mhz! My old Jornada ran at 133mhz and that's 4 years old. Wow, it's scary how fast technology advances.

Agent_Mull · 01-10-04, 10:11 PM

According to my calculations (which i double checked, but feel free to check them yourself) it would take 684 years to complete 1 wu @ 1000hz

. This is based of my average of 1 wu from my 2ghz processor in about 3 hours.
To figure out how many cycles in one WU
3*60*60=10800
10800*2000000000=21600000000000

To figure out how many seconds in a year
365*24*60*60=31536000

How many seconds in one wu @ 1000hz
21600000000000/1000=21600000000

Covert to years
21600000000/31536000

that is just mind boggling.

Cyrix_2k · 01-10-04, 10:33 PM

That's crazy!

Contra · 01-11-04, 06:38 AM

just a question,
but what will the display read if connecting it works?

Cyrix_2k · 01-11-04, 10:16 AM

I think it will be all black, as though the contrats was turned all the way up, but don't take my word for as I'm not sure about that answer.

craneage2001 · 01-11-04, 08:16 PM

This would be really great to figure out, as I have two non-functioning TI-83s that were given to me...oh the possibilities...

Cyrix_2k · 01-11-04, 09:09 PM

Craneage, you know you can backlight those screens with some plexi and LED's, right?

BTW, If my parents let me, I'm going to install blue LED's in my silver edition.

Contra · 01-11-04, 10:24 PM

what is it you guys hope to do?
will it read out temps and speed?

03-20-03, 07:56 AM	Thread Starter #1
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Another LCD Topic, Ihave a broken TI-83 calculator... I have a broken TI-83 calculator, the key pad is messed up and well the teacher who had said I could have it to mess with.... So would it be possible to use LCD off of it? it has the ribbion cable attached to it... __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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03-20-03, 08:22 AM	#2
RadRacer Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Chesapeake, VA	yeah i would think it would be possible. you should be able to get the pin outs from TI with no problem (they are an electronic component manufactuerer after all) Let us know what you find out. __________________ My arrival marks a change in your hegemon, Forget your Lexus, here's the nexus of your lexicon! CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ MB: Asus A8N-SLI Premium RAM: 1Gb Corsair TwinX XMS PC3200 Monitor: Dell 2405FP 24" LCD Case: Antec P180 Graphics: 2 eVGA GeForce 7800GT Storage: 2 Western Digital 74Gb (RAID 0) Cooling: Scythe Ninja (CPU) and 2 Zalman VF-700Cu (VGA) heatware
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03-20-03, 09:32 AM	Thread Starter #3
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Okay, I have another question...Do I wire the ribbion cable straight to a paralle port/ Serial port? (errr...better Idea get a blank PCB from the shack and solder...) __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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03-20-03, 02:15 PM	Thread Starter #4
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Really need to know this.....please __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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03-20-03, 02:18 PM	#5
LittlePiggie Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon	there should be a controller board attached to it somewhere. I would think that you could get the pinouts for THAT, and then wire the serial port to it.
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03-24-03, 12:00 AM	#6
gastro54 Member Join Date: Feb 2003	hey -- i got pix of the calc for ya :) hey im interested in doing the exact same thing as you -- i just dont know which one of those chips is the lcd controller
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03-24-03, 12:02 AM	#7
gastro54 Member Join Date: Feb 2003	1st and second pic in this post are the #s on the back of the LCD
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03-24-03, 03:44 AM	#8
[OC]Lucifer Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brainerd, Minnesota USA	I am interested also I have a working TI-86 and the serial port graph link cable, and I know you can screen capture the calculator onto your pc with the software, so I dont see why you cant send display data to it. __________________ Phenom II x4 955 @ 3.7, 4gb OCZ ddr3 1333 @ 1800, Asus m4a785td-v evo, Geforce GTS 250, Intel 40G SSD, RaptorX 150gb 10k rpm, Custom test bench case, Sony DVD-R, Corsair 750W
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01-10-04, 06:55 PM	#9
Cyrix_2k Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, MD (School) - Westminster, MD (home)	Ok, I know this an old thread, but I want to what they were trying to do. I do have a somewhat dead 83+ and would consider using the screen out of it if it were easy to wire for serial use. Otherwise I'll buy a parallel interface LCD as the 83+ isn't completely dead. If If I hit it a few times, it'll work. lol. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 2500k @ 4.9ghz Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO vCore 1.287 \|Idle: 33°c \| Full load: 68°c 16gb Corsair XMS 3 \| Sapphire 6950 2GB UNLOCKED F O L D For Team 32!! Black belt Ubercloxx0r Audio Technica ATH-A900's "yet another issue with the R-series. If I actually use it on my lap, I can feel my sperm count dropping."
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01-10-04, 07:34 PM	#10
Agent_Mull Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Leawood, KS	I just bought a new TI-83+, you couldnt pry the thing out of my hands to use it as an lcd. i know this is kind of off topic, but it fits in w/ graphing calcs. will the TI-83+ be good enough for me to use for all of high school?
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01-10-04, 08:43 PM	#11
Cyrix_2k Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, MD (School) - Westminster, MD (home)	Should be. My friend who's in AP calculus is using a silver edition. I have a TI-83+ "Platinum Edition" was a "Gold Edition" and a Silver edition The first TI-83+ has been modded and spray painted several times. That's why I made up the different edition's for it. Here's a pic: There's a pic with the platinum edition working. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 2500k @ 4.9ghz Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO vCore 1.287 \|Idle: 33°c \| Full load: 68°c 16gb Corsair XMS 3 \| Sapphire 6950 2GB UNLOCKED F O L D For Team 32!! Black belt Ubercloxx0r Audio Technica ATH-A900's "yet another issue with the R-series. If I actually use it on my lap, I can feel my sperm count dropping."
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01-10-04, 08:49 PM	#12
Agent_Mull Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Leawood, KS	its amazing that the ti-83+ is 6000x more powerful than the first computers. i think eniac ran @ 1000hz. imagine how long a seti wu would take @ 1000hz
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01-10-04, 08:59 PM	#13
Cyrix_2k Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, MD (School) - Westminster, MD (home)	We've completed the first ever SETI WU in a lightning fast 20.6 years! We only used 600 MegaWatt's of doing it too! If you want to think fast, my friend just got a Dell Axiam which is approx. the size of the 83+. It runs at 400mhz! My old Jornada ran at 133mhz and that's 4 years old. Wow, it's scary how fast technology advances. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 2500k @ 4.9ghz Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO vCore 1.287 \|Idle: 33°c \| Full load: 68°c 16gb Corsair XMS 3 \| Sapphire 6950 2GB UNLOCKED F O L D For Team 32!! Black belt Ubercloxx0r Audio Technica ATH-A900's "yet another issue with the R-series. If I actually use it on my lap, I can feel my sperm count dropping."
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01-10-04, 10:11 PM	#14
Agent_Mull Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Leawood, KS	According to my calculations (which i double checked, but feel free to check them yourself) it would take 684 years to complete 1 wu @ 1000hz. This is based of my average of 1 wu from my 2ghz processor in about 3 hours. To figure out how many cycles in one WU 36060=10800 108002000000000=21600000000000 To figure out how many seconds in a year 365246060=31536000 How many seconds in one wu @ 1000hz 21600000000000/1000=21600000000 Covert to years 21600000000/31536000 that is just mind boggling.
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01-10-04, 10:33 PM	#15
Cyrix_2k Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, MD (School) - Westminster, MD (home)	That's crazy! __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 2500k @ 4.9ghz Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO vCore 1.287 \|Idle: 33°c \| Full load: 68°c 16gb Corsair XMS 3 \| Sapphire 6950 2GB UNLOCKED F O L D For Team 32!! Black belt Ubercloxx0r Audio Technica ATH-A900's "yet another issue with the R-series. If I actually use it on my lap, I can feel my sperm count dropping."
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01-11-04, 06:38 AM	#16
Contra Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: San Antonio,Texas	just a question, but what will the display read if connecting it works? __________________ AMD Athalon II X4 630 2.8, Asus M4A785-M Radeon HD 4850 x2, G.SKILL 6GB DDR2 800, 1 SATA TB, 1 SATA 250, 650 watt, 40" Widescreen LCD ]
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01-11-04, 10:16 AM	#17
Cyrix_2k Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, MD (School) - Westminster, MD (home)	I think it will be all black, as though the contrats was turned all the way up, but don't take my word for as I'm not sure about that answer. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 2500k @ 4.9ghz Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO vCore 1.287 \|Idle: 33°c \| Full load: 68°c 16gb Corsair XMS 3 \| Sapphire 6950 2GB UNLOCKED F O L D For Team 32!! Black belt Ubercloxx0r Audio Technica ATH-A900's "yet another issue with the R-series. If I actually use it on my lap, I can feel my sperm count dropping."
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01-11-04, 08:16 PM	#18
craneage2001 Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wisconsin	This would be really great to figure out, as I have two non-functioning TI-83s that were given to me...oh the possibilities...
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01-11-04, 09:09 PM	#19
Cyrix_2k Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, MD (School) - Westminster, MD (home)	Craneage, you know you can backlight those screens with some plexi and LED's, right? BTW, If my parents let me, I'm going to install blue LED's in my silver edition. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 2500k @ 4.9ghz Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO vCore 1.287 \|Idle: 33°c \| Full load: 68°c 16gb Corsair XMS 3 \| Sapphire 6950 2GB UNLOCKED F O L D For Team 32!! Black belt Ubercloxx0r Audio Technica ATH-A900's "yet another issue with the R-series. If I actually use it on my lap, I can feel my sperm count dropping."
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01-11-04, 10:24 PM	#20
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