Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 9/22/2015 7:42 AM, Rick Lair wrote: > Hello Guys, > > This is off topic for sure, but knew of no better place to ask with all > the electronics knowledge floating around here. > > On our big vertical lathe, it has an old 9" CRT that is starting to give > us troubles, and I would like to convert

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 22 September 2015 10:36:03 Rick Lair wrote: > Attached is a copy of the pinout, the connector is in the red box > pertaining to the crt. > > Rick > > On 9/22/2015 10:23 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > > 2015-09-22 11:19 GMT-03:00 Rick Lair : > >> Would something along these lines work?

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Rick Lair
Yep 54 hz, not khz, very poor writing on the print that denotes that. On 9/22/2015 10:51 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 22 September 2015 10:27:51 Rick Lair wrote: > >> Looking at the one print I found for my machine, it looks like Hsync >> 15.87 Khz, and Vsync 54.39 Khz, > I suspect you m

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Lester Caine
On 22/09/15 15:27, Rick Lair wrote: > Looking at the one print I found for my machine, it looks like Hsync > 15.87 Khz, and Vsync 54.39 Khz, Hopefully Vsync is 54Hz ... needs to be substantially less than HSync. The quick trick used to be hooking up the H and V to the VGA monitor, and then simply

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 22 September 2015 10:27:51 Rick Lair wrote: > Looking at the one print I found for my machine, it looks like Hsync > 15.87 Khz, and Vsync 54.39 Khz, I suspect you meant 54.38 Hz. That would be within the reach of an NTSC monitor. Unfortunately those are limited to those tv's with inp

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 22 September 2015 09:42:51 Rick Lair wrote: > Hello Guys, > > This is off topic for sure, but knew of no better place to ask with > all the electronics knowledge floating around here. > > On our big vertical lathe, it has an old 9" CRT that is starting to > give us troubles, and I would

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
2015-09-22 11:19 GMT-03:00 Rick Lair : > Would something along these lines work? > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-NEW-MDA-RGB-CGA-EGA-to-VGA-industrial-Converter-/250851103017?hash=item3a67e41129 > I guess that board woul work ok since it looks a lot better than mine. If you have the CGA frequ

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Rick Lair
Looking at the one print I found for my machine, it looks like Hsync 15.87 Khz, and Vsync 54.39 Khz, Rick On 9/22/2015 10:23 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > 2015-09-22 11:19 GMT-03:00 Rick Lair : > >> Would something along these lines work? >> >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-NEW-MDA-RGB-CGA

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Rick Lair
Would something along these lines work? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-NEW-MDA-RGB-CGA-EGA-to-VGA-industrial-Converter-/250851103017?hash=item3a67e41129 On 9/22/2015 10:00 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Also note that VGA works with analog voltages for the RGB and the CRT on > your lathe sure has

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Also note that VGA works with analog voltages for the RGB and the CRT on your lathe sure has TTL for the video signal so it wouldn't work without and adapter board. 2015-09-22 10:56 GMT-03:00 Leonardo Marsaglia : > Hello Rick. > > Sounds like it has the same signals as our Mazak. Probably the wor

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hello Rick. Sounds like it has the same signals as our Mazak. Probably the working frequencies are the same as the CGA old monitors. In our case we replaced the old CRT with an old CGA monitor and connected the video signal to one of the colors. But in your case I guess the best would be to get a

[Emc-users] OT: Convert CRT to LCD

2015-09-22 Thread Rick Lair
Hello Guys, This is off topic for sure, but knew of no better place to ask with all the electronics knowledge floating around here. On our big vertical lathe, it has an old 9" CRT that is starting to give us troubles, and I would like to convert it to an LCD, the only problem is, that I am hav