Re: LCD Based 3D Printer - Introduction
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:03 am
Good info, but IMO it wont do you much good.
The only place you're going to find a controller board for any of those panels is from stripping a complete used monitor apart. You might get lucky and get one for under $200. Buying new you are looking at $1000 at least and no guarantees it will work.
Buying the panel wont do you much good with out the controller. You have posted links to chips for controller boards, but no complete controller board. So someone would have to design one. Not simple or cheap.
Also, there is no need to have a special video card to run one of these panels. I run all of mine from a regular HDMI port on my laptop. No need to buy an expensive quadro card. All this talk about 8 bit and 10 bit is just a waste.. You dont need anything other than an HDMI or DVI port, Heck, even VGA supports the resolution. We are not displaying graphics, just solid color images.
Anyways, I have a custom controller board designed, I have a supplier for the panels at the cheapest ive found in my 2 years of research. All of it is sorted out. I dont think anything you posted is all that "Game Changing".
The part holding back my LCD printer is the release/vat design. You cannot use a normal flexvat, so Ive been trying many different designs. I think once a good release method for LCD is found then there are no problems using them. Even Color LCDs like the Ipad 3 LCD work, this has been tested and a commercial machine is going to be released soon with the Ipad LCD. Though Im looking for a larger build area so Im using a larger panel.
The only place you're going to find a controller board for any of those panels is from stripping a complete used monitor apart. You might get lucky and get one for under $200. Buying new you are looking at $1000 at least and no guarantees it will work.
Buying the panel wont do you much good with out the controller. You have posted links to chips for controller boards, but no complete controller board. So someone would have to design one. Not simple or cheap.
Also, there is no need to have a special video card to run one of these panels. I run all of mine from a regular HDMI port on my laptop. No need to buy an expensive quadro card. All this talk about 8 bit and 10 bit is just a waste.. You dont need anything other than an HDMI or DVI port, Heck, even VGA supports the resolution. We are not displaying graphics, just solid color images.
Anyways, I have a custom controller board designed, I have a supplier for the panels at the cheapest ive found in my 2 years of research. All of it is sorted out. I dont think anything you posted is all that "Game Changing".
The part holding back my LCD printer is the release/vat design. You cannot use a normal flexvat, so Ive been trying many different designs. I think once a good release method for LCD is found then there are no problems using them. Even Color LCDs like the Ipad 3 LCD work, this has been tested and a commercial machine is going to be released soon with the Ipad LCD. Though Im looking for a larger build area so Im using a larger panel.