Joe Stella Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Nice. Good-bye horrible horrible screen... Hellllooo new favorite handheld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Awesome! I was just thinking about looking at the feasibility of an LCD replacement for the lynx and it's already been done. It looks slightly above my ability level at the moment, so I'm glad someone else has done it. Fantastic work. It's rather late in the day to bring this up, but I have written a Verilog HDMI encoder for both audio and video so you could output HDMI rather than analogue RGB if that's ever of interest. I'll eventually get my ST HMDI out project finished... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spydabee Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Hello! First post to the forum Was googling "Atari Lynx replacement lcd", and here I am - eagerly awaiting news on this development, which looks to be going way beyond my expectations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 OK, thanks for the update - fingers crossed you manage to solve the reliability problem of the lattice programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvnSoft Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Happy to see the project is going forward. I waited almost 10 years to get my hands on this console, i dont mind waiting some more to get better lcd screen. Meanwhile, i can work on trying to clean the mess i have on my "collectors room" (fancy way to call a disaster room). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 OK, thanks for the update - fingers crossed you manage to solve the reliability problem of the lattice programming. I understood it was connected to the cheap programmer and it should now be solved with the other one, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Hi, This is my little contribution to Your world, It took me 4 days to get it there, and its still not perfect - as you can see, there are sone glitches (complete lack of sync) during the game boot i haven't investigated yet, but it all come in its own sweet time I would like to thanks following members for their contribution to this project: Shawn Jefferson, who talked me into this and gave Lynx I and few games (on their way from Canada) uicr0Bee for lending me his Lynx II and Batman game so i could work while waiting on Shawn's parcell Tools used: Rigol DS1052E oscilloscope for initial gueswork on LCD interface (there is no documentation for it, apart from schematics, so i had to do it the hard way) Altera/TerasIC DE1 board with custom 3.3V<>5V level shifter board i've also used during SoundBoard development enough said, enjoy! Candle, you rock, man! I swear, you are the Tesla of Atariland. Feel free to explore the 5200 and 7800 dominions with your mad scientist skills. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeljunkie Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I'm beyond stoked at the idea of replacing the LCD on my lynx with a newer/better one. I really hope this sees the light of day. EXCELLENT WORK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Awesome! I was just thinking about looking at the feasibility of an LCD replacement for the lynx and it's already been done. It looks slightly above my ability level at the moment, so I'm glad someone else has done it. Fantastic work. It's rather late in the day to bring this up, but I have written a Verilog HDMI encoder for both audio and video so you could output HDMI rather than analogue RGB if that's ever of interest. I'll eventually get my ST HMDI out project finished... Nice to see you on here! Look forward to the ST HDMI board =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Nice to see you on here! Look forward to the ST HDMI board =) I'll get there eventually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupanIII Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I just joined the forum. I read this entire thread. I await the finished product, I could use a few of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupanIII Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Sorry for the consecutive post:Has anyone experienced on the forum been able to keep up with development since November? I certainly could use a few of these. As a software guy specializing in networks and GUI, i find his prototype very clean and superb work. 4 Screws and a ribbon cable? ROFL. Awesome design. I hope to hear more soon. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeljunkie Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I too, am waiting with baited breath for this to happen. Amazing work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupanIII Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I read this entire thread. Was the going rate going to be $70 per unit or cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfman Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 So what is the status on the project? It´s been a few months now since the last update....has someone heard about candle´s progress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Not yet, he seems to be too busy to reply to PMs at the moment =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Candle's around. Last I knew, he was having hardware difficulty relating to the programmer for this board. The project is not dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfman Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Ok, good to hear. Would be sad loosing this opportunity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Ok, good to hear. Would be sad loosing this opportunity... No doubt - I just bought a Vita so have been getting back into some portable gaming. I tell you - after seeing this amazing OLED screen in action, I doubt I'll ever be able to go back to the original Lynx again. With a nice VGA screen in it, there's games I would love to revisit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I doubt I'll ever be able to go back to the original Lynx again. I got a Vita now too, but I still have no issue with the Lynx screen. I won't mind the upgrade, but I find the original quite okay still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupanIII Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've got a few Lynx II's awaiting it's availability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeJunkie Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 whenever this is available for purchase, count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbserra Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) I created an account just to monitor this thread! Eagerly anticipating any news. Thanks! Edited March 28, 2014 by jbserra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) I know he was working on the prototype for us last year (five of us paid up front) and no news since 25th of Feb when I sent a group PM. I hope he's just busy and nothing bad happened. I am sure the project will progress at some point. If anyone can do it Candle can! Edited March 29, 2014 by GadgetUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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