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Post #Amk0IXG4G0nCon5RIG by [email protected] |
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oh hey I found one of my Cursed Cables that I actually vitally need.The legenda… |
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Post #Amk0ONvjqpDfcrMpVI by [email protected] |
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@foone this is horrifyingwhere can i get one |
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Post #Amk0dCwuxbDTudzFQm by [email protected] |
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@fooneWhat is it used for‽ |
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Post #Amk0oReEeRPwgXbfZw by [email protected] |
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This is from one of my 5" backup-camera-display LCDs. It's not USB at … |
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Post #Amk0tmZkGpV52T3G2C by [email protected] |
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I don't know why either |
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Post #Amk0zQJByIDtiTzypE by [email protected] |
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@foone lol, what is the use case for this? Something carrying USB over VGA, or … |
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Post #Amk0zQQdWcB65ZTvQe by [email protected] |
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@wyatt8740 It's VGA over a USB connector: there's no actual USB here |
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Post #Amk10Gc7VAGFwFFpY0 by [email protected] |
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@foone oh HECK is that like.... RGBHV in there? |
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Post #Amk16nMsdRiNGGEsWO by [email protected] |
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@foone For a moment I thought this was one of those horrible USB graphics adapt… |
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Post #Amk1CiYFSLsC3nNdh2 by [email protected] |
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@foone I assume because the connector can fit through a small hole drilled in a… |
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Post #Amk1JXELwgIWyaKDuS by [email protected] |
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The justification just seems to be "VGA is too big to fit here" |
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Post #Amk1PSZeAgOcGu6uYK by [email protected] |
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And obviously we couldn't put VGA on the other side, because... reasons. |
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Post #Amk1VIvovzE86VGjNA by [email protected] |
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@foone oh, now that you've found it, i really want to know how they map at … |
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Post #Amk1cYb95K4Sih3Zce by [email protected] |
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@foone “VGA: Just too big.” |
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Post #Amk1iJKUlXsL6R0ojY by [email protected] |
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Here's the PCB. You can see that they already had to make it non-rectangula… |
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Post #Amk1rPpVy1o5rxrYO0 by [email protected] |
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And you can see the labels here to figure out how they ran VGA (a famously 15-p… |
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Post #Amk25Zz70bAzPz6cF6 by [email protected] |
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@foone Oh hey, I also have one of those myself. To feed that one cursed display. |
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Post #Amk2B3SErsu2GULACu by [email protected] |
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VGA is supposed to have separate grounds for each of those: There's an h-sy… |
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Post #Amk2GWaRyvto47n0ZU by [email protected] |
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@foone I shutter to think what would happen if someone plugged that into an act… |
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Post #Amk2NdGrWrGUp515lY by [email protected] |
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That also means these 5 (red) pins can't be connected to anything, so they … |
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Post #Amk2UFUAMRWP54OVQO by [email protected] |
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@foone ah the famous In-Cable Star Ground point |
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Post #Amk2cLxcAfMDTm271M by [email protected] |
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@foone Well if that ain't the most cursed thing I've seen today... |
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Post #Amk2iW7PJiAUilYKJs by [email protected] |
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someday when I finally design my own monitor (like I keep threatening) I'm … |
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Post #Amk2pM8SpcwlmpJ9pg by [email protected] |
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other fun things about this little LCD monitor:It has two speakers. They're… |
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Post #Amk31REjgw0T5B0F60 by [email protected] |
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@foone so, how muddy is the image on the display connected this way? Common imp… |
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Post #Amk3EODQEf5HTdZ224 by [email protected] |
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It's also got something hidden next to the power button...An infrared recei… |
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Post #Amk3RQV53HJCKO2Xjc by [email protected] |
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@foone ground on the shield, signal on the ground line? wow. good job it's … |
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Post #Amk3Ymu0A0BrpjCst6 by [email protected] |
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@foone I'm almost happy that they didn't use mini-VGA (which was a thin… |
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Post #Amk3fsvIAofAX9C7zE by [email protected] |
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Here's the LCD back together, with floppy disk for size. |
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Post #Amk3leXwXQhfgP1XIO by [email protected] |
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@foone ohhhh heck it is Cursed RGBHV and I love it |
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Post #Amk3sMVrz6DzmRFkoq by [email protected] |
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@foone I feel like I might have shown you this one before, but here's my mo… |
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Post #Amk3sMdJXQBC9WjhQG by [email protected] |
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@zxguesser nasty! |
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Post #Amk44ajCxVHhLJK6qW by [email protected] |
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BTW if you're looking for an LCD like this, this one has no model name. Jus… |
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Post #Amk4ARRiNlyoIAvlTc by [email protected] |
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Here's one that looks better than mine! It just takes 5v over USB instead o… |
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Post #Amk4H6FxYyySbJbhzc by [email protected] |
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@dg3hda It looks fine. It helps that it's a 5" display that's pret… |
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Post #Amk4Qni5NBZlyaO9lw by [email protected] |
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@foone if you squint enough it kinda looks like a tiny HDMI… without being a … |
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Post #Amk4Qns0mHW2TN25FA by [email protected] |
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@petrillic @foone MiniVGA was already a thing though? |
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Post #Amk4QnzSKbTEqSW1qa by [email protected] |
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@mos_8502 @petrillic It's not a standard, though. Everyone makes their own … |
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Post #Amk4Uj8kJ2HuxdjNZ2 by [email protected] |
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@xgranade Bad Things. You'd shove 5v down HS+R, which might fry the scaler … |
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Post #Amk4hXB067s9cYtOJU by [email protected] |
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@foone They missed the opportunity to cut more corners and do sync on green. Al… |
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Post #Amk4j8ZCZD3TsHycHQ by [email protected] |
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@foone hey is there a vga to component cable by any chance? i wanna try and con… |
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Post #Amk4j8ge7X0gFNSYsq by [email protected] |
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@Mondobizarrro not here but I've got some of those cables. They usually nee… |
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Post #Amk4o1LsopRGwj4l5U by [email protected] |
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@foone this might be some kind of inofficial standard, i saw mini-usb for VGA o… |
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Post #Amk4tWfVoOkxWLskWe by [email protected] |
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I should go through my USB bin sometime and count how many Illegal Cables I hav… |
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Post #Amk54NAxRjCVGTlLpw by [email protected] |
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@foone reminds me of an awesome YouTube video I watched just last night: https:… |
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Post #Amk54NLEpVQLmMZYrQ by [email protected] |
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@HeadlessZeke oh, I love Ben Eater's stuff! |
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Post #Amk5McaasUjAHVSIJk by [email protected] |
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@foone My favorite Cursed Cable which I regularly use is the USB-A <-> US… |
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Post #Amk5ePtAptyO6XdCue by [email protected] |
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@foone In retrospect, living in a world of DisplayPort tunneling over USB, this… |
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Post #Amk5kmpcRspczu0RiC by [email protected] |
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@foone wait...those aren't... |
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Post #Amk5qwcixHUj6WuXeC by [email protected] |
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@foone Their understanding of connectors seems a bit off. I think I have a disp… |
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Post #Amk9Lpp4aeLQqr6mJ6 by [email protected] |
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@foone The devil in me says they left all the pins in because they increase ret… |
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Post #Amk9m3F9JbkY0Io33g by [email protected] |
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@foone just gotta convince something to talk USB over a VGA connector |
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Post #AmkA6jfjHAklNz6NTU by [email protected] |
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annoyingly I may have just destroyed this monitor by taking it apart to show ya… |
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Post #AmkAVl9otHOrES6oD2 by [email protected] |
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Turns out ribbon cable damage doesn't matter. We've got Void Spiders. |
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Post #AmkB6A4XjdFUvfzxpo by [email protected] |
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annoyingly I do have a matching LCD in my spare-panels-bin, but it's got a … |
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Post #AmkCFPUTsZV7JD6Xzs by [email protected] |
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@foone I once bought a replacement fascia for a mixing console because the one … |
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Post #AmkCYIVi3VGtA7gYzI by [email protected] |
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@foone this reminds me of the breakout cable that Tyan shipped with the FT72. V… |
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Post #AmkCYIcReSevV0pwUC by [email protected] |
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@epixoip nasty! |
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Post #AmkSP2oucYAh9zHF7g by [email protected] |
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@foone I have a usb-A to usb-A |
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Post #AmkU8p4u95I7oa9MkC by [email protected] |
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@crazybutable I'll one up you there: I have a USB A to USB A to USB A cable… |
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Post #AmksCJXFlDDC2qbjGK by [email protected] |
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@vvelox check out the thread, I explain it |
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Post #AmlHgEbl8sxmIx4yLg by [email protected] |
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@foone At least that gets rid of your need for the cursed VGA to miniUSB cable |
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Post #AmlNRXwdZ9aXeqDwzw by [email protected] |
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@foone When I successfully find an old cable or adapter I both love it and hate… |
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Post #AmlPPqRe0nU0Md2lyS by [email protected] |
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@foone @crazybutable I'm very curious how this works and what the intended … |
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Post #AmlPPqZ5Z7RCjiWiZs by [email protected] |
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@Hayden @crazybutable external USB hard drive. It's A2A because usb hard dr… |
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Post #AmlPPqhx2AWjBCfnOK by [email protected] |
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@foone @Hayden and mine is a cable that connects an in car DVD player to a seco… |
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Post #Amlb3u0bHQDEUohJB2 by [email protected] |
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@foone Most cable makers merge all those ground pins. I discovered this when tr… |
