Need help to make a monitor out of laptop TFT panel

laptop tft display conversion

I use a Lenovo T61p with a 15.4" WUXGA (1920x1200 resolution) display and would like to build two external monitors that use the same panel type so I have a 3-display desktop, with the laptop in the center, using a docking station with another graphics card to provide the 3rd display driver. All other 1920x1200 displays are typically 24-25" monsters - I like high pixel density, what can I say ...

I can source the panels, but they have a 30-pin "standard" header (that connects to the driver on the laptop, of course). See **broken link removed**


In order to make these into external displays, I need the circuitry to convert the VGA signals from the external VGA port of the computer to the signals needed to drive the panels via the 30-pin connector.

Does anyone have any pointers where to start?

Thanks so much!

Atle

how to make a tft monitor with a laptop lcd

The circuit to convert VGA into LCD panel signals will cost you more in sweat and tears and money than buying new monitors at the store; but you can try anyway starting at averlogic.com.
Dig deep in that site, to find the application notes and many other goodies.
Miguel

laptop display panel 30 pin to vga

Thanks for the pointer Miguel - that is the first place I've found anything even close. I'm afraid you might be right, however, the store-bought displays are huge and I want 3 15.4" side-by-side displays with the laptop in the center...

Perhaps better to reverse-engineer parts from a monitor...

make laptop display on three monitors

You have given yourself a hard task here. I guess you would need a fairly fast processor with lots of I/O. Should be possible, but there would be quite a bit of work writing the software. Not sure how laptop displays and standard lcd monitor connections differ. Possibly you may be able to use the controller out of a standard monitor to drive them. I would have thought it unlikely that they would be compatible though. Maybe for all the effort, it would not really be viable, but please go ahead and prove me wrong. Good luck!