Author Archive: Mark Rejhon
One set of LED ribbons have now arrived. They are BRIGHT! Color purity is good; they are definitely backlight-quality and extremely unfiorm. IÂ will be using 900 LED’s (22 lumens each) as a backlight in a single 24″ computer monitor —...
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Panasonic 2500 Hz Focused Field Drive in Plasma — A Similar Goal
Speaking of impulse-driven technologies, Panasonic Germany has several very interesting videos of various technologies of their high-end plasma (2500 Hz focussed field drive – FFD) and LCD displays (1600 Hz scanning backlight) – multiples of the European refresh rate of 50...
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Over 1000 watts of LED ribbons ordered!
Three different brands of LED ribbons have now been ordered from several suppliers.  The current working goal is to create a backlight that is 150 watts per square foot, with 10,000 lumens per square foot.  The brightest ribbon I’ve ordered is...
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How to disassemble an LCD
Designing a scientifically proper scanning backlight from scratch, for an existing LCD computer monitor, requires disassembling LCD’s. There is an LCD parts store page that has info useful during my research, including a YouTube video on how to disassemble LCD panels...
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Sneak preview of Arduino Input Lag Meter!
Coming soon: How to build your own Arduino-powered input lag meter using a photodiode! No soldering needed. Cable latency accuracy of +/- 1 microsecond and input lag accuracy of +/- 0.1 millisecond (once zero-calibrated with a CRT display first on the...
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Zero Motion Blur FAQ
ARCHIVES: This is an older 2012 FAQ This is an old Blur Busters article from the days before LightBoost. More recent content include LightBoost HOWTO, LightBoost FAQ, Samsung Zero Motion Blur HOWTO, Scanning Backlight FAQ, and Electronics Hacking: Creating a Strobe Backlight. Good...
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240 watts of LED backlight for a 23″ computer monitor!
[This is a very old article from scanning backlight experiments in 2012] A 23″ LCD computer monitor is 286mm high x 508mm wide. From math calculations on LED ribbons (120 LED per meter, 6mm wide, 6500K, ~10watt/meter, 80+CRI available), one can put...
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Scanning Backlight FAQ
ARCHIVES: This is an older 2012 FAQ Frequently asked questions about flashing backlight technologies (scanning backlights, strobed backlights, black frame insertion), including how they work. Click the questions to see the answers. For info on ULMB / LightBoost / etc,...
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Prebuilt high-power switch for Arduino
Found a pre-made Arduino-compatible MOSFET switch for $18 each. Four of these 4-channel switches will be suitable for a 16-segment Arduino scanning backlight. These can switch well over 100 watts per segment, and at frequencies up to 200,000Hz; fast and...
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TestUFO & Motion Tests
This is a list of software and hardware benchmark tools available for testing ghosting and motion blur on LCD displays. We Recommend the Blur Busters UFO Motion Tests: www.testufo.com Other Motion Test Software Tests your browser’s support for VSYNC www.vsynctester.com...
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Arduino Photodiode Input Lag Tester
I have a breakthrough in a millisecond-accurate input lag tester, that is as almost as accurate as using as an oscilloscope and a photodiode. I am creating photographs on how you can construct your own inexpensive Arduino input lag meter....
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