[NBLUG/talk] OT for Linux: Free 12# max digital scale...

[Scrappy Laptop]

I'm currently working on a telescope GOTO on the hobby side, but it sounds like the basis of a fun project for someone.  Here's a link to somebody that may have already done some of the reverse engineering on a different model, might be useful if Escali reuses design or code: http://health2challenge.org/criticalsystems/2010/07/31/hacking-lcds/

Looking more closely at the middle photo, it looks as if there may be JTAG pads on the right side...could be easier than trying to reverse engineer the LCD signals as the person in the link might be trying to do.



--- On Wed, 9/15/10, Robert P. Thille <list-nblug-talk at rangat.org> wrote:

From: Robert P. Thille <list-nblug-talk at rangat.org>
Subject: [NBLUG/talk] OT for Linux:  Free 12# max digital scale...
To: "etc. General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux answers to questions" <talk at nblug.org>
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 3:34 PM


I've got a digital scale, and the display has become mostly unreadable.  I took it apart and didn't see anything obviously wrong. I suspect some corrosion in the display unit itself, or maybe the inductor.  You can see the display change under load, so I think the strain gauge and electronics are generally functional.  Might make a fun project for someone with more time.
I'm in Sebastopol, and can drop it off nearby (SR, Rohnert Park)
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Robert


 
 

 
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