Modifying screen to 5v

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Modifying screen to 5v

Post by Raizu » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:00 pm

Hey everyone, I'm making a RPi zero portable and got a 3.5" screen from Amazon. Got a larger PCB than I wanted but im using a custom case anyways so not a big problem. I've been looking through the forums and the wiki but haven't seen this pcb design anywhere (or am I just blind?). How would I go ahead and modify the screen to accept 5v? Thanks!

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Re: Modifying screen to 5v

Post by Camble » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:20 am

Does the 8-pin chip on the far right have a part number on it?

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Re: Modifying screen to 5v

Post by Raizu » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:25 pm

XL1509
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Re: Modifying screen to 5v

Post by Brett82 » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:31 pm

input 5v on pin 2 of xl1509

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Re: Modifying screen to 5v

Post by AbeEstrada » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:37 pm

I had the bad luck and received the same screen (from ATian Direct), it doesn't work for me because I'm using the original DMG101 case, but while I wait for the screen from GearBest I wanted to start testing the buttons and everything else, so I modified the same screen you have to work, here is what I did:
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Proof that it works on 5v:
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Re: Modifying screen to 5v

Post by Brett82 » Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:34 pm

yeah you can do it as above it just skips out some of the filtering.

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Re: Modifying screen to 5v

Post by AbeEstrada » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:32 pm

Brett82 wrote:input 5v on pin 2 of xl1509
I tried this method and it works, same image quality.

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