Re: TI-H: TI-Indiglo


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Re: TI-H: TI-Indiglo




>I know. I invented it about 3 or 4 months ago. It's on my page.

Yeah...but you're not the only one.  2 months before I found this list I
had done the same thing.  Its surprizing how many people have the same
ideas...

>>For all of you who have been e-mailing back and forth about Indiglo on
>a =
>>calc.  I have the perfect solution.  I went to my grandfather's house =
>>and had him cut a piece of plexiglass about 1.5mm thick.  Then I =
>>sand-papered the sides enough to reflect light.  I bought 8 =
>>high-brightness LEDs from DIGI-Key.  I set them up in a seriex-parallel
>=
>>circuit with a small trimmer sticking out of the side of the calc (for
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>>brigthness).  I CAREFULLY removed the LCD and put the plexiglass
>between =
>>the mirror and the LCD screen.  I then placed the LEDs around the edges
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>>so they were touching the plexiglass and glued them in.  I put =
>>everything back together, and it worked.  Good luck if you try it.
>>
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