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Re: Extremely good news: Kopin 320M Display Drivers

I'll see how many I get, but I will be trying to make as many boards as I can.
I have a friend who is extremely proficient with SMCs and soldering ASICs like
the Motorola, so it shouldnt be a problem. I would think that you guys who are
looking for chips might want that rather than the chip??? I would probably
charge no more than 50-75 for the boards, since the chips were free, and the
displays were cheap, I only need to print the pcbs and pay to have some
soldering done. I would be testing the boards on my own wearable running Linux.
If this isn't the case, and no one is really interested in the boards, and you
would rather make them yourselves, then I will probably be able to split some
with you. Assuming I get at least 20. (hopefully 40!). I'm glad someone's doing
this project along with me. Yay internet.
kill-9

Quoting Brian Kuriyama <>:

> YAY! 3 CHEERS FOR KILL-9!!!!! HIP HIP HORAY! HIP HIP HORAY! HIP HIP HORAY!
> (love spamming this e-mail) lol well congratulations! you may as well be the
> 3rd *individual* at obtaining the chips ummm I was wondering if we could
> split the uh chip order/requests from this list so I can still keep the lot
> of my chips ;-)
> 
> > I was
> > basically wondering if the motorola asic will handle color ntsc and
> convert it
> > to mono itself, or if mono MUST be sent to the asic.
> Nope. I'm almost 100% certain that it can handle color ntsc because the
> TekGear M1's are based off an outdated version(i think MCQVV110) of the
> MCQVV111AFB and they will work off a regular NTSC signal.
> Anyways I highly doubt Motorola would make you build a special color to
> greyscale converter for NTSC.
> 
> Oh yeah, kill-9? did Motorola (or whoever you are getting the chips from)
> give you a tracking number??? Motorola gave me one and I can't figure out
> how to use it or what to do with it! lol
> 
> Your 15 year old gadget maker,
> Brian Kuriyama
> 
> 
> oh yes and here's the current chip list:
> 
> Chuck Knight (2-3)
> Dan Vasaru (2 wont mind if bundle w/ displays)
> Bryan Hurley (2)
> Alex (Kill-9) (could you please take half of the orders? ;-) )
> Justin (Technomage) (3)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "kill-9" <>
> To: "Brian Kuriyama" <>
> Cc: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Extremely good news: Kopin 320M Display Drivers
> 
> 
> > Yeah, I had to call Motorola, they told me that distributors handle
> samples and
> > sales, and that findchips.com showed that Newark InOne has stock. Newark
> said
> > they had no stock since it was a special order, and that since they held
> no
> > stock, Motorola would have to provide samples. Motorola then says that I
> have to
> > get samples from distributors again, so I tell them Newark says they have
> none,
> > so then they call Newark for me, and have a guy call me. He called me,
> asked
> > some questions about annual usage, etc., and says they found some stock in
> Hong
> > Kong, and will submit my request for 20-40 samples. This took reopening
> the
> > service request on motorola's site many times, etc, but seems to have
> worked.
> > God knows when I will get them though. When I mentioned the mono ntsc, I
> was
> > basically wondering if the motorola asic will handle color ntsc and
> convert it
> > to mono itself, or if mono MUST be sent to the asic. If mono must be sent,
> I was
> >  wondering if generating a mono vga mode from the graphics card and then
> sending
> > that through a vga-ntsc converter would be sufficient.
> > kill-9
> >
> > Quoting Brian Kuriyama <>:
> >
> > > Hey kill-9 and Justin
> > >
> > > kill-9:
> > > >After much playing of the game, motorola might just
> > > > be sending me some samples,
> > > sooooo did you were arguing about getting some samples from motorola??
> if
> > > you did... congradulations (i just hope i get mine too)
> > >
> > > >Can
> > > > anyone point me at any info for Don Papp's connector solution?
> > > i contacted him about it (when his mail server was actually up) and he
> said
> > > he doesn't make them anymore but it shouldn't be to hard to make
> considering
> > > the specs.
> > > just look up the fpc connector for the kopin display.
> > > Flex PC, 1.86in free length, 20 conductor, 0.5mm pitch to mate with JST
> > > 20FLZ-RSM1-TB, Hirose FH12-20S-0.5SH, Molex AE-52892-2090, Molex
> > > AE-52746-2090, or equivalent connector.
> > >
> > > >Also, I know that this ASIC is designed to work with mono
> > > > ntsc, and I was planning on getting NTSC from a vga-ntsc converter, so
> > > would it
> > > > be enough to have the actual operating system on the pc end generating
> a
> > > > monochrome mode?
> > > say what????
> > >
> > > Justin:
> > >
> > > >A good addition might be a connector on the pcb for the cable to
> > > > the cyberdisplay.
> > > Flex PC, 1.86in free length, 20 conductor, 0.5mm pitch to mate with JST
> > > 20FLZ-RSM1-TB, Hirose FH12-20S-0.5SH, Molex AE-52892-2090, Molex
> > > AE-52746-2090, or equivalent connector.
> > > (runs around in room screaming "TOO MANY SMALL PADS!!!, TOO MANY SMALL
> > > PADS!!!!!") hehe i think i'd be pretty hard to create a smt footprint
> for
> > > that thingy but your welcomed to try
> > >
> > > > Note also that the board in the image kill-9 put up is jumpered for
> PAL
> > > (not
> > > > NTSC).
> > > soooo in the newer pcb you sent us is set for ntsc?
> > >
> > > > PS Brian is it too late to set aside say 3 of those ICs??
> > > not at all, you just gave us all a great pcb (if they work lol)
> > >
> > >
> > > Your 15 year old gadget maker,
> > > Brian Kuriyama
> > >
> > >
> > > oh yes and here's the current chip list:
> > >
> > > Chuck Knight (2)
> > > Dan Vasaru (2 wont mind if bundle w/ displays)
> > > Bryan Hurley (2)
> > > Alex (Kill-9) (any amount of chips [probably gonna allocate 2 unless
> you're
> > > getting them from motorola])
> > > Justin (Technomage) (3)
> > >
> > >
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