> You can buy them at target now for $130. They would do that right after I ordered it online for $140. Ah well... The HMD has a wire that runs to a jack on the remote. This wire ends in a standard three-conductor 1/8" plug, like you would see on a pair of stereo headphones. The display and frame are lightweight and pretty comfortable, although it pinches my nose a bit. It was designed for someone with a smaller head, but YMMV. The eyepeice does a passable job of covering the eye. I may expand its eyecup with one from a camcorder to get better coverage. Inside the remote, the PCB has holes labeled as Video, VDD, and VSS. The video module also has pads that appear to be useful for changing the channel that the video receiver is on. The part of the eyepeice that says "Spy Gear" can be removed by prying with a knife. It is glued down, and the ribbon for the display is on the side closest to the nose of the glasses, so be careful prying. There is sufficient space under this cover that a careful person could add a very small camera behind it to make an eyetap. Inside the eyepiece, there is a single chip made by Kopin (rather than the motorola I expected) and a bunch of SMD components. The part number of the Kopin chip is KCD-A300-08. The only thing on the other side of the board is a white LED and a bunch of test pads. The display PCB measures about 1.7"x1.2". The power, ground, and video leads are all clearly labled. The connections from the 1/8 plug to the board appear to be as follows: Tip Vdd (+6V) Ring Video Signal Shaft Vss (Ground) I disclaim all responsibility if you burn up your board using this information. If you check and find that I'm incorrect, please let me know. Pictures to come when my SO gets back from Canada with the nice camera. Also, did you know you can buy cyberdisplay modules from Kopin directly, in small quantities? $125 for a monocular color QVGA unit with no driver $200 for binocular color QVGA with a NTSC/PAL driver board $400 for binocular color VGA with a NTSC/PAL driver board So instead of buying the iCuiti and chopping it up, you can start from the display module and build up. http://www.kopin.com/module/low-volume-pricing/ _______________________________________________ Wear-Hard mailing listhttp://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard
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