The Rgb Screen
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 11:19:05 am    Post subject:
The RGB Screen is an experimental Color Screen for the TI-xx Graphing Calculator from Texas Instruments. It has 7 possible color outputs; Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and White light.

Learn more at http://www.agility.frandt.com/KyleCorp/the...gb%20screen.htm
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 11:47:10 am    Post subject:
What are it's possible uses? And why can it look cyan/yellow/magenta/white while you're just using 3 seperate LEDs? I mean, I understand the whole flashing combinations of r/g/b to get a mixed colour, but how on earth could this work with 3 seperate LEDs? I mean, if I flash the red LED and the blue LED they don't suddenly both turn Magenta do they?

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Magenta1:
b_call(_GetCSC)
CP skClear
JP z,Start ;If you press "Clear", then goto label Start.
JR Magenta2 ;Goto label Magenta2.
Magenta2:
LD a,Red_On
out (RGBScreen),a ;Turn on Red LED.
JR Magenta3 ;Goto label Magenta3.
Magenta3:
LD a,Reset_Screen
out (RGBScreen),a ;Reset RGBScreen.
JR Magenta4 ;Goto label Magenta4.
Magenta4:
LD a,Blue_On
out (RGBScreen),a ;Turn on Blue LED.
JR Magenta5 ;Goto label Magenta5.
Magenta5:
LD a,Reset_Screen
out (RGBScreen),a ;Reset RGBScreen.
JR Magenta1 ;Goto label Magenta1.
Can't you remove the bolded code?

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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 11:51:25 am    Post subject:
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And why can it look cyan/yellow/magenta/white while you're just using 3 seperate LEDs?


Magic! No, seriously, when their light paths cross you get magenta and yes, I guess you could remove the bolded code.
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 11:59:49 am    Post subject:
So do they just glow in the mixed colour or do the LEDs themselves actually look like they're that colour? Any good pics of all the colours?
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 12:16:15 pm    Post subject:
Did you see my site? They're there. http://www.agility.frandt.com/KyleCorp/the...b%20screen2.htm

It may take a little while to load though.
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 12:52:29 pm    Post subject:
I saw them, but wouldn't call a bunch of black images with 1 red and 2 blue pixelated glowy effects pictures.
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 01:20:21 pm    Post subject:
Well, I don't exactly have the latest and greatest in digital cameras...
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 03:01:24 pm    Post subject:
i don't think you should make this, there is simply no use for a color calc screen. I mean, how many people do you think are going ter make games/progs for it?

And how do you prevent the tios/existing progs don't bug with the screen? what color is what the normal screen has as black?
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 03:04:08 pm    Post subject:
Correct me if I'm wrong but 3 LEDs hardly makes a screen.
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 03:13:55 pm    Post subject:
when it's finished, DUH
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 03:16:53 pm    Post subject:
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i don't think you should make this


Already did. And it seems you don't have a use for this...

Think about it. Wouldn't be cool if in a game you died and the whole screen turned red? This can be used as a multi-colored backlight if you want,

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Correct me if I'm wrong but 3 LEDs hardly makes a screen.


So it's not a screen in itself, but added to the normal TI screen it'll make it an "RGB Screen" by adding support for red, green, and blue light which can preety much make a lot of different colored light.

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And how do you prevent the tios/existing progs don't bug with the screen? what color is what the normal screen has as black?


Well, you could disconnect it from the linkport for one or have a switch in it or something and I've been getting this question a lot today; why doesn't it support black and what happens if you try to setup black? Well, as we all know black light is impossible since it is the absence of light. When you send out a "black command" if you will, the screen will just shut itself off (just like the reset_screen instruction does already) so, think of the instruction reset_screen as your "Black_On" instruction.
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 03:19:18 pm    Post subject:
Hmm, I like the idea of athmospheric lighting, especially for RPGs. It'd be cool if you could set the brightness BTW.

If there's enough users I might design for it.

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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 03:20:42 pm    Post subject:
That was the plan. We all have to think outside the box a little. Man I hope this gets as big as I hope it does. I submitted this to Popular Science magazine; I hope it gets published. You can just imagine how Kerm Martian feels about all this. Razz

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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 11:33:21 pm    Post subject:
lol Laughing
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 06:54:40 am    Post subject:
Actually he's not too mad at me anymore, now that he realizes that he has no "intellectual rights" over it because someone nearly two years ago came up with the idea for it. So, if I can patent this, then that would leave Kerm with, well, no TICI CSE. But I doubt that I'd do that.
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 12:43:06 pm    Post subject:
? Confused I was laughing at you, not with you. Rolling Eyes

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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 12:54:52 pm    Post subject:
? Confused Laugh at me about what?
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 02:32:46 pm    Post subject:
how would this colour the existing screen if it is connected to the linkport?
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 02:34:30 pm    Post subject:
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? Confused   Laugh at me about what?


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We all have to think outside the box a little
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Man I hope this gets as big as I hope it does
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I submitted this to Popular Science magazine
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I hope it gets published


? Confused and stop copying me

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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 03:30:51 pm    Post subject:
? Confused I don't have too.

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how would this colour the existing screen if it is connected to the linkport?


Well, you could make it internal and solder the leads directly to the linkport (I just figured out how to get over the space restriction inside of the TI 83+) or get a cable that'll reach from the slide case to the linkport.

Isn't this what I expected? Kerm Martian decided to get a move on (it only required a little bit of competition though.) http://s3.invisionfree.com/Cemetech/index....wtopic=37&st=0&
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