How To: Blue display in your aeroforce scangauge

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How To: Blue display in your aeroforce scangauge

Post by Jenni » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:57 am

:thumbsup:

There it is - the brandnew scangauge. Let's hack that thing!
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First remove the bezel and the lens (hmmm, somewhere in the forums is a nice way shown with a flat screwdriver.).
Be carefull not to bend it to much - you can see that later!
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Okay, thats the "before" - green light
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Carefully separate the circuit boards from eachother and remove the display.
(Display is soldered with 2 pins to the upper and connected with a flat cable to the lower board.
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Carefully remove the with sticker from the display backside
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Now you can see the 2 very small leds
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You can trust me: They are VERY small and you need a very small soldering needle, very thinn solder and good experiences with soldering that small smd parts.
Don't try that if you never worked with smd leds before! You must solder very quick and you will destroy the leds or even the display in no second!!!
Take care that you solder them in right direction (you see the marked corner?)
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And if you did everything right it will look like mine (or maybe in an other color??)
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Yeah i love that bright blue!
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The finished pod with black surface (simple vinyl)
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It is also possible to have it blue with white letters, but that is professional league - therefor you must also change the display polarizing filter film.
And THAT is a freaking PITA!!!
:wah?!:

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Post by andrewh530 » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:22 pm

very nice write up....where did you get that?
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Post by Jenni » Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:05 am

where did i get what?
the how-to?

It is made by me myself and I...


Not just for nothing they call me the soldering ninja (Wiggy) or soldering jedi (nd4spd)... :lol:
check my other how-to's!

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Post by andrewh530 » Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:23 am

no the gauge...i want one...lol
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Post by Jenni » Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:33 am

scangauge? Aeroforce sells them...
look that you buy the right version!

http://aeroforcetech.com/

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