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    Emissive Keyboard on CF-74?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by rusty503, Nov 19, 2011.

  1. rusty503

    rusty503 Notebook Evangelist

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    rusty503, Nov 19, 2011
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    I was going to do this mod ,but I never got around to it
    You only need to tap into 5Vdc usb and interface to the keyboard power input

    Quite easy , no control on brightness though
     
    Alex, Nov 19, 2011
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    I wonder if the adapter board from a CF-28 might provide the brightness control. There were actually 2 kinds of "Texas" boards that support an emissive keyboard in later CF-28's. The more common one produces high voltage for the green emissive keyboard. But there is also a low voltage version that supports a CF-29 style emissive keyboard in a CF-28. It looks almost the same as the high voltage Texas board, but is missing the 7 or 8 white capacitors.

    Like Alex, I had aspirations for making this work. I've got next week off so maybe this would be the time to figure out the CF-74 emissive keyboard mod.
     
    Springfield, Nov 19, 2011
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