<div dir="ltr">Hey there,<div><br></div><div>There's also the classic ultra DIY solution with an iPhone backlight and a step-up converter (removing the old noisy inverter)</div><div>. I've done this on an S3000XL and a S1000, it's working great !</div><div><br></div><div>Original post : <a href="https://inkoovintagecomputing.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/akai-s1100-diy-led-backlight/?fbclid=IwAR2Nh3GdSbR4eaA8IP67NoBK8-y-W1OIIeohlOnztg8JD_j5RSTiK-KPTh8">https://inkoovintagecomputing.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/akai-s1100-diy-led-backlight/?fbclid=IwAR2Nh3GdSbR4eaA8IP67NoBK8-y-W1OIIeohlOnztg8JD_j5RSTiK-KPTh8</a></div><div><br></div><div>We'll also find some great info on this FB group : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/music.gear.display.retrofits">https://www.facebook.com/groups/music.gear.display.retrofits</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers.</div><div><br></div><div>Alain</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM Adam (synthDIY) <<a href="mailto:synthdiy@adambaby.com">synthdiy@adambaby.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Thanks Per<div><br></div><div>I was vaguely aware of various OLED options but I wonder how the current draw compares, and whether it would unduly stress this old power supply?</div><div><br></div><div>I understand the original inverter circuit has fairly low power requirements</div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>Adam<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 18 Jan 2023, at 5:24 pm, Per Mattsson <<a href="mailto:per@permattsson.se" target="_blank">per@permattsson.se</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">Hi, </span><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Today I would go with a fresh LED-display instead of getting an new inverter.<div><br></div><div>I replaced the backlight for a S1000 and regret that. It works but a LED is so much brighter.</div><div><br></div></div>Here’s a used one on eBay:<div><br></div><div></div><div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/284647593716" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(229,230,233);font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><span id="m_4607090227404640080cid:9A588061-6DF9-4B77-9F7D-45E25A664448"><s-l400.jpg></span></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgb(229,230,233)"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/284647593716" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#272727">Akai sampler inverter, s900 s1100 s1000 s3000xl s3000</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/284647593716" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#808080">ebay.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br><div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br>_________________</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Per Mattsson</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>18 jan. 2023 kl. 08:10 skrev Adam (synthDIY) <<a href="mailto:synthdiy@adambaby.com" target="_blank">synthdiy@adambaby.com</a>>:</div><br><div><div>The inverter that powers the EL strip behind the LCD display in my sampler has just died. <br>I know nothing about these things.<br>Is there a critical spec I should heed, or do they all do the same job pretty much?<br>Supply looks to be 5 volts.<br><br>cheers<br>Adam<br>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br>Selling or trading? Use <a href="mailto:marketplace@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">marketplace@synth-diy.org</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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