Hello again,
Wow, that's quite a collection there. Some look very interesting, like that 24x2 liner, is that backlit too?
I checked my display again. I verified that the LCD part has a metalized back like you found too. That is what prevents the light from getting through from the back. There is a plastic part that conducts the light across the whole back, but no light gets through.
I even tried getting the light to follow the glass itself rather than the plastic made for the backlight models. That didnt work either, as apparently no light shows up on the display itself.
While playing around with it i did find one thing interesting:
If i use a focused light from both sides and keep it out in front of the display slightly (about one or two round LED diameters) it seems to light it up somewhat. That would mean that maybe two LEDs would work for this thing, even though not perfect.
Wow, that's quite a collection there. Some look very interesting, like that 24x2 liner, is that backlit too?
I checked my display again. I verified that the LCD part has a metalized back like you found too. That is what prevents the light from getting through from the back. There is a plastic part that conducts the light across the whole back, but no light gets through.
I even tried getting the light to follow the glass itself rather than the plastic made for the backlight models. That didnt work either, as apparently no light shows up on the display itself.
While playing around with it i did find one thing interesting:
If i use a focused light from both sides and keep it out in front of the display slightly (about one or two round LED diameters) it seems to light it up somewhat. That would mean that maybe two LEDs would work for this thing, even though not perfect.