DIY Triple Screen Laptop

@diyperks ok thanks so much https://www.ebay.com/itm/154737100006?hash=item24070cc4e6:g:~HsAAOSwMM5hM0uI&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoIJTso5WdFha9fBESkrm4KwQ%2BoCU8bE5mXnx6Y7GThUAFRAFFzz96619cSbwYPKaOdbrvf6yDD4B8bEZxFC4p7Rc6utbjpG%2B02VsCnzMnxpq74d3aMEUW5pLDy1ksKhjKSvOmHAtB4quV8Z9rjM%2Bj3i2djKPb9IXv03CYiCC%2B6IVwusJQgN%2B1ogQgEHlxhYKaDD3YSZRGshyIIxm2NO89QM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4ri2MvEYQ

also here a ebay link for if you wish to have a controller bored for manus and on and off and speakers and other stuff to this screen 

so for futures its not a bad price 

its a batter spect out monitor then some you can buy          and could use a 8.5x14 ince picture fram you can buy thos for like 12 plus tex on amazon 

and any tv 4 pin wired speakers out of a old doa tv sould work fine if not to good 😊

the button bored for me us a bit more of a diy or buy another controller bored for another screen and take the bored off it so yaa i mean shorting two pins could maybe work i mean thats all a tex switch does 

alot of help i hope to see more this fun diy side of reuse also could buy a gaming bored for a laptop hahah and well strap it to the back the picture frame LMAO 

Great project!

I actually wanted to do something similar from quite some time, but I wanted to use iPad mini screens. The problem is the iPad mini screens (7.9" LCD) are using 34-pin connector, and not a 51-pin. So I was wandering if someone is aware of a board directly made for that kind of connector.

Alternatively I'm aware of this http://abusemark.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=53 but it's been out of stock for ages, and the guy didn't reply to my emails.

So I just wanted to ask here before giving up.

@celcius1 here's the open source PCB file:

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Qualia-Driver-PCB

Pins 17 and 18 of the Display port are GND and +5V respectively, could just route them to the power jack input ports, perhaps with a solder jumper to act as a switch to convert it to power-over-Displayport mode.

OMG - this is another one I need so badly!

Must. Finish. Microphone. First.

I think it could be cool to use 12.9" Ipad pro screens, two of them side by side, both in a vertical position. But it seems there aren't any LCD controllers available like there are for the 9.7" screens. I'm not so familiar with such electronics, though. Does anyone know what kind of LCD controller would work for such a screen?

Do you know any drivers which I can use with old MacBook Air (Model A1466) year 2015 ?

Waiting for reply if anybody has any idea.

Thanks

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if it was possible to add a desktop gpu to this setup trough an nvme slot on the board. Is there only one nvme port? I don't know if the wi-fi card slot could be used to connect the gpu in that case the wi-fi connectivity could be granted via usb.

Is that a possible configuration in your opinion?

Thank you everyone

There's only one NVME, but with all USB-C ports being full Thunderbolt 4 I see no reason why you couldn't use those to connect it to an eGPU dock.

@diyperks thanks, yes I was thinking about that too, I'd really like to include a desktop gpu since laptop gpus aren't that great, and I need to run CAD and 3D programs with an high demand of graphic power, are there any compact eGPU cables? I was asking for the wi-fi card port becouse thunderbolt adaptors are not cheap

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Alternatively I'm aware of this http://abusemark.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=53 /a> but it's been out of stock for ages, and the guy didn't reply to my emails.

Honestly, the connector doesn't look that hard to re-make, so I guess someone could re-do it in kicad and then send it off to JLC or PCBway. The hardest part would probably be to find the part number of the thing that plugs into the ipad cable.

If I find some spare time, I could try and do it myself

@ikkizero So this is is basically a generic LVDS controller board? I thought each model of screen needed a specific board. Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but I want to use a macbook pro A1278 from 2011 screen, in that case this kind of board would work, just being nececessary to check if it's 0.4 or 0.5mm? Thanks

you should add a keyboard and a mouse something like this

 or something like that 

and you should think about a USB C hub that has both USB C and USB A

@whatwhy I don't know if this works, but i found out that the Display Connector on The Framework Mainboard is a 40 PIN Connector, so if you have a panel with a 40 pin connector you can use the cable from the panel to connect to the Mainboard. i think that will work

people on this forum thread say that it is 40 pin: https://community.frame.work/t/framework-internal-display-connector-to-dp-port/24034

and you can count the pins in the video

hey man nice video . but can you give me the link to buy parts of framework laptop other than their own web site because in india they bloody to send it . It will be very nice of you man . 

Is it a good idea to buy a 2nd hand 4+ year old macbook just to get its Mother Board to build this?

Hello master, would it be possible to make a version to be used as a portable e-book/PDF reader, as a book with 2 screens. I don't know if it's possible to do it with this board, or do it from a raspberry pi, if it had a touch it would be great.

Thanks

i have a idea i don't know if it will work but what if you put the side screens on two linear slides/rack and pinions so that they could slide out from in front of the main screen i'm not quite sure how to make them adjustable but this may allow for a clam shell design to work if you just leave a gap between the clam shell hinges and keyboard for the side monitors to rest do you think i should try modeling this.