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Eli Lewis
Eli Lewis · elilewis2029@u.northwestern.edu · elilewisportfolio.info/projects/portable-monitor-from-laptop

Electronics · 2022

Portable monitor from a scrapped laptop

Laptop LCD, an LCD controller board and speakers from a karaoke machine, fitted into the original chassis

The finished monitor: the laptop's screen with the salvaged speakers set into a plywood base

The finished monitor: the laptop's screen with the salvaged speakers set into a plywood base

The finished monitor: the laptop's screen with the salvaged speakers set into a plywood base

The laptop was saved from my grandparents' trash for a Wii-laptop idea that didn't fit. Instead I found a matching LCD controller board, pulled speakers from my sister's old karaoke machine, and fitted everything back into the laptop shell as a portable monitor.

Role
Solo
Duration
—
Tools
soldering-iron, hand-tools
Skills
electronics-assembly, salvage

Process

Teardown: screen, keyboard and boards separated

Teardown: screen, keyboard and boards separated

Teardown: screen, keyboard and boards separated
First test of the LCD with its new controller board

First test of the LCD with its new controller board

First test of the LCD with its new controller board

Result

Before and after

Before
The donor laptop, saved from the trash

The donor laptop, saved from the trash

The donor laptop, saved from the trash

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