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Step 4Need a lift
Doh I forgot to take a picture at this step.. I'm sure we can fill it in later once the mods start taking shape.
Basically you can lift the main board up fairly easily now. You'll be pulling the daughter boards out of their guide rails, and unseating a bunch of those plastic-hinge switch contacts, but it's no big deal as long as you're careful.
Then, lift up the shield enough to check out the display electronics. There are two separate power taps for the display lights, one set of red/black wires going to each side of the display where they connect to the bulbs. The locations where these wires connect to the board is where I think we'll have to intercede with a brightness control of some kind. I didn't think at the time to check whether the two sets of connectors were electrically common despite their different board locations. They probably are.
Basically you can lift the main board up fairly easily now. You'll be pulling the daughter boards out of their guide rails, and unseating a bunch of those plastic-hinge switch contacts, but it's no big deal as long as you're careful.
Then, lift up the shield enough to check out the display electronics. There are two separate power taps for the display lights, one set of red/black wires going to each side of the display where they connect to the bulbs. The locations where these wires connect to the board is where I think we'll have to intercede with a brightness control of some kind. I didn't think at the time to check whether the two sets of connectors were electrically common despite their different board locations. They probably are.
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