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Picture nightlight from a broken LCD

Picture nightlight from a broken LCD
Turn a broken LCD into a backlit picture. Time to re-purpose the trash...

The LCD that I had was a black and white backlit variety that was smashed, the LCD portion no longer worked but the backlight was fine.

Any backlit LCD should work as long as the light is separate from the LCD.
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
You will need...

A broken LCD panel.
A picture to use.
A power supply
piece of glass or acrylic

Mine was an assembly with a frame.
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I seem to keep breaking things....