Re: [NTLK] Geeky Internals Question

From: Steve Wolfson <steve.wolfson_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 13 2006 - 18:06:15 EDT

On 8/13/06, Frank Gruendel <newtontalk@pda-soft.de> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone reveal to me the voltage of the 2x00 backlight?
>
> It should be around 70...100 Volt. I've never had a look at this
> voltage using an oscilloscope, but I'd expect it to be a square wave
> voltage because back when the Newton was developed this was easier to
> generate than a sinus voltage.
> ^^^^^

Yes I'd hate to light up my newton through my nose.... :-)
You mean sine wave ......

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