DIY LCD PROJECTOR USING 1 LENS ONLY HOW TO USE THIS DIAGRAM

4/27/2002 V. 1,3 03-05-02

THIS SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM AND CALCULATION CREATED BY GUNAWAN W
YOU ARE FREE TO USE, COPY AND DISTRIBUTE THIS WORKSHEET.
----TYPE MEASUREMENT UNIT IN: cm OR inch OR ELSE ----> inch
LENS TO SCREEN
189.98
LCD TO LENS 32.84
LCD TO LENS FOCUS-LENGTH 28 LENS TO SCREEN
adjust this distance, so DISTANCE: LCD SIZE 15 DISTANCE:
diameter of light beam
come out from fresnel 32.84 inch 190.00 inch
panel =diameter of the
lens. click this button to click this button to
change measurement change measurement

LIGHT SOURCE LCD PANEL LENS

point light type, DIAGONAL SIZE: FOCAL LENGTH:
>10.000 lumens, color
temperature: > 4000 15.00 inch 28.00 inch
dK,
CRI close to 100. click this button to click this button to SCREEN
change measurement change measurement DIAGONAL SIZE:
86.78 inch

SCREEN
all kind of smooth flat surface,
light grey to white color with
some degrees of reflective.
Curved screen is better, but
needs special calculation and
LENS
REFLECTOR difficult to build.
the lens is double or plano
convex lens, lens diameter will
affect how big of LCD panel 69.43 inch
FRESNEL PANEL LCD PANEL TEMPORARY SCREEN area can be projected without
condensing light beam bigger size need draw circular line on hard white some cropping.
to the lens. powerfull light source 86.78 52.07 inch
paper with diameter= diameter
Must be bigger than also need bigger lens of the lens
LCD panel size. diameter.
SCREEN RATIO : 4:3
Use panel with focal temporary substitute lens with the
length = LCD -lens paper at lens position. 77.14 inch
distance or close to get Adjust fresnel panel position, so
maximum result. diameter of light beam come out 86.78 43.39 inch
from fresnel panel = diameter of
circular line=diameter of the lens.
SCREEN RATIO : 16:9
SCREEN RATIO : 16:9