I found an interesting article dated January 2023 detailing a repair person’s experience repairing and sourcing parts for a MKI SPS-I which needed display and bezel replacement.
For any who don’t want to read the article, here is the relevant information but all credit to the author in the link:
Care no longer has any stock of replacement displays.
Factory display part is Winstar WG12864A-RYH-VRB
Display module size is 128 x 64
White on blue backlit alternative: Winstar WG12864A-TMI-VN is $37 USD at the linked page but I do not endorse or vouch for the retailer, I just googled it.
the color is called “translective/white”
The voltage to the replacement display is different to the original (not specified) but with an adjustment to the voltage (not specified) it works as an upgrade more than just a replacement.
MKI bezel cover is no longer available from care, however, MKII bezel has some holdover stock and fits with the same dimension to MKI.
Please visit the above linked article for the lesser details of the process as well as notes on the author’s experience performing the repair plus a few additional pictures.
I’m just reposting, I don’t have any answers. But if anyone else has any other information relevant to 2023 MKI replacement parts availability, or options to no longer stocked parts, feel free to post them, or anything else that might be useful to someone here looking for information about display replacement or upgrade.
For general information about replacing displays on an Elektron machine and what that entails, there are various threads on site which you can find by searching but the answer to the most basic question most will have is:
a quick google shows this part on the Adafruit website, shown below. looks like there’s some potential tweaking needed to get it to 5V…? I don’t know what that means though.
I think that was a note to the repair guy in the shop to make sure the screen was 5V as I had no idea if I had ACTUALLY gotten the right one. its appears that I did
d’oh! somehow I missed that it had been discontinued… the part you linked to seems to be the same, part numbers and all. we just need someone to try it and confirm!
no worries that this is the MD category. the part should be the same between MD, MnM and OT mk1, I believe.
I ordered a couple. After shipping it was $32 for two screens.
It looks really good on @palm’s MnM! I haven’t decided whether I do the swap protectively or if I will wait until it’s necessary… it does look easier to read with the black on white – kind of like the OT mk2
I knew there were other threads on here about this, I just needed the time to look through them… this thread is quite informative of the process and confirms that these displays do work:
just noticed this on Reverb. wonder what the seller thinks sets their display apart from the “dreadful” looking stock ones… enough to charge $150 more than the ones above. theirs doesn’t look all that different, judging from the photos.
