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LCARS display and isolinear chip standard size?

Jake Conhale

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Hello, I'm working on plans for an LCARS endtable and then perhaps a coffee table. The (First) endtable is planned to have an upper image and an isolinear chip bay beneath it. Was also hoping to put one of the TNG conference table interface graphics as a functional TV remote control.

So, my question is - what are the sizes of these things?

I believe isolinear chips are 3mm x 25mm x 75mm, is that correct?

I found a prop archive photo of the keypad, which doesn't look like it's the one from the conference room as that only had three rows: http://hollywoodrelics.com/?product=placca-azzurra-rettangolo

It says the dimensions are 3"x5" - anyone know if that's true? I was thinking I could make it work using etched conductive glass over a graphic layer, though I did find a guide on how to make membrane keypads which would at least allow for tactile feedback.

Finally, and the main thrust of my post - how large is the holodeck interface graphic? (The exterior graphic with the light bar). I know it's effectively a mixture of bridge console graphics such as the OPS and the rear console interface, but that doesn't really tell me anything about the scale of it. Anyone know how big the graphic was?
Seen here: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/deae7c5c-4488-4016-8355-970518332d76

Someone, on therpf.com posted a graphic reference image.
Link: (post 39): https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/type-15-shuttlepod-from-star-trek-tng.123066/page-2

The named site (startrekreference.com) doesn't seem to exist anymore, which is a pity, I'd have loved to see if there were graphics of similar quality available.
 
The backup is spotty and doesn't seem to include many images, but Star Trek Reference is on the Wayback Machine.

You don't mention it, but did you find the Set Blueprint Archive? It's more than just sets. I poked around to see if I could answer any of your specific questions and didn't have any luck, but I did find some clues that could get you most of the way. There's a schematic that includes some isolinear chips, but they're plugged in, so it only gives you the width and height, not the length. There's the holodeck control panel in the arch, and the corridor controls for Voyager, and some translights for the TNG corridor holodeck panel, but nothing the directly answers your question.

There's a lot on that site, though, so it's entirely possible there's something more useful there and I've just not looked in the right spot.
 
Isolinear chips always looked to me to be based on microscope slides, which are 75x25x1mm - any coating to produce the circuitry design could boost the thickness to 3mm so your dimensions sound about right.
 
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