Questions tagged [display]
Questions about LCDs, 7-segment LEDs, E-ink displays, etc.
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Corrupt LVDS Display
We are using an Advantech PCM-3363 PC104 board to drive a NLT Technologies NL10276BC13-01C LVDS Display in an embedded device.
While everything works fine usually, the display sometimes is corrupt.
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reading data back from lm016l LCD(HD44780)
How to read data back from a lm016l lcd(HD44780 based)?I couldn't find any useful data on reading except writing.I have followed hd44780 datasheet ,but when i try to display what i read back,the whole ...
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LCD / LED panel power consumption
Does an LCD or LED monitor consume lot more power if the pixels are changing their colors or does the backlight have way more impact on power consumption, which makes changing pixel colors' power ...
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Large to medium size e-Ink Display for prototyping [closed]
I have been doing research in finding various raw screens for prototyping, stuff like e-ink, color e-ink and OLED screens. Then I saw this earlier post: Gumstix with an e-ink screen
So after one ...
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ARM and dual e-ink displays [closed]
Is it possible to have an ARM SBC drive two e-ink displays? With the low costs e-readers like the B&N Nook Touch, I am interested in buying two just to extract the e-ink displays. The only ...
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Is it possible to wire up a cellphone screen to work with a different device?
I'm trying to find out if it is possible to send video to a cell phone screen (just the screen, not the phone) like this one from something like a video-mp3 player or even from maybe a mac-mini, or ...
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Hacking a display [closed]
I'm a computer engineer, otherwise total n00b to electronics. I have this old 15" display (ltn152w5). I would like to turn it in a st. valentine gift for my girlfriend. I would like to frame it and ...
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Datasheet for Nokia 6310 display
I have a Nokia 6310 display which I would like to reuse as a display controlled by an ATMega. I can find plenty of information about N3310 display but almost nothing about 6310.
Does anyone know the ...
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Can a replacement iPad screen be used on a BeagleBoard?
I have been trying to find a good touchscreen with multitouch support for the BeagleBoard. I have not had much success, but have noticed that iPad replacement screens are available fairly ...
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Looking for a chip to connect to internet and display text
I am looking for a small chip that will be able to connect to the internet and display black & white text. I'd like to program the chip to connect to a remote service and display text accordingly. ...
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How to boost current through encoder/decoder IC's?
This is my first electronics project in 15 years and I have clearly forgotten everything I learned in all my electrical engineering courses in college. Hope this question isn't too ignorant..
I'm ...
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Why does "flashing" prevent ghosting on E-Ink displays?
Anybody who owns an E-Ink device (like a Kindle) will be familiar with the phenomenon of "flashing" -- basically, when turning a page, the device will first flip all of the pixels to black, then draw ...
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How to build a POV display?
I've recently gotten the itch to build a POV Display. I'm wanting to build the sort that rotates "vertically" (like a fan or bicycle rim) and I'm finding very little information on how to actually do ...
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How to drive scavenged TFT screen?
How can I drive a scavenged TFT screen, from an MP4, without its datasheet?
I'm thinking about making a low cost bluetooth wrist watch to check my messages on my phone on the go. I'm going to open-...
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Small and simple (alpha)numeric LCD
I'm looking for one of those small numeric LCDs used on OTP authentication keys (the one your bank gives you to access their website, to be clear).
All LCDs I find on the various manufacturer's sites ...
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Use PSU as replace for broken source +12Vdc 3.33A?
I need 12Vdc 3.33A source power for Silicon Graphics 1600sw display, I have two ATX computer power supply. Is it possible to use these PSU as replace for broken 12Vdc 3.33A adapter ?
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How to deal with unicode characters with character LCD displays?
I would like to buy an LCD screen fom Arduino to display some results from a web http call; the Web API returns a JSON text encoded in UTF-8.
I've read that ICU is the way to go to handle Unicode in ...
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Gumstix with an e-ink screen
I really want to develop on a gumstix with an e-ink display, but $3000 for a development board is a bit steep for me right now, especially since I just want to get a prototype out so I can see what ...
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Device that fetches a web API call via wifi showing the result through a display
I would like to build an electronic device that periodically checks some web internet API giving the result through a display.
This device should have:
Wireless shield to connect to the internet ...
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Graphical equivalent to HD44780 LCD controller
The Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller is an extremely common character-mode LCD controller. Though I believe it is now discontinued, compatible controllers are used in many hobbyist and commercial grade ...
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How to affix graphic LCD to PCB?
I'd like to mount a small (2.5") graphic LCD or OLED display on a PCB. I believe it should look something like this:
I've seen this done (links to pics) on my LM3S6965 development kit, on my TI ...
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Multi-channel bar graph LED drivers
I want to build a circuit that shows the real-time frequency components of an audio signal on a number of bar graphs of some sort. Currently, my plan is to build 12 band-pass op-amp filters, and then ...
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Suitable low-power ~10" graphical display options
I am looking for suitable display options for a battery-powered device, kind of like an e-book reader/tablet/mid device.
size - 10" or so.
resolution - preferably a high DPI
colour - mono/gray
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How to get Video Input
I help maintain an old beaten down LED sign on the side of a highway.
Right it has a program running on Win98 to generate the image that should be on the sign (FLASH animation, temperature, etc), ...
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Daytime viewable LCDs
What characteristics do I need to look for in an LCD to ensure it is easily readable in the daytime
Adding more info:
Low power, smaller size < 4" diagonal, either monochrome or color. Bitmap , ...
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Video overlay / on screen display architecture
I want to take a NTSC/PAL component video and overlay graphics over it.
I am aware of solutions that either use the max7456 overlay chip, or accomplish it with just an AVR
but these seem to have ...
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Source a really big LCD character display
I'm looking around for a large LCD character display (metre-ish long, 10-15cm high), and on the cheap side (of course)
Any suggestions?
Actually I think I meant LED display, max $150ish
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Easily controlled color LCD for hobby projects?
I'm looking for some not too expensive, easy to control color graphics LCD I can use for various hobby projects, along with an AVR microcontroller or maybe an ARM in the future. The cheaper the better,...
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Create multi touch display for full light
We have been given a project at uni to create a multi touch display.
I've done some research into this and a lot of them call for special film on the glass or use a projector (meaning it needs a ...
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What does 'cathode-row' mean?
"The MAX6960–MAX6963 are compact cathode-row display drivers"
What does cathode-row mean?
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