Short for Liquid Crystal Display. LCDs consume little power, and exist in graphic LCDs, or segmented. The latter type is used for character and 7-segment digit display, and also in custom LCDs for consumer electronics.
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Square LCD display availability [on hold]
I'm helping a friend in an interactive art installation and we're planning to build a digital display to play some very slow motion movies edited to behave live it is an infinite loop.
The videos are ...
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Driving a stand alone iPod touch LCD?
I bought an iPod touch 3rd gen LCD for $8 on eBay. I know there are HDMI to LVDS converters on eBay running for around $25. The only problem is that I'm not sure if LVDS is actually the protocol (can ...
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How to work with LCD to display a sequence [closed]
If I want to display a sequence or any character that what are the steps. I have a LCD that is attached with this and I want to know that how can I use this LCD to display my name or number etc. I ...
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68 series CPU vs 80 series CPU
I'm reading a lot of LCD driver data sheets at the moment and they often have multiple interfaces (serial, 8-bit, 16-bit, etc...).
They are also often also split into two sections "80 series CPU" and ...
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Which display technology (for small displays) allows the thinnest bezel around the display area?
Generally speaking, what display technology (e.g. TFT / AMOLED / PMOLED / etc) allows for the smallest construction size with respect to the "bezel" of the display (i.e. the area around the active ...
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Does anyone have a datasheet for this Arira LCD?
I emailed the manufacturer but they haven't responded to my email. I received this LCD screen in a grab bag from Jameco. Googled for a while and couldn't find anything related to the pinouts of this ...
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Parallel LCD screen to serial? (1 dedicated microcontroller?)
I'm a newb with electronics and was wondering if there's an IC or PCB that could convert a parallel LCD connection to Serial so I can use 2 wires to communicate with the screen using an arduino and ...
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Deleting Single character in LCD
While I have successfully cleared all the lcd display with the help of some guys here by a cheat code (because it doesnt really delete the display)...
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Clearing display of lcd
I'm using serial communication to display the the data to my 4x20 lcd display. When I filled up all the lines of course I need to clear it. I've search over the net and found something like
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Function setting on SPLC780D LCD
I'm drawing a bit of a blank with this. I have a 1602A-1 16x2 LCD screen hooked up to an i2c port expander chip.
I'm using the screen in 4 bit mode so I have DB4-7 hooked up to GPIO 0-3 respectively.
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Arduino pin descriptions
Hello, actually I am very new in electronics. Im using this as a reference in connecting lcd and 4x4 keypad in my my controller ( an arduino clone) Gizduino ATMEGA644 but I'm having a problem ...
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Where can I find the datasheet for an DGL-0401YG-4EH LCD display
I recently bought a "goodie bag" or whatever it is called with a lot of different displays in the bag. I figured it could be useful someday or just to play around with. However it seems that the ...
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Gizduino atmega644 + Universal keyboard and display terminal(e-term)
Hello I have a clone of arduino which is GizDuino ATMEGA644 and an Universal Keyboard and Display Terminal(e-term). With this images
I connected the terminal to the microcontroller, after connecting ...
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Signal's Acquisition of XPT2046 : Resistive Touch Screen Controller
I have some question about this controller with my LCD, have tried to search around but I didn't find any answer. Did anybody can explain to me how it work please.
I'm working with a STM32 F4 ...
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Do 9-pin LCD modules have a standard interface?
I bought some text LCD modules without spec sheets or obvious part numbers. They all have a series of connector pins, unlabelled other than a 1 to indicate pin 1. I was able to get the one with a ...
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Why don't wires block out the backlight of LCD/TFT displays?
Every explanation I've seen about how TFT/LCD screens work only talks about one pixel at a time. My question is: how are thousands of pixels and subpixels connected and controlled?
I assume that they ...
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Found an old LCD in an old radio, how to test it?
I found this here LCD in an old radio, it has no number or anything on it, so I have no idea where to find a specsheet.
Is there any safe way to see how this baby works?
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Is the JHD12864E compatible with an Arduino board?
I am using a KS0108 compatible graphic LCD (JHD12864E) and I want to connect it to my Arduino Leonardo board to display some text. I searched using Google and also in the Arduino forum but I didn’t ...
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Help identifying this LCD module
I am looking to identify the LCD module pictured below and find a datasheet for it, or otherwise determine the pinout and figure out how to properly drive it.
Front
The lines of text on the ribbon ...
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STMicroelectronics EMIF08-1502M16 ESD Protection and EMI filter output for 16-bit LCD interface
Hello everyone we've designed a circuit which is about an LCD driving on SSD1963 IC with 16-bit interface and it was normally working but we tested the ESD of the product the screen was going halt. ...
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Ardiuno Uno R3 Plus Digital Pins Overused?
I have an Ardiuno Uno R3 Plus with 14 digital pins, but they don't function well. Or maybe they do, but the point is, I think I am overusing them. I have an LCD connected to ports 13-7, 4 LED lights ...
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MSP430 launchpad LCD problem
I am trying to interface my MSP430G2553 launchpad with an LCD but my characters look weird. I am using http://www.fibidi.com/arduino-lcd-16x2-characters/ with one potentiometer , with changing ports ...
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Is it possible to use msp430 with keyboard + LCD?
I'm trying to do an assignment for my class which requires me to use a keyboard as input through a microcontroller to a LCD screen, nothing fancy , I just need to show that when I press characters on ...
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Beagleboard-xm: Dual screen capability?
I'm having trouble finding anything about this by Googleing. I have seen LCD expansion boards for the Beagleboard-xm. Can I have two screens, one connected to the HDMI port and one through the ...
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Intercepting signal between uC and LCD driver
I'm trying to intercept the signals between an old Elan uC and a HT-1622 LCD driver using a PIC18F14K50. There are 3 lines that are connected to the IOs of the uC: CS, WR(write clk) and DATA. At first ...
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Arduino Rounding question
I have made a simple thermostat for controlling a 12V heater. The temperature range can be from 0 F to around 190 F. For some reason when the displayed temperature on my LCD goes from 99 to 100 ...
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Controlling a 4.2V LED (LCD backlight) with a microcontroller
I have a PQC1602K-SYL alphanumeric LCD display with a backlight LED. I would like to drive the LED using a microcontroller pin. How can I achieve that?
What I have tried
According to the data sheet, ...
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Solar panel behind a dot matrix screen
I'm wondering if there is any kind of dot matrix screen (LCD, Eink, etc) that doesn't use a backlight (it's ambient-lit like wristwatch LCDs) and has a built-in PV panel behind the screen.
I realize ...
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What is the term for an LCD readout that is, by design, still visible after power-off?
I am looking to build an electronic device that has an LCD panel on it with a feature I noticed my Western Digital MyBook external hard drive has which is the ability to display data and it stays ...
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What is TFT driver SSD1963 data voltage
I recently bought a TFT module driven by SSD1963 I have experience on t6963 and ks0108 and by a quick look it seems ok to make a MCU interface to ATMega128. What is confusing to me is the difference ...
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Testing an Inverter
I have a Samsung T240 LCD and while using it, a strong smell of a burnt component/wire/plastic is present.
I disassembled the device and I've noticed that the smell comes from an inverter that's in ...
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Resistive Touchscreen Stands in Midway of the ADC in standby
In a resistive touchscreen I am trying to read x-y position. The schematics is as followed. The code works fine and when I press a point, it reads correct position well but the problem is in standby ( ...
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LCD display reverse engineering
I recently got in my hand an old phone lcd display.
Display itself seems to be useful so I took apart it from the rest, and I begun to test its behaviour.
Display is named SHARP LM167511 and its ...
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How to interface with LCD display - HYeLCD, HC20216NYU
I am trying to drive a small (20x2) LCD screen from a Parallax Propeller board/chip. Can't find a decent manual anywhere. This is the LCD:
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TFT LCD tutorial?
I am not sure if it is a good question or not, but I want to start working on TFT LCDs.
I have good experience both on T6963 and KS0108, dot matrices, but zero experience on TFTs.
Can anyone give any ...
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GLCD t6963c write data problem
I am trying to get a 128x240 LCD with t6963c driver. The pinout is ok and I could manage to make the cursor blink.
but it seems that no data is sent by write command ( write and increment = 0xC0 ) and ...
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GLCD t6963 auto write problem
I am trying to send data to a 128x240 display driven by t6963 in autowrite mode by ATMega128 under AVR-GCC.
the code gets stuck when checking DAWRDY bit ( to see if the driver is ready for receiving ...
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t6963 GLCD very low contrast
I am trying to setup a 240x128 GLCD with t6963c driver (datasheet). I am familiar with ks0108 drivers but newbie in t6963.
I have written a simple code with only lcd-init() that I expect to see the ...
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Just burned my first LCD… but why?
I just attempted my first project with an LCD, and it did not go well. I am hoping to get some advice on how to prevent this from happening to my next LCD.
On the first night everything seemed to ...
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How to use touch screen shield for GLCD?
I know this is a very elementary question. I was wondering if it is possible to use a touch screen shield on a normal GLCD to change it into a touch-GLCD.
I have seen a product which is a transparent ...
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Problem with LCD 128x240 pinout
Recently I bought a 128x240 LCD with ts6963c driver chip. The part number is TS240128D-1. I am familiar with KS0108 driver but the problem is different pinouts.
I found a good manual in a book for ...
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Display controller chip with parallel 24-bit RGB input for video rotation/scaling
I am looking for a display controller chip that has digital video input (parallel 24-bit RGB888) and is capable of scaling and rotating video images to be displayed on a 10" TFT-LCD. I'm streaming ...
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How can I use an old LCD screen? How can I determine each pin? [closed]
I took apart a broken iHome ip90. I now have the lcd screen, but I want to figure out how to use it in a project or something. I am used to getting nice instructions and tutorials, but obviously it's ...
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LCD that can be controlled via serial? [closed]
I am very new to hobby electronics, but I was hoping I could find a way to get an LCD (preferably a backlit monochrome LCD with a grid of pixels -- something like this) that I could somehow mount in ...
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How to drive seven-segment LCD with CD4055 IC
I have a problem using DE-112 seven-segment (two digits) liquid crystal display with CD4055BE IC. As far as I know, LCD should be provided purely AC current, or it will be damaged with time.
I have ...
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LCD screen gets hot and sucks power from Raspberry Pi
Has anyone else experienced LCD screens overheating, and drawing too much current? I was trying a GPIO project with my Raspberry Pi in an attempt to interface with an LCD screen but for some reason my ...
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Looking for datasheet for SHARP LS030Y3DX01 Display
I am looking for the datasheet for the LS030Y3DX01 LCD display from Sharp.
The display is a 3 inches with the resolution 480x800 pixels.
The only thing I have found is on this web site that ...
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What type of LCD backlight does this screen have?
We are in the very early stages of developing a new product and are attempting to identify the type of LCD screen backlight we want to use. We are using a regular segment LCD glass screen, the type ...
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Interfacing with an LCD screen
I have managed to salvage the LCD screen from an old Tom-Tom (the model number of the screen is LTE430WQ-F0B-0BS). It comes with a driver for the screen on the back, but it doesn't look humanly ...
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MM5452 with 4 digit parallel 7-segment LCD display
I have a question regarding the backplane connection for the MM5452. From this data sheet:
MM5452/MM5453 Liquid Crystal Display Drivers
It says that the backplane pins on the MM5452 connects to a ...
