Driving TFT displays

throbscottle

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• Nov 17, 2014

• #1

I stumbled across this on eBay: **broken link removed**
There is no mention of a datasheet for it, but it has an SPI interface, so I was wondering if displays like this can be driven in a generic way? If so, what's a good resource to learn about them? It also has a SD card slot. No idea about how to use one of those! Again, any good resources I can look at?

Thanks in advance, as ever

 

Ian Rogers

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• Nov 17, 2014

• #2

They usually have a TFT driver on board ( normally something like the ILI9340 ) Quite easy to program.... Numerous libraries out there so quite quick to get started..

 

Ian Rogers

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• Nov 17, 2014

• #3

In fact.... Here is the exact model being driven by an Arduino....

 

throbscottle

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• Nov 17, 2014

• #4

Hmmmmm interesting, and pretty too thanks. Now I just need to find an enormous amount of spare time...
But first I must sleep zzzzz

 

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picbits

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• Nov 17, 2014

• #5

Here is a similar one I had a play with on a Raspberry Pi

 

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throbscottle

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• Nov 17, 2014

• #6

Awesome, LXDE in miniature!
OK I really really have to sleep. Dammit!

 

Ian Rogers

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• Nov 17, 2014

• #7

Night night!!!