Re: [lcd4linux] Support for Sharp Graphic LCD?

[Ognjen B. <og...@ma...>]

Michael Reinelt wrote:

>Hi there,
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Heya!

>>I just found a graphic display (320x240) which I want to use with lcd4linux,
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>320x240 would be cool! Where have you got the display from?
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I havent got It yet, its selling on ebay and I wanted to check if its
supported before I bid.

>>Now It says that the display uses 4-bit mode and two drivers, as stated:
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>>Segment driver: LH1560F3*2 (SHARP)
>>Common driver: LH1562F4*1 (SHARP)
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>>Is this Graphic LCD display supported?
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>I'm afraid it is not, at least not at the moment.
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Shame... It would have been cool

>>I dont know whether the sharp
>>drivers are the same as the toshiba ones,
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>If you mean the T6963 by "Toshiba", I'm quite sure they're not.
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Yeah, thats what I meant

>>Here is a link to the datasheet if you need more info:
>>http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/39211.pdf
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>Well, this is probably the funniest data sheet I've ever seen: It
>contains a process diagram of their quality assurance department, but no
>real technical description of the display.
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perhaps that why the product failed ;)  The farnell page states that the
product is no longer sold.

The product can be seen here:

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=4135090&N=401

>At the moment the farnell page is down (at least I cannot reach them),
>but yesterday I did a bit googeling on the "PG320240" IIRC, and found
>some pages about VDR's graphlcd-plugin... I read something about SED1330...
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the auction states that its made by a company called Powertip. And I
know about the existence of the SED display controllers so hopefullly it
is of a more well known design.

>If you can provide any additional info about this display, I'm shure we
>can write a driver together.
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Well, I havent got the display yet, we will see how much it goes for. If
lucky and I get it I wouldnt mind helping you (after all I do want it to
work with linux :) ).

As long as I dont have to do any coding, becuase I havent got a clue
about C programming (still learning python :P ) .

>bye, Michael
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320x240, thats big... 8)