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Hello all, I am new to RPi and am working on a project where I want to use an LCD touch screen that I recovered from another device. I am struggling to figure out how to know which driver board I need to connect it to the RPi. I have the model number of the LCD which is LB080WV3-B1. I also was able to find the specifications of the panel from the manufacture which is located here: https://datasheetspdf.com/pdf/721772/LG/LB080WV3-B1/1

I don"t know what I am supposed to be looking for on the spec sheet to tell me which controller driver I can use. I have done a bunch of googling to try and figure it out but am more confused now than when I started. Can anyone offer any guidance or explain how to find the LCD controller that I need?

Hello all, I am new to RPi and am working on a project where I want to use an LCD touch screen that I recovered from another device. I am struggling to figure out how to know which driver board I need to connect it to the RPi. I have the model number of the LCD which is LB080WV3-B1. I also was able to find the specifications of the panel from the manufacture which is located here: https://datasheetspdf.com/pdf/721772/LG/LB080WV3-B1/1

I don"t know what I am supposed to be looking for on the spec sheet to tell me which controller driver I can use. I have done a bunch of googling to try and figure it out but am more confused now than when I started. Can anyone offer any guidance or explain how to find the LCD controller that I need?

As it is an RGB interface you can directly connect it to the Raspberry DPI interface (https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... /README.md) without "glue logic".So, what you will need is an adapter board which converts the 40pin GPIO (2.54mm pitch) interface to 0.5mm FFC. In addition you will need to input the timing (page 10) to let the RPI now how to drive the display.

This is what the above setup looks like "in action". That 5.6in display is 640x480pixels native resolution. I"m running KMS graphics driver which allows me to scale my desktop to 1024x768pixels which still has a good readability on the display (xrandr --output DPI-1 --primary --scale 1.6x1.6)

Thank you sooooo much for the detailed explanation!!!!! One follow up question, not sure what you mean by the "backlight inverter". The LCD has another two channel (red/black) wire sticking out of it that I am assuming is the power cable for the backlight. Is that what you are referring to? If yes, where is that supposed to be connected to on the RPI? or do I just need to connect it to an external power supply?

On 2-lane MIPI you can run 1280x800 pixels with ease, 3-lane is just enough (but tight) for 1920x1080pixels and 4-lane, well depends what you can get.

This is a 7in with 1280x800 pixels running happily (finally now) via MIPI interface from a CM4 (tested with 2- and 3-lane config, 4-lane would be nice for lowest EMI but fails)

Note: DSI to RGB chip used on the RPI display is EOL; so there is the chance that we will see a new official display in the future (but also a risk that RPi decided to make a last-time-buy with huge quantaties in orderto be able to ship longer).

Thank you sooooo much for the detailed explanation!!!!! One follow up question, not sure what you mean by the "backlight inverter". The LCD has another two channel (red/black) wire sticking out of it that I am assuming is the power cable for the backlight. Is that what you are referring to? If yes, where is that supposed to be connected to on the RPI? or do I just need to connect it to an external power supply?

this additional connector is the input to the CCFL backlight lamp. CCFL require high voltage to operate and the device which is used to drive them is usually called an inverter. Below is an example picture:

if you did not/been unable to salvage that component from your display donar device you need to find a new one (extra costs, different specs, ..). And..there is still the risk the backlight fails on first start attempt!

Simplest use of a DPI display is by adding the timing to `panel-simple.c", write an overlay which uses it, compile everything and then add the overlay to config.txt. No need to write any driver.

Use this LCD display module to easily embed this 128x64 Low Power Backlit LCD into your project or to begin developing with the display. The included adapter board breaks the display"s ZIF tail out into a 16 pin 0.1" header.

The adapter board folds behind the backlight frame, and includes two mounting standoffs, making this a clean way to both connect to the display and mount it into your design. Use this display module to validate the CFAG12864U3-TFH, or integrated it into your final design.

This transflective graphic LCD display is thin, light, and low power. The LED backlight only needs to be used to read the display in dim or dark environments. Because this is an FSTN display, the graphics are clearly legible in sunlight. This display is well suited for compact hand-held devices and other low-power applications.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————* Connect the computer H DMI output signal to the LCD H DMI interface by using the H DMI cable

The touch screen LCD is ready with 320×480 resolution, 50 FPS (Frame per second). Resistive touch control is being supported by the Raspberry Pi OS or Raspbian (directly-pluggable). However, we will still need to install the driver for graphic display :)

However, there is a dedicated case/enclosure and a low-profile heatsink with a fan for this LCD to fit perfectly on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. The case has an opening for the LCD, and the low-profile heatsink with a fan keeps the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B protected and cool! You get a perfect console :) Don"t forget to remove the top lid/cover of the enclosure for the 3.5-inch LCD.

Note: The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, 3.5-inch Enclosure, and the Low-Profile Heatsink with a fan are NOT INCLUDED in this product, please get them separately.

As we understand, Raspberry Pi 4 Model B delivers great performance and of course, more power will generate more heat as of all CPU :) So we need a way to install an additional heatsink to dissipate the extra heat. It will be better if we can have the option to add a cooling fan for active cooling. Well, this 3.5-inch touch screen LCD comes ready with the heatsink and cooling fan for you to use with the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. it solves all the concerns.

The 3.5-inch touch screen uses the GPIO on the Raspberry Pi board, so it stretches out 2 pins as the power to supply the cooling fan on the low profile heatsink, and keep the Raspberry Pi board cool!

Note: The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, 3.5-inch Enclosure, and the Low-Profile Heatsink with a fan are NOT INCLUDED in this product, please get them separately.

The Graphic driver is provided and can be downloaded for Raspberry Pi OS/Raspbian. It also supports Ubuntu and Kali Linux. Do follow the steps here: http://www.lcdwiki.com/MHS-3.5inch_RPi_Display

Note: Please use the recommended system for the touch screen. If another system is used, it may not have the touch function or may not work. You need to configure it yourself. Because there are many systems that the Raspberry Pi can use, we can’t make every system compatible with the touch screen.

This 5 inch TFT Display with Touch Screen is a mini panel-mountable HDMI monitor. So small and simple, but you can use this display with any computer that has HDMI output, and the shape makes it easy to attach to a electronic product. Although the 800x480 common HDMI display is made for Raspberry Pi, we can use it other where not only for Raspberry Pi.

Our 5 inch screen supports Raspbian,Ubuntu Mate,Kali Linux and Retropie system for Raspberry Pi.If you use it on PC or others that the touch function is unable to use.

And next, we will teach you how to install the driver for your raspberry pi OS. If no system in your SD card, please refer to the Raspberry Pi office tutorial.

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An LED-backlit LCD is a liquid-crystal display that uses LEDs for backlighting instead of traditional cold cathode fluorescent (CCFL) backlighting.TFT LCD (thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display) technologies as CCFL-backlit LCDs, but offer a variety of advantages over them.

While not an LED display, a television using such a combination of an LED backlight with an LCD panel is advertised as an LED TV by some manufacturers and suppliers.

The local dimming method of backlighting allows to dynamically control the level of light intensity of specific areas of darkness on the screen, resulting in much higher dynamic-contrast ratios, though at the cost of less detail in small, bright objects on a dark background, such as star fields or shadow details.

A 2016 study by the University of California (Berkeley) suggests that the subjectively perceived visual enhancement with common contrast source material levels off at about 60 LCD local dimming zones.

LED-backlit LCDs are not self-illuminating (unlike pure-LED systems). There are several methods of backlighting an LCD panel using LEDs, including the use of either white or RGB (Red, Green, and Blue) LED arrays behind the panel and edge-LED lighting (which uses white LEDs around the inside frame of the TV and a light-diffusion panel to spread the light evenly behind the LCD panel). Variations in LED backlighting offer different benefits. The first commercial full-array LED-backlit LCD TV was the Sony Qualia 005 (introduced in 2004), which used RGB LED arrays to produce a color gamut about twice that of a conventional CCFL LCD television. This was possible because red, green and blue LEDs have sharp spectral peaks which (combined with the LCD panel filters) result in significantly less bleed-through to adjacent color channels. Unwanted bleed-through channels do not "whiten" the desired color as much, resulting in a larger gamut. RGB LED technology continues to be used on Sony BRAVIA LCD models. LED backlighting using white LEDs produces a broader spectrum source feeding the individual LCD panel filters (similar to CCFL sources), resulting in a more limited display gamut than RGB LEDs at lower cost.

The evolution of energy standards and the increasing public expectations regarding power consumption made it necessary for backlight systems to manage their power. As for other consumer electronics products (e.g., fridges or light bulbs), energy consumption categories are enforced for television sets.

A first dynamic "local dimming" LED backlight was public demonstrated by BrightSide Technologies in 2003,Sony in September 2008 on the 40-inch (1,000 mm) BRAVIA KLV-40ZX1M (known as the ZX1 in Europe). Edge-LED lighting for LCDs allows thinner housing; the Sony BRAVIA KLV-40ZX1M is 1 cm thick, and others are also extremely thin.

LED-backlit LCDs have longer life and better energy efficiency than plasma and CCFL LCD TVs.mercury, an environmental pollutant, in their manufacture. However, other elements (such as gallium and arsenic) are used in the manufacture of the LED emitters; there is debate over whether they are a better long-term solution to the problem of screen disposal.

Quantum dots are photoluminescent; they are useful in displays because they emit light in specific, narrow normal distributions of wavelengths. To generate white light best suited as an LCD backlight, parts of the light of a blue-emitting LED are transformed by quantum dots into small-bandwidth green and red light such that the combined white light allows a nearly ideal color gamut to be generated by the RGB color filters of the LCD panel. The quantum dors may be in a separate layer as a quantum dot enhacement film, or replace pigment-based green and red resists normally used in LCD color filters. In addition, efficiency is improved, as intermediate colors are no longer present and do not have to be filtered out by the color filters of the LCD screen. This can result in a display that more accurately renders colors in the visible spectrum. Companies developing quantum dot solutions for displays include Nanosys, 3M as a licensee of Nanosys, QD Vision of Lexington, Massachusetts, US and Avantama of Switzerland.Consumer Electronics Show 2015.quantum dot displays at CES 2017 and later formed the "QLED Alliance" with Hisense and TCL to market the technology.

Mini LED displays are LED-backlit LCDs with mini-LED–based backlighting supporting over a thousand full array local dimming (FALD) zones, providing deeper blacks and a higher contrast ratio.

LED backlights are often dimmed by applying pulse-width modulation to the supply current, switching the backlight off and on more quickly than the eye can perceive. If the dimming-pulse frequency is too low or the user is sensitive to flicker, this may cause discomfort and eyestrain similar to the flicker of CRT displays at lower refresh rates.

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I bought an LCD screen 16x2 basic stuff and I got everything hooked up correctly, verified my pins plus tested the wires twice but I can only get the backlight (I thinks it"s the backlight) to show up blue. No characters at all! Not even a white rectangle... Now I tried playing with a 10k potentiometer on pin 3 but it didn"t change anything. I also put a resistor of 220 ohm on the backlight voltage in and got nothing except a little dim. Running on an Arduino Nano ATmega328.