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In my workshop, for few years lie a part of 19"" monitor, it was only screen mounted in metal chassis and burned supply power board plus LVDS cable, there was not plastic housing nor electronic.

I had ready to use LVDS cable so connection was easy to testing board, however this screen have 4 CCFL lamps, I connected only one lamp, just to check if screen works at all. Guess what - it was working.

Than I decided to use original LVDS cable, so I had to unscramble all connections in socket and put them in proper pins in Universal board"s connection. A lot of work because this screen use 2 channel 8 bit, so 10 pairs of wires.

All the accessories listed below tier pricing need to pay.We won"t deliver until you select. Power adaptor should be 12V/2000mA in output and center pin for positive voltage and the outer shield for negative voltage.The temperature for controller RTD2660 would increase during working.That"s normal phenomenon,not quality problem.

ER-TFTV080-2 is 800x600 dots 8"color tft lcd module display with HDMI,VGA,Video signal driver board,optional 8 inch 4-wire resistive touch panel, touch panel usb port controller board,remote control,superior display quality,super wide view angle.It can be used in any embedded systems,car,industrial device,security and hand-held equipment which requires display in high quality and colorful video. It"s also ideal for Raspberry Pi by HDMI.

Depends, I think. Many monitors from the 80s could display 640×480 because that was the maximum resolution of NTSC devices, both TVs and video monitors.

Jein. PC Gamers from the early 90s will say that Super VGA is anything that has 256 colours at a resolution higher than 320×2** resolution. So 640×400 (lowest Vesa VBE mode) and higher is SVGA.

By contrast, PC professionals used “Super VGA” term especially for 800×600 resolution, which was the original SVGA mode in 16c, which many ISA VGA cards from 1987 onwards could handle. Vesa VBE even had two mode numbers reserved for it. Higher resolutions were called XGA, etc by these.

This 10.1 inch TFT LCD display has a 1024x600 resolution screen with IPS technology, which delivers sunlight readable brightness, better color reproduction, better image consistency, and better optical characteristics at any angle. For extra protection, this 24-bit true color TFT also includes an EMI filter on the input power supply line. This 10.1" display is RoHS compliant with LVDS interface, and does not include a touchscreen. This 10.1" IPS display has been designed with the same mechanical footprint and pinout and includes the same HX8282 driver IC as the TN display, making this a compatible replacement option for the TN models.

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All cables, analog or digital, have limited throughput - you can push only so much information through them per second until problems arise. "Information" here, in context of displays, means pixel color values at some resolution and refresh rate. The higher resolution and refresh rate, the more information there is to transmit.

With digital cables the throughput simply cannot be exceeded. The protocol defines valid parameter ranges and neither device will be able to break this barrier. There"s a hard limit to what resolution and refresh rate combinations are possible on that link.

Analog cables are a different story. You may be able to get more out of them that they were designed for at the cost of quality. This does not mean that every receiving device will be able to work with such signal, but if both ends support it and you"re okay with image deterioration, you"re good.

The interesting thing about CRTs is that while their vertical resolution is discrete, the horizontal "resolution" is essentially infinite and we"re using a discrete number only because it"s the only practical way to handle it in a computer (TV is different). VGA"s design reflects this: some signals in a VGA cable were supposed to directly drive the electron beam in a CRT. LCDs don"t work like that though, they have a discrete resolution and no electron beam. The VGA signal has to be electronically sampled to recreate the discrete image the computer intended to display, and then send it to the LCD panel. While a CRT with its infinite horizontal resolution would be immune to any slight clock skew, the sampling is not, potentially degrading the quality further beyond cable"s electrical limitations. This manifests as a horizontal color bleed.

With digital cables like DVI-D, HDMI and DP there"s no digital-to-analog-to-digital conversion going on anymore, so you"re either getting perfectly crisp image, or none at all if you"re exceeding cable"s capabilities.

Be careful with DVI, because there are three DVI variants that use the same cable. DVI-A is just VGA over a DVI cable, with all problems of regular VGA still there. DVI-D is 100% digital and compatible with HDMI through passive adapters. DVI-I is a mix of the two. With that last one usually only one type of signal will be used by the monitor, even though the cable carries both. Some (very old) LCDs ironically use only the analog component of DVI-I.

A number of people have used a Motorola Atrix Lapdock to add a screen and keyboard with trackpad to RasPi, in essence building a RasPi-based laptop computer. Lapdock is a very clever idea: you plug your Atrix smart phone into Lapdock and it gives you an 11.6" 1366 x 768 HDMI monitor with speakers, a keyboard with trackpad, two USB ports, and a large enough battery for roughly 5 hours of use. The smart phone acts as a motherboard with "good enough" performance. The advantage over a separate laptop or desktop computer is that you have one computing device so you don"t need to transfer files between your phone and your desk/laptop.

Unfortunately for Motorola, Lapdock was not successful (probably because of its US$500 list price) and Motorola discontinued it and sold remaining stock at deep discounts, with many units selling for US$50-100. This makes it a very attractive way to add a modest size HDMI screen to RasPi, with a keyboard/trackpad and rechargeable battery power thrown in for free.

Lapdock has two connectors that plug into an Atrix phone: a Micro HDMI D plug for carrying video and sound, and a Micro USB plug for charging the phone and connecting to the Lapdock"s internal USB hub, which talks to the Lapdock keyboard, trackpad, and two USB ports. With suitable cables and adapters, these two plugs can be connected to RasPi"s full-size HDMI connector and one of RasPi"s full-size USB A ports.

Motorola also made a Lapdock for the Motorola Droid Bionic smartphone. According to Jim Manley, the Droid Bionic Lapdock is identical to the Atrix Lapdock, except that the two Micro plugs are each rotated 180 degrees.

The RasPi forum has a long thread on Lapdock with many useful suggestions, photos, and links: I made a Raspberry PI Laptop. There"s also a good "blog entry at element14 with photos and suggestions of where to get cables and adapters: Raspberry Pi Laptop. TechRepublic has a tear-down article with photos of Lapdock internal components here: Cracking Open the Motorola Droid Bionic Lapdock. Paul Mano has a wealth of photos of Lapdock innards at Motorola Atrix Lapdock mod projects.

The hardest part about connecting Lapdock is getting the cables and adapters. Most HDMI and USB cables are designed to plug into jacks, whereas the Lapdock has plugs so the cables/adapters must have Micro HDMI and Micro USB female connections. These are unusual cables and adapters, so check the links.

Lapdock uses the HDMI plug to tell if a phone is plugged in by seeing if the HDMI DDC/CEC ground pin is pulled low. If it"s not, Lapdock is powered off. As soon as you plug in a phone or RasPi, all the grounds short together and Lapdock powers itself on. However, it only does this if the HDMI cable actually connects the DDC/CEC ground line. Many cheap HDMI cables do not include the individual ground lines, and rely on a foil shield connected to the outer shells on both ends. Such a cable will not work with an unmodified Lapdock. There is a detailed "blog entry on the subject at element14: Raspberry Pi Lapdock HDMI cable work-around. The "blog describes a side-benefit of this feature: you can add a small power switch to Lapdock so you can leave RasPi attached all the time without draining the battery.

The Lapdock Micro USB plug is the upstream port of Lapdock"s internal USB hub, and connects to one of RasPi"s full-size USB ports. Lapdock is not USB compliant since it provides upstream power on its Vbus pin. Lapdock uses this to charge the Atrix phone. You can use this feature to power RasPi if you have a newer RasPi. The original RasPi rev 1 has 140 mA polyfuses F1 and F2 to protect the USB ports, which are too small for powering RasPi using upstream power. Newer RasPis replace F1 and F2 with zero Ohm jumpers or eliminate them entirely, which allows Lapdock to provide power. If you don"t mind modifying your original RasPi, you can add shorting jumpers over F1 and F2 or replace them with higher-current fuses.

What gets powered on depends on whether Lapdock is open or closed. If it"s open, the screen and all Lapdock USB ports are powered. If you close Lapdock, the screen and full-size USB ports are powered down, but the Micro USB still provides upstream power. This is for charging an Atrix phone. When you open or close Lapdock, the Micro USB power switches off for about a second so if your RasPi is connected it will reboot and you may have a corrupted file system. There"s discussion about this at the RasPi forum link, and someone has used a supercapacitor to work around the problem: Raspberry Pi lapdock tricks.

When you do not connect a HDMI monitor, the GPU in the PI will simply rescale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scaling) anything that would have appeared on the HDMI screen to a resolution suitable for the TV standard chosen, (PAL or NTSC) and outputs it as a composite video signal.

The Broadcom BCM2835 only provides HDMI output and composite output. RGB and other signals needed by RGB, S-VIDEO or VGA connectors are however not provided, and the R-PI also isn"t designed to power an unpowered converter box.

Note that any conversion hardware that converts HDMI/DVI-D signals to VGA (or DVI-A) signals may come with either an external PSU, or expects power can be drawn from the HDMI port. In the latter case the device may initially appear to work, but there will be a problem, as the HDMI specs only provide in a maximum of 50mA (@ 5 Volt) from the HDMI port, but all of these adapters try to draw much more, up-to 500mA, in case of the R-PI there is a limit of 200mA that can be drawn safely, as 200mA is the limit for the BAT54 diode (D1) on the board. Any HDMI to VGA adapter without external PSU might work for a time, but then burn out D1, therefore Do not use HDMI converters powered by the HDMI port!

The solution is to either only use externally powered converters, or to replace D1 with a sturdier version, such as the PMEG2010AET, and to replace the power input fuse F3 with a higher rated one, as the current one is only 700mA, and the adapter may use 400mA itself. Also notice that the R-PI"s power supply also must be able to deliver the extra current.

Alternatively, it may be possible to design an expansion board that plugs into the LCD headers on the R.Pi. Here is something similar for Beagleboard:

The SOC (system on a chip) does not support any kind of analog component video, including VGA, since the SOC is designed for mobile phone use where this would not be a requirement. Additional components would be needed to generate RGB signals. Additional components would push the price beyond the $25 target and therefore won"t happen.

An additional binary blob might be required for the DSI port to function correctly (or function at all). When or if such a blob will be made available is unknown. Update 04 Jun 2013: "DSI will get done though - there are 1.5M boards out there with the connector on - that would, as you say, have been a waste of money ($120k??) if it never gets used." [1]

The schematics for apples iPhone 3gs and 4g suggest they speak DSI, thus they can probably be connected directly. The older iPhones use a "Mobile Pixel Link" connection from National Semiconductor. The 3GS panel (480×320) goes as low as US $14.88, while the 4G one (960×640, possibly the LG LH350WS1-SD01, with specifications) can be had for US $17.99 or as low as US $14.28. The connectors used might be an issue, but this connector might fit. Additional circuitry might be necessary to provide the display with required 1.8V and 5.7V for operation, and an even higher voltage for the backlight.

The Raspberry Pi provides one clock lane and two data lanes on the S2 connector, as can be read from the schematics. It is currently unknown whether this is enough to drive the iPhone 4G screen, as that screen seems be driven with three data lanes in its original application.

DVI receiver TFP401A, TFP403, or TFP501 + LVDS transmitter SN75LVDS83B or SN65LVDS93A (Mentioned earlier fit-VGA is build around TFP401A, probably many more "active" DVI2VGA cables are build the same way)

I2C/SPI ADC can be used to interface 4 pin resistive Touch Screens, For example STMPE812A. Texas Instruments has a solution for 4 or 8 wire touchscreens using their rather cheap MSP4309.

These have controllers and interfaces for feeding in text (and symbols). Common screen sizes include 16x2 to 40x4. They"re often seen in keypads, industrial machines, cash registers, laser printers etc.

Parallel interface displays can be found in many sizes, usually up to 7" and more. Parallel interfaces are usually 8 or 16-bits wide (sometimes 18 or 24-bit wide), plus some control-lines. The Raspberry Pi P1-connector does not contain enough GPIOs for 16-bit wide parallel displays, but this could be solved by borrowing some GPIOs from the CSI-connector or from P5 (on newer Raspberry Pis). Alternatively, some additional electronics (e.g. shift-registers or a CPLD) can be used, which could also improve the framerate or lower the CPU-load.

AdvaBoard RPi1: Raspberry Pi multifunction extension board, incl. an interface and software for 3.2"/5"/7" 16-bit parallel TFT-displays incl. touchscreen with up to 50 frames/s (3.2", 320x240)

Texy"s 2.8" TFT + Touch Shield Board: HY28A-LCDB display with 320 x 240 resolution @ 10 ~ 20fps, 65536 colors, assembled and tested £24 plus postage, mounts on GPIO pins nicely matching Pi board size, or via ribbon cable

The Toradex ARM Computer Modules supports almost every active and passive LCD without any glue logic. You can attach TFT (active) and STN (passive) displays glueless (without any CPLD) to the Colibri display interface.

The Unified TFT Interface form EDT allows you to use several different displays with exactly the same connector on the baseboard. Toradex provides 2 EDT displays in the webshop but there are even more available form 3rd parties. Here the complete list:SizePart NumberTouchResolution3.5"ET035080DM6NoQVGA 320*240

Toradex carrier boards also provide a connector for the Unified TFT Display interface which gives the possibility to test a lot of different displays without the need for an adapter.

There is a selection of Mitsubishi Electric displays that have been tested with a specially designed and manufactured cable compatible with the LVDS 40 pin connector available in most of (Apalis) carrier boards.

However, the customer would have to make the proper device tree changes and add the needed timings settings depending on the chosen display. For this, we greatly recommend informing yourself about Device Tree Customization and about Display Output, Resolution, and Timings (Linux).

You can find more information about the available displays and its characteristics in Mitsubishi"s catalog (Under Color TFT-LCD Modules catalog): http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/semiconductors/catalog/index.html

Generic USB HID Driver(WinCE) can be downloaded from here.SizeResolutionTypeManufacturerTouch InterfaceSoftware Driver & Hardware Adaptation5"480x272EAST RISINGI2C (GSL1680)Driver adaptation is required, display can be interfaced using Generic RGB Display Adapter Board Example

7.0"800x480HAOYU ELECTRONICSI2C (FT5206)Driver is available, display can be interfaced using Generic RGB Display Adapter Board Example with small change, please refer NOTE1.

10.1"1024x600HAOYU ELECTRONICSI2C (FT5406)Driver is available, display can be interfaced using Generic RGB Display Adapter Board Example with small change, please refer NOTE1.

4.3"480x272Newhaven DisplayI2C (FT5306)Driver is available, display can be interfaced using Generic RGB Display Adapter Board Example, small change is required to be done, please refer NOTE2.

5.0"800x480Newhaven DisplayI2C (FT5306)Driver is available, display can be interfaced using Generic RGB Display Adapter Board Example, small change is required to be done, please refer NOTE2.

7.0"800x480Newhaven DisplayI2C (FT5406)Driver is available, display can be interfaced using Generic RGB Display Adapter Board Example, small change is required to be done, please refer NOTE2.

7.0"800x480NHD-7.0-800480EF-ATXV#-CTP (EOL)Newhaven DisplayI2C (FT5406)Driver is available, display can be interfaced using Generic RGB Display Adapter Board Example, small change is required to be done, please refer NOTE2.

NOTE1: LED driver side, disconnect Pin 1, 2 of LCD from led driver circuit and give 5V input as led driver is integrated with the LCD and connect PWM signal for backlight dimming control to Pin 35 of LCD.

NOTE2: Remove resistors(R98, R99, R100, R101) on Pin 37, 38, 39, 40 and using jumper wire connect these to I2C_SCL_B, I2C_SDA_B, TOUCH_INT_B and TOUCH_RESET_B signals of X8.

NOTE3: In the above displays, we have tested touch on WinCE only but it should be possible to run it on Linux as well with a little bit of adaptation.

6.Special share LCD can be customized,such as bar,square and round LCD display can be customized or any other special shaped display is available to custom.

A controller board is a piece in an electrical circuit that interfaces with a peripheral object by connecting the computer to it. The connection may be with other computer parts, such as the memory controller, or with an external device, like a mouse, that acts as a peripheral controller for an operation of the original device.

The LCD controller board is often called the Analog/Digital (A/D) board. As a type of hardware processor, it allows for various video source inputs to be connected, selected, and displayed on the LCD screen. It does this by converting the different video input signals into a format manageable by the LCD panel.

In conjunction with the LCD controller, the LCD driver is a form of software that is the interface of and dependent on the controller piece. Combined, the two form an LCD controller driver board. As the controller connects the computer to the operating system (OS), the driver facilitates that communication. Though there is typically just one display controller per LCD, there can be added drivers to extend the reach of the drive to further segments of the LCD.

To generalize the process, the LCD controller/driver adjusts the input signal, scaling resolution if needed, and then outputs the signal for the LCD monitor to use. Some of these output interfaces are low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS), SPI, I2C, and Parallel.

In most LCD controller/driver boards, there are two other input/output systems. Both these systems, however, are two-way pathways. One involves controlling and monitoring options, such as controls for brightness, image, and color using the on-screen display (OSD) control panel. The other is for communication via connections like Ethernet, Bluetooth, or IP.

With modern developments, touch screen devices have become much more prominent, and so the touchscreen controller has as well. There are two types of touchscreens: the resistive one that measures pressure and the capacitive one that reads touch. In both of these, there are sensors that detect the touch signal which then transmit the signal data to the controller. The controller then processes the command for the OS.

To delve deeper into the details, consider the previously mentioned input signals. There are a variety of signals that LCD technology processes, such as VGA, HDMI, DVI, and DisplayPort. These computer display standards vary in format and characteristics like aspect ratio, display size, display resolution, color depth, and refresh rate. One of the biggest differences between these standards is their usage of analog signals or digital signals.

In an analog signal, the signal is continuous, but in digital, they are discrete values, typically of 0 and 1. Digital signals have become the most used, as they can more easily carry information and have better quality maintenance; if the analog signal is used and unnecessary information is present, it is impossible to remove it due to the continuous nature of the analog signal. In order to make that switch to digital signals, converters are used to replacethe real numbers of the analog sequence with a set of discrete values.

The VGA, short for video graphic array, standard is one of the most popular analog-based technologies. In recent years, however, the VGA interface has been overshadowed by interfaces like high definition multimedia interfaces, better known as HDMI, which has become a de facto standard for digital signal transmissions.

The HDMI is a combination of digital audio and digital video transmission. There are many HDMI connectors, such as the standard, dual-link, and micro. These connectors are what the input signal travels through to reach the LCD controller and to direct what to display.

The DVI (Digital Visual Interface) offers both analog signals, digital signals, or a combination of the two. Like the HDMI, it has various connector types for different signal types.

When crossing interfaces, we use adapters to bridge the differences between signals. The DVI VGA adapter is relatively inexpensive due to how compatible the two are. The HDMI is also very compatible with the DVI, making the HDMI DVI adapter quite simple.

The VGA to HDMI adapter, however, must overcome greater differences, as they are not naturally as compatible as each were with DVI. Not only are there differences in the analog/digital signals, but also the VGA only uses video interface, whereas the HDMI uses both audio and video. A cable and an adapter are needed to connect the two devices.

And last from the list of examples of input signals is the DisplayPort. It is similar to HDMI in its purpose to replace outdated VGA and DVI as well as its transmission of audio and video through its interface. The DisplayPort does not have as much variation in cables and connectors as the HDMI, with only one cable and two types of connectors. From the DisplayPort, there is a growing technology called the embedded DisplayPort interface, or eDP interface. LCD manufacturers have begun to gravitate towards this interface due to its fewer connections, smaller size, and ability to quickly transmit high quality displays.

Bringing the subject back to LCD controllers, with the various types of computer display standards, the video signal inputs can be a challenge to accommodate and translate for the LCD panel, but with the help of adapters and the growth of these standard types, displays continue to become faster and develop with greater resolutions.

Support four video input, BNC, AV, VGA, HDMI. According to the input signal 1 - 60 seconds automatic switching, does not interfere with other signal sources.