[Lab] LCD screen

[Tom Burns]

It's not the same as DIY but on this topic there's apparently a cheap
touchscreen, wifi enabled device being dumped at best buy.  Not sure if the
sale is US only.

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=1468

Tom


On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:

> What if the picture viewer were small and you could interact with it in
> some way. And it's content gets broadcast to the nearest TV? Or computer
> screen? Or wireless device? Just a thot.
>
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> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
> jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> thanks allot.  i think the psp screen might be the easyest route tough
>> 4" is a little bit small for a picture frame.  I will keep looking a
>> little bit more thanks for your help
>>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>> ---
>>
>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>
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>> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>> > SparkFun has some smaller LCD options:
>> http://www.sparkfun.com/categories/76
>> > ...or there's something like a Video Game Shield:
>> http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10226
>> >
>> > The Pixel Qi (
>> http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKPQ01) that
>> Maker Shed carries has some info about LVDS in the datasheet:
>> http://cdn.makezine.com/make/pdf/pixel_qi_nantasket_spec_pub1_0.pdf
>> >
>> > Most EVM boards that can do video (like the BeagleBoard -
>> http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9444) have NTSC/S-Video, HDMI and/or DVI
>> outputs.
>> >
>> > Andrew.
>> >
>> > On 2010-12-09, at 10:38 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >> I am a little bit suck.  I can't find any information on lcd screens.
>> >> I want to build a digital picture frame.  I was thinking of using an
>> >> old lap top screen and communicating with the LVDS line but can't find
>> >> any information on the protocol or what not.  I think it might be
>> >> different per lcd screen i guess.
>> >>
>> >> also, if any one has any other suggestions on an other lcd screen I
>> >> can use?  it needs to be at least 8" and cheap ;)
>> >>
>> >> any tips is appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>> >> ---
>> >>
>> >> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>> >> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>> >>
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