Comments on: Controlling a cheap color LCD

By: Hexagram

Hexagram — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:27:15 +0000

Hey guys, I have a few color lcds, the one I want to use is from a motorola V180…

Does anybody know how I would go about hooking this up?

And or where I can get the pcb if one is made?

Thanks in advance, lemme know @ nick dot pannuto at gmail dot com

By: nes

nes — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:27:02 +0000

Thanks Eliot. Sorry about the bandwidth, seems to be limited to 4.2Mb per hour but is working again now. led_scorched you can find some info and links here:
http://sandiding.tripod.com/Bertys.html
http://forum.lcdinfo.com/viewforum.php?f=9
Namerehwon, I’d keep the GBCs intact. They’re a great embedded system in their own right and I don’t think the LCD controller is on the glass like it is with these phone LCDs.

By: LED_scorched

LED_scorched — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:09:52 +0000

Any one know of a good site to find specs on cellphone LCD’s?

By: NamErehWon

NamErehWon — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:31:56 +0000

This makes we want to try something with the LCD from one of my game boy colors.

By: paul

paul — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:15:52 +0000

The geocities link from nes is now showing “temporarily exceeded its data transfer limit”, so I can’t view it.

By: CaptSnuffy

CaptSnuffy — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:21:19 +0000

Anyone know why i’m having trouble submitting anything to the hackaday tip line? No matter what it puts the comment field in red and won’t let me send it.

By: Eliot Phillips

Eliot Phillips — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:59:21 +0000

Nice link Nes

By: Nes

Nes — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:37:13 +0000

Hi, there is an even cheaper colour LCD out there that’s just as easy to use and easier to solder connections to. It’s the one from the Nokia 3510i, and goes for around $4 on ebay. I put a page up here (including code for PIC micro):
http://www.geocities.com/neil_manc/pic16f84/index.htm

By: steve

steve — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:08:57 +0000

Very similar, with video and all in a box.
http://www.dontronics.com/micro-lcd.html