Interfacing a Color LCD

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Hardware Interfacing
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Hi everybody :slight_smile: My digital camera (a Nikon coolpix880) recently died but the lcd is still functional and I was wondering if it is possible to use it with the arduino mega. I cracked the camera open and this is what i could find on the back of the lcd (228CAXE 042A01E) and apparently it's made by Sanyo since its written on it :slight_smile:

Thank you guys in advance :wink:

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any help guys ? or just a place where i can find more info about it !?

Regards.

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Usually a google search of the part number goes a long way.

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Hi there and thanks for the reply, i actually tried googling the part number but with no success :frowning:

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Problem is the controller for the LCD may be on the main board of the camera. So interfacing with it could be quite difficult. You may need to do a search on all the chips in the camera.

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i'll give your idea a try :slight_smile:

Thanks again !

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Hi guys ! i finally found the LCD's datasheet after an epic research that lasted 3 weeks xD : here is the link to it :
http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet/sanyo/ds_pdf_e/ALP228CAXA.pdf

So can you please let me know if its possible to use it with my arduino mega ?

Thanks guys and I appreciate any help :slight_smile: still a newbie you know ^^"

Cheers

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It looks like the primary interface is a video signal and your mega is not capable of driving this in a useful way.

But it also has a serial input and this may enable you to write some text on the screen.
If you want to use it you need to search for more information on the serial interface for that chip.