Has anyone tried using an old Laptop Display with an Arduino?
I have an old Sony Vaio with a crashed hard drive that I want to strip for parts such as the LCD screen. Any pointers?
SubMicro
most laptop lcd's have very poor documentation and require elaborate drivers to work. if you really want to use the screen, look up lvds drivers, but more than likely an lvds driver would cost more than a new lcd tv.
Well thats not what I wanted to here but oh well! But what does high speed differential signaling (usually used in aerospace apps) have to do with laptop displays?
SubMicro
from wikipedia:
LVDS can also transport video data from graphics adapters to computer monitors, particularly flat panels, using the Flat Panel Display Link (FPD-Link), LVDS Display Interface (LDI), or OpenLDI standards. These standards allow a maximum pixel clock of 112 MHz, which suffices for a display resolution of 1400 x 1050 (SXGA+) at 60 Hz refresh. A dual link can boost the maximum display resolution to 2048 x 1536 (QXGA) at 60 Hz. FPD-Link works with cable lengths up to about 5 m, and LDI extends this to about 10 m.
That's way over my head! I'll stick to the small stuff. (for now)
SubMicro