nokia 9000i screen interface

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Hardware Interfacing
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(moved cos i posted it in the wrong section :-[ )

Hi i have an old 9000i screen left from my old communicator, it has its board and i was hoping to interface it with my arduino.

the screen specs (if the site was correct) are:

Display Type: monochrome STN , 4 scales
Display Resolution: 640 x 200
Display Diagonal: 4.5 "

the driver board is intact, and hopefully works. but i cannot test it unless its interfaced with something, and the communicator is dead.
i have found some contacts on the driver board that i can interface too that are connected to the internal interface socket, they are also labeled (bonus :smiley: )..
I will get a scan of the board with the contacts so you can see what i have to deal with. will post it as soon as i get it.
I hope someone can help me with this because it would be a great screen for displays from the arduino :slight_smile:

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ok.. sorry for the delay on this.. i had many other things to sort out and my Decemillia is on the bench needing fixes..

i got a boarduino running ok tho for now (thnx to UC Hobby)

anyhoo.. the screen in quiestion (if it is in working order) had these connections on it:

VEE, VSS, VDD,
D0, D1, D2, D3,
XCK, CK, FLM, DIS.
GND (unmarked)

it has these 2 chips onboard:
(as written on chip)

M64AJ
LP324M
SII
LZ93A76
9630 C

What i need to know is how do i interface this with the atmega168 and how do i write a sketch to display stuff on the screen?

any help would be awesome :slight_smile:

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Terminal emulator VT100 for direct modem access (On-line-sign-up/Auto-log-in to BBS, such as Niftyserve, People, BiGlobe)

It has a terminal emulator of some sort so you could possibly use that and tie to the on board serial. As a test see if you can get the terminal to talk to a PC.

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Terminal emulator VT100 for direct modem access (On-line-sign-up/Auto-log-in to BBS, such as Niftyserve, People, BiGlobe)

It has a terminal emulator of some sort so you could possibly use that and tie to the on board serial. As a test see if you can get the terminal to talk to a PC.

on board serial of the screen or the arduino?

I sort of need to know how to wire up the screen before i try and communicate with it.. I only have the screen and its board (they are one unit)

i have listed all the connectors and chips on the screens driver board ina post above..

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Wow, that runs DOS with GEOS on top of it on a 386!

Still has a fan page but links are dying.

This has instructions to make a serial cable. Using it you can test it on a PC then connect the arduino to it and send text to the display. I'm not familiar with serial ports but to hook that to a PC you may need to swap some wires.

Beyond that I would look for an LCD you can get a datasheet for.

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I no longer have the phone itself :frowning: it died after many years of good service :frowning:

but i managed to salvage the screen at least and would like to get it working. im hoping someone would have enough knowledge to fathom what the connections are that i listed above and how i can connect it up to an atmega168 to display stuff (or at least power it up to see if it still works)

PS: i cant get another screen im just lucky to have what i got :slight_smile:

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Awww. I'm sorry I don't have any more data. You can try and contact Nokia and request information on the phone and the LCD. Explain you're a student trying to reuse the screen. Send it to the attention of the public affairs person. It may or may not work.

I've stolen LED and LCD displays from a variety of devices. In some cases they've worked and some they've not. I had and old Zenith terminal the size of a mail station that would have worked for the arduino pity it's lost.

I want to hack my mailstation to act as a terminal. Unfortunately the company is out of business and no one has much data on it. Ah well. I'll scrounge parts from it and reuse the case if nothing else. :wink: