Using mobile phone or other display?

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For an Arduno project, where I recently ordered the Arduino Mega, I do also need a graphical display.
I remembered I used to have an old Sagem MC 930 broken phone. But I'm not sure if I can controll it using Arduino and how?

Or is there a good cheap LCD module/component that I can use? It should have white pixels on blue background (or so, not that ordinary black'n'green stuff)
This one for example: http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/181719/LCD-MODUL-BLUE-LINE-GRAFIK-128X64/SHOP_AREA_17651&promotionareaSearchDetail=005 (Conrad.de shop art no. 181719 - 62) but they are SO expensive.

http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/187433/GRAFIK-LCD-MODUL-LED-BEL-WEISS-128X64 this one would also be great, (art no 187433 - 62)

And how do I control them or is it impossible with those? I don't wanna spend 60 Euros on a display and then it is not compatible with Arduino.
Or do you have a "special" online shop offering displays and stuff suitable for Arduino?

In this forum I've seen people talking about the Arduino Color LCD shield with a Nokia screen (or so), where do I get them? is it cheaper and easier to control?

Many thanks, have a nice holidys,
Greetings from Germany.

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Take look on Arduino Playground - LCD

I suggest nokia 3310 lcd it is very cheap but it must be powered by 3.3v

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I've found an old Nokia 3410 in the basement. Would this work as well?

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BajK, the displays you posted from conrad.de are both KS0108 graphical LCD (GLCD) displays, which is well supported by the Arduino; there's even a library for it:

http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/GLCDks0108

It seems to me, though, that ~60 euros for an LCD is a little overpriced (?), considering on Ebay you can find them for about one-third to half that price - ex:

http://cgi.ebay.com/KS0108-128x64-Graphic-LCD-Blue-Backlight-EasyPIC5-/130337989859?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e58bfe4e3

Not sure what VAT or anything else would do to those numbers, but I am pretty sure you can do better than those prices.

:slight_smile:

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Oh, damn, am I stupid. I did NEVER consider ebay as an alternative. Just looking those things up right now :slight_smile:

Really nice that there's even a library for that.

But does the Nokia 3410 screen work as well with the 3310 library? Don't wanna break the mobile in case my grandmother wants it back or something.

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Does the Nokia 3410 screen work with the 3310 library?

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I did now disassemble the Nokia 3410 and am trying to solder that supid microsize contacts but no luck yet. Looking for a thinner soldering stick.

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It sounds like you've already got something going but in case you end up wanting to buy one:

It appears that there is pretty good support for this setup since they're selling well. Plus I can tell you the shipping isn't bad (to Stuttgart anyways) from Sparkfun, takes about a week and a half.