computer display projects page

Index

• Video related projects
• LCD interfacing

Video related projects

• 9-to-15 pin conversion table for VGA to monitor connection
• Connecting Sharp LCD panels to VGA (2.0)
• Driving Multiple VGA Monitors - simple circuit to drive two VGA monitors using one VGA card
• How to generate video signals in real-time using a PIC16F84 - generating video signals in software
• Homebrew Shutterglasses Controllers
• Identifying connections on unknown or cut monitor cables
• LCD Project - effort to make use of surplus LCDs from the CyberMaxx virtual reality system
• PIC-Tock - video clock using a PIC16C61
• The Cookbook CCD Camera Home Page - to help amateur astronomers who build their own CCD cameras
• Ultimate Screen Saver - this unit switches off the power to a monitor if the keyboard and mouse are not used for a preset period of time
• Use fixed frequency monitor with your PC: Fixed Frequency Monitor FAQ and Sync on Green FAQ
• Rickard's microcontroller projects - mechanically scanned display stuff and software generated video using PIC, includes vidoe games like Pong and Tetris
• SVGA Generator - circuit to generate SVGA mode video 640x480..1024x768, based on Altera CPLD, text in German
• VGA Generato - VGA 640x480 test picture generator based on PIC12C509A
• VGA to TV converter
• Video Encoder for Amstrad CPC - low quality RGB to composite video circuit based on LM1377

LCD interfacing

• Build your own "2-Wire LCD Interface" using the PIC16C84 microcontroller
• Christopher Burian's LCD Module FAQ
• Circuit tricks increase LCD contrast - lack of a negative voltage to bias the LCD backplane severely limits the available LCD contrast on many displays, this circuit generates it
• Connecting Sharp LCD panels to VGA - uses SHARP LCD module, get the datasheet
• Graphic LCD Controller/Module Info - LCD Controller/Module Data Sheets and Sample code
• Hitachi LM018L LCD Module - interfacing 40x2 text display to computer
• How to control HD44780-based Character-LCD - Industry-Standard-Character-LCD General info and code-examples
• How to control industry standard character LCD
• How to use Intelligent LCD - two part tutorial from EPE Online
• Interface LCD with ease - how to easily interface to bus oriented LCD screen using serial interface
• LCD Detail Page - details of hooking up a small LCD to your computer
• LCD Direct Drive using HPC - controlling LCD segment display directly using microcontroller
• LCD Discussions - discussion group related to LCD display interfacing
• LCD Display Frequently Asked Questions
• LCD drivers and controller datasheets
• LCD Frequently Asked Questions - a multi-part introduction for the basic understanding of Liquid Crystal Displays
• LCD Information and Technical Forum - general inforation, datasheets, tips
• LCDproc - linux LCD display driver, small piece of software that displays real-time system information from your Linux box on a 20x4 backlit LCD
• Linux LCD display driver - from ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/sunsite/system/hardware/
• PIC plots pixels sans controller - grahical output from PIC to grahical LCD screeen
• RS232 interfaced LCD display - Schematic for the serial interface board. It consists of a MAX232, ATMEL AT90S2313 microcontroller and some support circuitry for the IR reciever module and LCD panel.
• Sega 3D LCD shutter glass interfacing projects
• Toshiba T6963C Controller based Displays - information on Dot Matrix LCD Controller, found in a proportion of the cheaper medium size LCD Modules
• Tutorial: Introduction to LCD Programming with 8051
• Using an LCD's User Defined Character Generator for Graphics Animation - project based on PIC, PICbasic and Hitachi 44780 LCD

Related pages

• Computer hardware projects page
• PC hardware pages
• Video technology pages