TK. Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Since it turned out that KS0107/KS0108 based displays with 240x64 resolution are not available anymore, I'm thinking about an alternative way for controlling graphical LCDs without performance loss. It's clear that this requires a second microcontroller, but on the other hand the total-costs of this solution are less than I payed for my high-performance Displaytech 64240A.So, a conceptional (!) preliminary (!!) schematic can be found here: http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_lcd_companion.pdfThe "companion core" will be connected via Port J15 of the MIOS core module. The parallel bus interface works asynchronous (Request/Acknowledge line), will provide double data rate (8 bit during the request phase, 8 bit after the acknowledge phase), and will support read and write transactions. Up to 8 companions will be addressable in this way, and it depends on the implementation how much displays can be connected to a single companion. ;-)However, MIOS will provide a generic bus protocol for this interface, and a 2nd layer protocol for graphical as well as for character displays. In this way, low-cost displays based on the polular T6963C can be connected to the MIOS core without performance loss, but also any other display - the companion core just has to process the protocol.(Sidenote: not only displays can be connected in this way, but any device which requires fast data transfers)(Sidenote2: see this posting http://www.midibox.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=concepts;action=display;num=1067480170 for a solution provided by Duggle which will be perfect for slow data rate peripherals)Important: this is a concept, which I will possibly realize next year. I cannot guarantee that it will work yet! The purpose of this posting is just to inform you about a possible solution before you purchase overpriced KS0108 based displays at EBay or wherever.Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pay_c Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Up to 8 displays!! ;D The MBDM (Midibox Displaymonster) is coming!Cool. Questions: So if we already have a seperated core to control the LCD, is it also possible to just bring that TV - idea back (normal data D0-D7 to PAL/NTSC)?And to bring back another thread: Color display possible? But thats more a point for dreaming, I think (cause the *color* data has to be sent by the MIOS Core anyhow - monochrome color displays would be a little ... ... expensive...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uclaros Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Maybe even a Stereo Image with 2 displays and 3d glasses! What do you think?? Â ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadyman Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Um, Megabump?Has this idea died off? :-X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Shadyman: You're turning into a massive post bumper here. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Heh so I'm not the only one who saw...Posts: 21.and thought...Bumps: Most of that 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenator Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 TK,please consider also the Vertical Display Mode for T6963C. I could do a re-design of the MIDIbox UC based on the new companion core. Also, it would allow to use SRAM memory instead of I2C banksticks. I think it would be great if there was an officially approved interface and pinout for such memory intensive extensions of the MBHP concept.So yes, go ahead! ;DBest regards, ilmenator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadyman Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Heh so I'm not the only one who saw...Posts: 21.and thought...Bumps: Most of that 21.So maybe I won't announce bumps, just see who pays attention? I think I've bumped what I can bump, the rest can lie in the (search) dump ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugfight Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 ...So maybe I won't announce bumps, just see who pays attention? I think I've bumped what I can bump, the rest can lie in the (search) dump ;Dso what's wrong with "bumping"? everyone is addicted to "new"??i much prefer this "bumping" to the useless new threads that cover the same or similar topics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 so what's wrong with "bumping"? everyone is addicted to "new"??i much prefer this "bumping" to the useless new threads that cover the same or similar topics...I agree! It wasn't the bumping that was the problem, it was the repeated bumping and not much input... Bad SNR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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