A nice, THIN, LCD w/cable that connects to the Propeller?

Microcontrolled

As most of you know, I have recently designed a Digital Time Clock for small businesses. I have in in action now, (at a business) and it has been working nicely. The good thing is that there could be potential market for this device, the bad thing is that one of the parts, the LCD, is of unique origin and the last remaining supplies are almost depleted. Does someone know of a small, thin, (and yes it has to be no more then 4 millimeters thick) LCD that works well with the Propeller? It can be graphical or segmented, doesn't matter. It has to connect with a ribbon or other type of cable. Does anyone know of one like this?

Thanks,
Micro

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Jim Fouch

Check out http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/graphic_lcd_and_oled_displays.html

I have used them in the past and was able to write a driver in PSAM. The ones I have are pretty thin. Most, if not all do not come with a cable, but most can be easily soldered to.

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Jim Fouch

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Hantronix makes some nice and thin chip on glass (COG) graphical LCDs. They may not be the easiest to use, but would definitely fit exactly want your "requirements" are. We use one very close to the one below in a handheld device we build and it looks really nice. It uses ambient light with a reflective inner foil to make the display easy to read in many different lighting conditions.

Hantronix LCD Graphic Display Module: Gray Reflective Chip on Glass
www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Hantronix/HDG12864F-1-S00F/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvkC18yXH9iIuqOXjRftzY9HZEwQNfdvdA%3d

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Andrew Williams
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Ale

I second the hantronix units, very thing (~2mm) and with DIP packages, sort of.

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Erik Friesen

I have used the second down on this page - www.newhavendisplay.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_114

There is an asm driver in the obex that will drive it. You need caps for the negative voltage. The display is driver compatible with the samsung s6b0724.

Also these two may be of interest -

www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Newhaven-Display/NHD-C12832A1Z-FSW-FBW-3V3/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvkC18yXH9iIjqe6IqxYXYlWEPha%2fvwHCQ%3d

www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Displaytech/S64128K-FC-BW-3/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvkC18yXH9iIphA15G1WjP185cbuPG%2fGsw%3d two or three sizes in this form factor

Both of these should be driveable with the obex driver. The newhaven is one I haven't used, it has an spi interface, if you are pin limited.


A couple of things to remember when choosing an lcd -

FSTN is the dark black on white typically

Color LCD's look nice, but a good monochrome FSTN can be read in direct sunlight.

Microcontrolled

www.newhavendisplay.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_111&products_id=2301

This looks like it fits the mechanical specs! The only problem is there is no cable. Oh, well. I should order one for prototyping.

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LarryG

@Andrew Williams - The case in your photos looks cool. Is that custom? I would love to get one.

-Larry G.