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TFT Touchscreen for Basic Stamp 2

MarkDeSouzaMarkDeSouza Posts: 17
in BASIC Stamp
Does anyone know of any cheap touchscreens that can be coded and compatible with the Basic Stamp 2? The EZLCD is around $100-130. Has anyone been successful in porting the Nextion LCD to Basic Stamp 2? If so can you please share the code?

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  • tomcrawfordtomcrawford Posts: 1,126
    I'll take a stab at this one. If you have the luxury of choosing a micro for this project, choose a Propellor, Ard**n*, or Rasp Pi.

    If you have to use a BS-2, you are apt to come to two limitations.

    1) The BS-2 doesn't really have program or variable space to take advantage of a QVGA screen.
    2) BS-2 has a fundamental problem issuing a command (SEROUT) and then turning around quickly enough to capture the result (SERIN) faster than about 4K baud. You can perhaps program the LCD to a slower baud rate, but you are really swimming against the current.

    Just my opinion. Other people may have different advice.
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