you mean this display? http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8335
Sparkfun seems to have a supply of 'em. They are making a 'development board' that is due out July/August.
They sell the connectors already for it, but they suggest a cpu with some umph will be needed. Should be interesting to see if the propeller can fire it up. It looks like you would need 28 i/o to hook it up for full colour, but I have thought about simplifing the display to only 7 pins by ganging all r/g/b pins together - giving you 8 colours for the display. I supose a b/w display for this would only be 5 pins. The manual for this display is at http://document.sharpsma.com/files/LQ043T3DX02_SP_122805.pdf
I browsed through the datasheet and could find no catch of any kind. This display should work as a any *GA monitor; the timimg is clearly described in Table 7-1. The base clock is 9 MHz which should not be outside the Probs skills... Of course one COG cannot provide 24 bit color data, but that will not be the point. You also have to provide 2.5 volts. There is no need for any special processing power whatsoever.
Look for this thread "What would you want more of, cogs or RAM?". On page 19 I have a bit of a summary table for Prop gen#2. Formatting got messed up a bit, but one should be able to figure it out fairly easy. I have at the right side of the table the 'page/date/time' of the various info sources.
Too bad I didn't start it way last year. Would make it easier for new members to see more of the picture.
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Sparkfun seems to have a supply of 'em. They are making a 'development board' that is due out July/August.
They sell the connectors already for it, but they suggest a cpu with some umph will be needed. Should be interesting to see if the propeller can fire it up. It looks like you would need 28 i/o to hook it up for full colour, but I have thought about simplifing the display to only 7 pins by ganging all r/g/b pins together - giving you 8 colours for the display. I supose a b/w display for this would only be 5 pins.
The only issue then would be timing, I supose.
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Look for this thread "What would you want more of, cogs or RAM?". On page 19 I have a bit of a summary table for Prop gen#2. Formatting got messed up a bit, but one should be able to figure it out fairly easy. I have at the right side of the table the 'page/date/time' of the various info sources.
Too bad I didn't start it way last year. Would make it easier for new members to see more of the picture.
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