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Ask Slashdot: Hobbyist-Ready LCD Touch Panel For Embedded Projects?

Posted by timothy on from the you-could-take-my-stack-of-dead-laptops dept.

michael_cain writes "I've been asked (by family, friends) to consider several small embedded controller projects. A good starting point for all of them would be a backlit LCD graphics module with touch screen pre-mounted in a plastic enclosure with enough room behind the display for a custom circuit board. 320-by-240 pixels, 3.5 to 4.5 inch diagonal measure, monochrome is sufficient (but color is always cool), easily driven by an AVR or PIC type microcontroller. And priced at a reasonable point for a hobbyist! Anyone seen anything like this?"

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  1. Here's an Arduino by YasonRohan · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://arduino.cc/playground/SmartGPU/SmartGPU

  2. Re:yes by AngryDeuce · · Score: 5, Funny

    What the fuck is it with people suggesting "get a Tablet" to almost every single question that comes up these days?

    "My car has trouble starting in the mornings..."
    "Get a tablet!"

    "My pool filter seems not to be doing it's job very well lately..."
    "Dude, tablet!!"

    "What's the best product to get stains out of concrete?"
    "TABLET!!!!!!!!!!!"

    Tablets are great for some applications, but not every application that involves tech in any way, shape, or form.

  3. Re:yes by localman57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel like perhaps you would be a less angry person if you had an iPad. Have you considered getting an iPad? Also, decaf. Decaf is good.

  4. Missing the point by michael_cain · · Score: 5, Informative

    Clearly, I didn't make my point in the original post; my bad. The "pre-mounted in a plastic enclosure" is perhaps the most important feature. I know where to find naked displays; what I want to avoid is the homemade plastic box, with things cut/fastened ever so slightly off center, odd screws showing, etc. And while I appreciate the "just write an app" suggestions, in some cases the box will end up mounted on a wall, in at least one the controller will be driving relays to switch higher voltages, in another there will be some odd sensors, and so forth. Don't need processor boards, don't need an unmounted display. Need an LCD with touch panel mounted very neatly and solidly in a reasonable-looking box. Apologies for not being clearer.