The "project" I'm doing is mostly about learning some new skills, it is a personal project that I'm doing on the side. It would be a handheld game console, mostly for GB or NES emulation.
So I guess a Raspberry Pi would be a better target, but... well, I rather like the idea of EOMA-68. My concept would be similar to the handheld ZEOMA console, but more reminiscent of the GameBoy. The benefit of using the EOMA-68 would be the ability to transfer your games between devices very easily. Eh, maybe it's not the greatest idea. I could just use a raspberry pi and it would work mostly the same. Thanks for the help anyway. On Sun, Aug 28, 2016, 13:17 Christopher Havel <[email protected]> wrote: > That's not RGB/TTL... that's parallel 8-bit. Different ball game. RGB/TTL > is either 24-bit (8 bits per color) or 16 bit (6 bits red / 6 bits green / > 4 bits blue -- blue is more intense to the human eye so it only *needs* > four bits vs six for another color). The thing you're talking about... that > gets talked to more like a character LCD than anything else. You know the > display on those old HP laser printers you used in grade school? The ones > that could *only* display text, and had a dedicated spot for each > character...? *That's* a character LCD. *That's* the kind of interface > you're looking at here. > > Dude, if all you're driving is that kinda thing... use an Arduino. If you > absolutely need Web connectivity (or if you need a little number-crunching > ability but not a lot), use an ESP8266. On that note -- a friend of mine > has found a way to turn off an ESP8266's WiFi side if you don't need it. (Info > here. > <http://www.hackster.io/rayburne/esp8266-turn-off-wifi-reduce-current-big-time-1df8ae>) > If you somehow need something that's more than a fractional-horsepower > driver for it ;) like if you're building some kinda fancy pants Johnny Five > robot... throw a RasPi at it. > > Here, this might provide some inspiration --> > http://johan.kanflo.com/the-commadorable-64/ > Despite the name, it's a daughterboard for a display like yours, that > integrates an ESP8266 and driver circuitry. You'd have to buy the parts and > solder it together -- and it's almost all surface mount stuff, mind you, > which is a real pain in the tail... but it's worth it from what I can see > here. > > EOMA68 is *way* overpowered for any application using that kind of > display. EOMA68 is on the level of a Dell desktop, or at least an older > ASUS netbook. > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Louis Pearson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks for ask these replies! I'm pretty new to displays do this has been >> very informative. For the project in working on, I'll be using a smaller >> screen, maybe with a touch screen. Something like this: >> >> >> http://m.ebay.com/itm/161863547262?_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=20150831081539&need=62b51881f4054df6a178d0b1ebe1038d&pid=100518&rk=4&rkt=25&sd=262136737363&_trksid=p2349624.c100518.m4111&_mwBanner=1 >> >> According to the page it accepts an 8-bit signal. From the looks of it, >> this would be able to directly use the RGB/TTL signal. >> >> Another question I have is about SPI based displays. There seems to be a >> lot in this size range. Would those be able to display hardware accelerated >> video? Is that even a concern with this small of a display? >> >> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016, 12:02 Christopher Havel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Well, then. I have been corrected. >>> >>> Fun fact: all you need to hook an eDP display up to any computer with a >>> DisplayPort output -- is a cable that adapts the connectors to each other. >>> Someone on Hackaday did that a year or two ago. I thought it was neat then >>> and I still do... don't think I bookmarked it tho. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] >>> http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook >>> Send large attachments to [email protected] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] >> http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook >> Send large attachments to [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to [email protected]
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