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A project log for PMOD TFT Board

Display video using your FPGA on a TFT LCD screen using two PMOD connectors.

daveDave 07/09/2017 at 17:360 Comments

I didn't think there was any interest in this project until someone asked me about where to purchase the boards. It may not be a serious inquiry but It got me excited anyways.

I just requested a quote for a fabrication and assembly run of 10 boards with a few small fixes.

I found this online LCD store http://www.buydisplay.com/ The LCDs here look very reasonable. If anyone is interested in an LCD for their project look here. There also seems to be some LCD controller boards that do similar things that this board does. They are not in a form factor that's compatible with PMOD but if you are looking for an LCD display for an MCU project consider looking at their boards. You can probably use them to create nice GUIs for MCU based projects.

It looks like they have a 4.3" screen similar to what I use. I'm going to try it out to see if my board plays nice with their board. If so the cost of the screen is $14 instead of $38!

If they end up selling well enough I'll invest in a larger run. After watching EEVBLOG 887 I'd like to shoot for a $100 price tag. I think that's a reasonable amount compared to the functionality of other PMODs. Unfortunately it won't be profitable for a 10 unit run but it should let me know if there is interest.

I've updated both the PDF of the Project as well as the hardware design on github

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