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Latest revision as of 13:50, 16 December 2018
The Hackspace has a few Varitronix MGLS24064 LCD panels (thanks Andy C!) which are graphical 240 x 64 pixel displays with back lights and Toshiba T6963C chips.
This project will drive the display from a vanilla Arduino.
- General drawing from manufacturer: http://www.varitronix.com/prod_pdf/MGLS24064.pdf
- Full PDF from a user: http://www.gaw.ru/pdf/lcd/lcm/Varitronix/graf/MGLS24064-21C.pdf
- PDF uploaded by a user: http://www.avnet-embedded.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Files/Displays/Mono/MGLS24064.pdf
- Usage of chip: https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/LCD/Monochrome/AN-029-Toshiba_T6963C.pdf
- Usage of chip: http://www.krafti.co.uk/steve/t6963c.htm
Pinout: -
- 1 = FG
- 2 = VSS
- 3 = VDD
- 4 = Vo
- 5 = /WR
- 6 = /RD
- 7 = /CE
- 8 = C/D
- 9 = NC
- 10 = /RST
- 11 = DB0
- 12 = DB1
- 13 = DB2
- 14 = DB3
- 15 = DB4
- 16 = DB5
- 17 = DB6
- 18 = DB7
- 19 = FS - font select "H" for 6x8 font & "L" for 8x8 font
- 20 = NC
- LED+ = backlight
- LED- = backlight
A similar Varitronix display is supported by u8glib...
- https://code.google.com/p/u8glib/wiki/gallery
- https://code.google.com/p/u8glib/wiki/device
- u8g_dev_t6963_240x64_8bit
- Toshiba T6963C dot matrix LCD controller
More info: -
- http://www.datasheetarchive.com/MGLS-24064-datasheet.html
- http://www.dar-clan.de/yume/hardware_display.html
- "Unfortunately it needs a rather high contrast voltage due to its high temperature range: it may be as high as -23V, but I found out that even at -15V the display is entirely black so a contrast voltage in the range of -13.8 to -14.2V is optimal."