Bittboy screen with rpi?

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thereminhero
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Bittboy screen with rpi?

Post by thereminhero » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:31 am

I've torn down the bittboy and am trying to figure out if the existing screen can be used with a rpi zero.
The panel is a hitachi 2.2 inch IPS display but the ribbon cable doesn't look like any of the connectors I've seen in the [Guide] ili9341 SPI TFT Screen on Retropie http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 2&start=10 thread.

Any thoughts on how to figure out if it can be done?

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Re: Bittboy screen with rpi?

Post by moosepr » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:44 am

The first step is to find a data sheet/pinout for the screen. That will then let you see what input the screen will take, and you can go from there
Get a small cheep LCD in your project https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2312
Wrap it all round a battery https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2292
Or use a custom PCB to make it really small https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2512
or make it really really really really tiny!! https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2919

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Re: Bittboy screen with rpi?

Post by moosepr » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:15 am

Just done a quick bit of searching and it looks similar to this

http://s.aliexpress.com/J7NVrUzm

The pin count is right, and some basic pattern matching in the ribbon looks to match the pinout too!
Get a small cheep LCD in your project https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2312
Wrap it all round a battery https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2292
Or use a custom PCB to make it really small https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2512
or make it really really really really tiny!! https://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2919

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