Looking for graphic LCD with touchscreen for use with PIC

bcs99 · Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 32

I'm starting a new project that would work best using a graphic LCD with a touchscreen. Has anyone done something like this and could steer me in the right direction to get started?

Bob

Haplo · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 659 Location: Sydney, Australia

Take a look at EarthLCD products:
http://store.earthlcd.com/

Douglas Kennedy · Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 755 Location: Florida

You can get palm IIIx PDA's for junk yard prices $20 or less on E-bay.
Palm has just about abandoned the users of these devices so non technical users run into simple problems think th PDA's are broken and sell them for dirt on E-bay. They interface nicely via RS232. and even via
TCPIP ...you can get what were $250 ethernet interfaces for under $1.
There was a good article in circuit cellar months back about this approach.

SteveS · Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Posts: 126

http://www.amulettechnologies.com

Available at Mouser

Not cheap - but they have their own processor so you can offload all the display drawing to the module. I have played with one a bit - nice display -good features, easy to deal with.

bcs99 · Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 32

Thanks for the quick replies. I'll spend some time checking these options out.

jventerprises · Joined: 01 Apr 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Boston

i have used the amulette technologies touch screen. its is very nice! and very quick to learn. everything is programmed in a reduced version of html. it comes with many canned symbols, but if you want to make your own you need a vector editor such as paintshop and an html editor such as Namo webeditor.

http://www.amulettechnologies.com
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Jon