- Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:07 am
#165654
The HD44780 Text LCDs are great for simple projects, but for anything more ambitious than status displays, they're not particularly suited to the task. Enter their older sibling, the HD6464* series.
On the programmer's end, it's the same old interface, 4/8 bit 8080-style. However, there are some pretty awesome benefits.
* Support for Graphical LCDs up to 720x512 in resolution. (320x240 would be more manageable, though)
* Support for Character output too!
* Lots of fun and weird speed and placement controls, allowing for such things as smooth scrolling.
and much more!
If SF offered these, I wouldn't have to trudge through eBay looking for LCDs that *might* be the right kind.
On the programmer's end, it's the same old interface, 4/8 bit 8080-style. However, there are some pretty awesome benefits.
* Support for Graphical LCDs up to 720x512 in resolution. (320x240 would be more manageable, though)
* Support for Character output too!
* Lots of fun and weird speed and placement controls, allowing for such things as smooth scrolling.
and much more!
If SF offered these, I wouldn't have to trudge through eBay looking for LCDs that *might* be the right kind.