code examples / libraries for ILI9320 2.8" TFT LCD Module

[Ioannis]

The LCD is really a bargain.

But in any case you need a really fast controller to update the screen. Also you may need to read data from the SD card and then update the LCD. So more time needed.

Microchip is supporting such LCDs but I think on the PIC32 series. Wonder why now?

And a last thing. Using 8 bit or even better 16 bit interface is a must in this case. SPI? I would not think about it.

Ioannis

[Sphere]

Mikroe has a some displays broken out on to a pcb but they use a different controller.

http://www.mikroe.com/add-on-boards/display/

Or if you want an all in one dev board.

http://www.mikroe.com/mikromedia/pic18fj/

I have this board and it works great. It's a bit of a fiddle to get it going but once you have mapped out all of the pins to the various on board devices it works. The touch panel uses the adc of the pic so you will have to write a bit of code to read it. The display uses an 8bit interface so you can just use standard BMP images for your graphics. The display you link to uses a 16 bit interface so any images will have to be converted to 16bit (eg.5bits red 6bits green 5bits blue) where’s a standard BMP image is 24bit (eg.8bit red 8bit green 8bit blue) so no need to convert.

Hope it helps Sphere.