Quote Originally Posted by dragons_fire View Post
i made the code for this LCD as a seperate file, and just "include"d it into the main program.
That's the way to do it...handy, quick, not so easy to transport between 2 people and have the other guy understand at first glance...but still good...

i know there is cheap parrallel displays around that are 2x8 or 2x10, so i might think about one of them...
I tell ya what...I love my Nokia displays. 12 (actually 16, but takes more code) bit color, 132x132 (130x130 usable) resolution, 21x15 text (with a 5x7 font), made subroutines for all sorts of graphics, 6 pins (power, ground, reset, select, data, clock). I've got a 'saved search' on eBay all set aside just for the Nokia 3310 compatible displays and I snag one up every time I see a cheap one.
The only 'problem' with it is when you go to do a full screen refresh. Even with an 18F4620 using the hardware SPI, a full screen refresh takes awhile. I figure I can only get about 2-3 frames/second. But that's redrawing the ENTIRE screen, one pixel at a time.