From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.182.166]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42722683DA for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:21:05 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <007701c5c4f4$c7e539c0$0301a8c0@chuck2> From: "Mark Chambers" To: "Fend, Matthias" , References: <8D4C69676E66D511A1CB00508BBBB192052D42EF@ranmx1.cs.myharris.net> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:52:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: mpc8xx and LCD List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , mpc8xx and LCD>hello, >We want to use mpc860/855 with a 320x240 graphic lcd module. >Now there are many possibilities to interface such a module, but I guess this is not the first time >someone will need a LCD display. So I'm trying to find out the most common way to implement the >desired functionality. >At the moment I think we should use a lcd controller from Epson (S1D13700 or S1D13305) since they are >working on Linux framebuffer device driver for it. But I'm not sure how to design the hardware interface ... all >the LCD modules I found provide only a reduced number of port pins so that the controller only can be used >in indirect-mode, so I'm not sure whether to connect the module directly to the CPUs bus or use some >GPIO pins for this... >Has anybody else implemented a LCD into a mpc8xx (not 823) board successfully ? >Are there some good resources somewhere in the web about this topic ? >thanks for your recommendations, > mattthias Can you send a couple of links to the modules you are considering? Mark Chambers