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Support 1.8" 18-bit color TFT LCD display
13th Sep, 2013, 09:53 PM
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Support 1.8" 18-bit color TFT LCD display
Hi

I'm using XBian with XBMC and other home-automation things.

I need to display XBMC via HDMI (occasionally) and always display some info via a LCD Display.

I discover this:
http://www.sainsmart.com/sainsmart-1-8-spi-lcd-module-with-microsd-led-backlight-for-arduino-mega-atmel-atmega.html
almost equal to this:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/358

But seem that required a kernel recompilation to add the ST7735FB driver:
http://www.whence.com/rpi/
http://marks-space.com/2012/11/23/raspberrypi-tft/

It's possible to request that the next XBian version already have this kernel patch?

Thanks for any feedback.
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14th Sep, 2013, 04:56 AM
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RE: Support 1.8" 18-bit color TFT LCD display
Firstly we need to know what the actual problem is!

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I can "ONLY" guess that the driver is not recognised - the dmesg output will give the required details.

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14th Sep, 2013, 06:55 AM
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RE: Support 1.8" 18-bit color TFT LCD display
(14th Sep, 2013 04:56 AM)IriDium Wrote:  Firstly we need to know what the actual problem is!

Can you provide the standard details as defined in "Please read before you post" a link is provided in my signature.

I can "ONLY" guess that the driver is not recognised - the dmesg output will give the required details.

Ok.
I order the hardware display yesterday, i'm studying how to use it, and i read that patch is still required on the lastest raspbian.
When hw arrive, i can dump more details, sorry if i open the topic too early.
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15th Sep, 2013, 09:55 AM
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RE: Support 1.8" 18-bit color TFT LCD display
We can't include that patch because it's based on 3.2/3.6 kernel respectively. XBian is running 3.9. (3.10 with Beta2).

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1st Oct, 2013, 01:34 AM
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RE: Support 1.8" 18-bit color TFT LCD display
(15th Sep, 2013 09:55 AM)mk01 Wrote:  We can't include that patch because it's based on 3.2/3.6 kernel respectively. XBian is running 3.9. (3.10 with Beta2).

Hi, thanks for the feedback.


I'm also looking about this display (3.2'' TFT LCD with Touch Screen)
http://www.sainsmart.com/sainsmart-3-2-tft-lcd-display-touch-panel-pcb-adapter-sd-slot-for-arduino-2560.html
and also this:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=48956
that was already used with Raspbmc:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=48967&start=133


All display cited in this thread (and more LCD modules) are supported with this driver:

https://github.com/notro/fbtft/wiki



I think can exists a great interest to support this kind of display in XBian distro.

For my side, i don't need to display XBMC in the LCD; i need to simply display some bitmap with info. Touchscreen support is also an optional for me. And i still want to use XBian.

My problem is that i don't know anything about kernel/driver compilation...

At least, please help me to understand if i can try to do it
(the notro/fbtft is compatible with the kernel used by XBian?)
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