[beagleboard] Monitor/LCD

Hello,

I’m working up an project to do eventually make into a product. I’ve pretty much got the software side in place (OS, libraries plus code) and I now need a 3 (or so up to 5 inch) monitor to install onto the beagleboard which I can source at a low cost. I’m a bit of a novice when it comes to electrical engineering and will eventually hire someone to do a professional job for me but is there a guide which I can read to get me started so I’m not a total ignoramous! Also does anyone know of an evaluation board which I can connect directly to the HDMI port on teh beagleboard just so I can get a prototype demo kit up an drunning?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers,

Neil

The simplest solution would probably be to buy a small S-Video monitor. I’m not aware of any really small HDMI monitors although you can get them at 7" size. Google/Bing/Yahoo/Amazon/Ebay would be a good place to source one locally.

Hi

https://specialcomp.com/beagleboard/beagle_lcd.htm
what is your budget for the lcd panel + interface board?

KP

Hello,

About 50 euros (60 USD) but I can move a bit. For the evaluation board I can go ten times that if I have to. The link you shoes me looks good but it is not RoHS compliant which means I cannot use it :(.

Cheers,

Neil

Hi,

Hello,

     About 50 euros \(60 USD\) but I can move a bit\.  For the evaluation

board I can go ten times that if I have to. The link you shoes me looks
good but it is not RoHS compliant which means I cannot use it :(.

Cheers,

do you mean the
1. (lcd + interface board) <USD60 or
2. (lcd) <USD60
    (interface board) <USD600 or
3. (lcd + interface board + omap3530 board) <USD660?

do u necessarily need to use beagleboard? if not there are some boards
using omap3530 that already has 4.3 inch LCD attached.
look under beagleboard 3rd party resources.

I think there is gumstix, technexion etc..
KP

Hi,

> Hello,

> About 50 euros (60 USD) but I can move a bit. For the evaluation
> board I can go ten times that if I have to. The link you shoes me looks
> good but it is not RoHS compliant which means I cannot use it :(.

> Cheers,

do you mean the
1. (lcd + interface board) <USD60 or
2. (lcd) <USD60
(interface board) <USD600 or
3. (lcd + interface board + omap3530 board) <USD660?

do u necessarily need to use beagleboard? if not there are some boards
using omap3530 that already has 4.3 inch LCD attached.
look under beagleboard 3rd party resources.

I think there is gumstix, technexion etc..
KP

Do you have any interface boards for bigger than 22" LCD?

Hello,

I’m looking for the lcd and interface board to be under 60 when I purchase in quantity; for the board I’l probably go to someone locally to get a custom board made as I can take a lot of stuff of the board that I don’t need. I then have to add on for the psu, case, camera (it is a vision app) and so on but these are known quantities to me.

However the suppleirs listed are mostly US based (fair enough and all) but I’m based in the UK, I’ve foudn a couple of local suppliers but I’m on the hunt for more. I was hoping for now that I could find an LCD which I could just ‘plug in’ to my beagleboard for dev work without too much soldering. However I cannot see anything available.

I’ve found the LCD (3.5") at 30 GBP (43 USD) so that looks good and I think I’ll find a local guy who can do teh electrical engineering for me.

Cheers,

Neil

Do you have any interface boards for bigger than 22" LCD?

If bigger than 22" LCD then you can use beagleboard directly from the
DVI, but HDMI-like connector on the beagleboard.
You are not trying to drive the LCDs direct through their LVDS interface right?
KP

> Do you have any interface boards for bigger than 22" LCD?

If bigger than 22" LCD then you can use beagleboard directly from the
DVI, but HDMI-like connector on the beagleboard.
You are not trying to drive the LCDs direct through their LVDS interface right?
KP

I want to drive LCD from J4 and J5. Do you have such interface boards?

I've found the LCD (3.5") at 30 GBP (43 USD) so that looks good and I think
I'll find a local guy who can do teh electrical engineering for me.

just take note of the 1.8V lcd signals. that has been mentioned in the
mailing list a couple of times.

KP