This is exactly what I expect from your channel. A way to learn electronics, combined with your experience, not seen in any other channel. A bit of stuff for the beginner, a bit of new stuff for the experiences. Great subject!

5:38 Funny case in fact about LCD's being sluggish when cold, my mom's car has an LCD displaying (among other info) the outside temperature. When it gets near or below freezing, the temperature indication will blink to alert you to that. Except that precisely because it is cold, the blinking will be almost unnoticeable since the indicator hardly fades before it comes back on again.

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

Ай бұрын

There is a video about the Gameboy DMG LCD. Strobe light or a fast camera shutter show that it flickers faster than the human eye can see. Do Gameboys fail in winter?

@MicraHakkinen

Ай бұрын

@@ArneChristianRosenfeldt They won't fail just from a low temperature. The cold will negatively affect the screen's responsiveness, causing what is called ghosting. You will see an after image when something disappears from the screen, or a fading trail behind something moving across the screen. But this effect disappears when the display is warmed up again.

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

29 күн бұрын

@@MicraHakkinen good thing that the liquid is not water and can’t break stuff as it freezes. I was just wondering: I know the ghost of the cursor on Ti Z80 based calculators, but there is no ghost on Gameboy.

I sometimes used "simple" LCDs directly connected to a micro. You can do that without burning out the display by generating the AC in software. Connect both the common and the segments to GPIOs. Set the common to high and the segment to low and reverse that every 1/100s using an interrupt. To turn off a segment set its GPIO to the same logic level as the common (so no voltage across that segment, even if both the common and the segment change level every 1/100s). With clever programming you can even drive multi common displays this way.

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

Ай бұрын

There is a video which shows flicker on a Gameboy DMG. Can you let a passive LCD flicker faster than the eye can see using software?

I still find it absolutely amazing that LCDs are in everything from cheap calculators to 100" 4K Dolby Vision enabled TVs. You don't get that kind of scaling from any other display technology.

@halonothing1

Жыл бұрын

I know it's pretty much common sense that we're surrounded by plastic. But I had the same sense of sort of awe (and horror) when I looked around my house and struggled to find anything that didn't have plastic of some sort in it. The only things really were things like seashells I collected, and maybe my dry wall? Oh and I guess my clothes... well except for the buttons and probably tags. It's mind boggling to realize I'm not just surrounded by the stuff, it's in literally EVERYTHING I own. I feel like this is gonna be one of those things we look back on in the future and say "wtf were they thinking?" Like we do with victorian practices. Like using tobacco smoke enemas to cure drowning. Seriously, they actually had rescue kits to do this set up on the Thames. Or using benzene as an aftershave, when we now know it causes leukemia. And the classic opium and cannabis tincture for your baby when they won't sleep. Probably because they're addicted to opium. Not to mention the horrible adulterants that were added to food. There was a book of advice for housewives that suggested adding borax to sour milk to mask the sour taste so you can keep drinking it longer. Wasn't Victorian England so magical? lol

This big single digit LCD (or a similar one) was used in a clock circuit published in one of these electronic paper magazines. I think it was elektor. It was 10+ years ago. Point is: Since they are static they just used 74HC595 or 4094 (can't remember exactly) to drive all the segments. The common pins were tied together and driven by something else. The microcontroller had to do the AC switching of course. The display is so big that it was no problem to hide the DIL ICs underneath it.

very useful tutorial, thanks Dave, looking forward to the next part :)

It's actually possible to drive the through-hole type (the simplest) LCDs using GPIO output pins by reversing the drive polarity in a loop (I used a 4Hz timer). I used a TI MSP430F2272 micro-controller that had all the required GPIOs.

Excellent video, just in-depth enough to explain the differences, looking forward to the rest of the series

Another presentation (style and content), many will want to emulate. Dave Jones, the educator! Cheers.

Dave, I loved this, thank you. I had to wait for the right day to watch it and pay attention properly, but this looks like being a really good series, thank you.

Super useful, always fabulous learning how to do stuff & LCD displays are things I have stayed away from as there are so many possibilities, but this series looks like it will really help me get to be able to confidently use these lovely things. Thank you!

Thanks Dave. Looking forward to next video in the series. Very interesting topic.

@GRBtutorials

6 жыл бұрын

Same. I want an LCD for my multimeter!

@maclightdisplay

4 жыл бұрын

@@GRBtutorials hi, if you need an lcd, welcome to contact us at: www.szmaclight.com

I've always wanted to know how to get custom lcd displays made. Looking forward to the other videos!

Yes! I've been waiting for this series. I've been wanting to experiment with LCDs for a while, plus I got a Raspberry Pi Zero (and RPZW) coming in the mail. Can't wait!

Dave, a tutorial on the multiplexing biasing would be great.

Thanks much. It was great to learn about the different types. Looking forward to following the series and learning more.

Thanks Dave! Looking forward for the next parts of the series!

Well, you actually can drive a simple LCD display with common microcontroller GPIO if you need. Just drive the common electrode and inactive segments low while driving active segments high for 100 ms then switch everything by inverting the output: high on common and inactive and low on active segments for another 100 ms. That way you generate AC square waveform with no DC component relative to the common LCD electrode.

@gauravsingh84

Жыл бұрын

How can this trick work in case of large number of segments where you run out of GPIOs to drive each segment individually?

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

Ай бұрын

@@gauravsingh84for starters, a lot of these don’t have one common electrode, but a matrix of rows and columns. At least logical, even if not laid out as such. Then if you pay enough you get a ton of GPIO . Enough for segment LCDs. Not enough for Gameboy DMG.

Third time's the charm, eh Dave? That really small character LCD is actually used in one product I own, and one I want to own. the TNS-HFC5 Famicom cartridge and OSSC line doubler both use it in its I2C form as the AQM0802 (8 x 2) A or GW (backlight). It's a pretty nice little screen.

Oh man this is great, can't wait for the part about designing a custom one, I've always wanted to do that!

_Dave trims his right index fingernail at_ *13:50**.* ✂👆🏻

That was an excellent video Dave!

very informative. loved it. This video is no less than a blessing for me as i am working on these displays these days. Cant wait for the next videos. Thanks.

Great video, very interesting. Looking forward to the rest in the series.

I was looking for the second video, then I realized it was published yesterday! I'm finally caught up. I thought this day would never come.

💚💚💚💚 bookmark/ notes: 11:14 strip / eraser pressure for the changing lcd …..ect……tbc….-g-b, bot

Wonderful description!

Great tutorial! Looking forward to the future videos in the series!

Awesome tutorial Dave.... looking forward to the next episode.....

Super video, thanks, Dave! Some overview and then making an actual device is the best type of video for hobbyist like me :)

Good intro to LCDs. I package these displays into our products at work but not being a circuit designer it's nice to pick up the basics here. I hope you are going to cover how to interface these with micro controllers and give some cover to font sets to use. 5*'s Dave!

My mom had a 16 segment display on a Hifi and I always sat in front of it watching the text scroll. Amazed.

Love your instructional videos. Always learn something.

Very useful video, it helps a lot. So easy to understand even for non Aussie listeners.

Good things come to those who patiently wait. :) Thank you for an awesome video!

love this kind of video, good topic, very informative, so worth the watch.

This is a great video, love to see this type of content dave!

I love starburst displays too, and share your unabashed expression of glee.

Loved this video, thanks Dave!

Amazing video Dave! Can't wait for the next ones :)

Thank you for a cool educational video, Dave!

Great tutorial Dave.

Good vid, Dave. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the video. Ever since I pulled apart things as a kid I've always wondered how LCD's were actually driven. They've been a mystery up until now :).

Great video Dave!!! Very informative and interesting!!!

I love his enthusiasm! It's so adorable and makes me want to learn more

An interesting topic Dave well done.

Great video, thanks Dave! We want more content from the junior Dave as well please.

You tease! You get me excited for designing a LCD and now I have to wait. :(

Great video, looking forward to the rest of the series. I wonder why a channel like this would have it's videos demonetized though.

This is the 2nd video link "How to drive LCD" kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIRkrdqTnJi0YtI.html and 3rd "Custom LCD design" kzread.info/dash/bejne/jI2q2smlXZzafrA.html

Hi, Dave , great video, very informative, I will recommend it for reference.

Great video, I thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you!

Nice video! Looking forward to see the next one 😊

Excellent explanation!

fantastic video. I really appreciate this type of tutorial.

Dave, it would be great if you can do a video on the operating hours and life of these LCDs.

Awesome video, looking forward to more.

This just took a lot of mystique out of the world, but it is very cool to see that simplicity was always there.

More tutorials like this please !

good tutorial please keep going on with LCDs

Awesome video!

Dave is full powered today hahaha

Very clear video tutorial!

I really like where this is going! :)

Those bare LCDs are a pain to drive without a driver chip. I find it much easier to salvage a VFD from something, than to get a random LCD working. I do like using the old 84x48 Nokia LCDs in projects though, they are dirt cheap and simple to drive over SPI.

Njoyed these!

do a tour of an lcd factory. i really liked that interview with those Aussie calibration engineers.

@EEVblog

6 жыл бұрын

+TheAstronomyDude I would if there was one in Australia?

@Drew-Dastardly

6 жыл бұрын

You could perhaps get more success from SerpantZA, though I doubt it - he figured out where youtube get their Silver Play Button awards manufactured locally to him in China and tried to get a factory tour even turning up at the factory gate kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZnmAltp7qMabeaQ.html

Wonderful video! This is what I personally like ^_^

That was a great tutorial on LCD display types. Spot on and makes understanding of these items so much easier

@EEVblog

6 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Woods glad you liked it

Great video thanks for posting

That. Was. Awesome!

thanks for posting

Yess! This is the kind of videos I want :)

OMG yeeeeeeaaaas I've been wanting this for ages!!!!!!

I have the Display'o'tron Hat for the RasPi, from what I understand this LCD is a COG type, already mounted on a PCB board for convenience. It uses the serial i2c bus on the GPIO but i think it supports other modes too, i'd love to learn how to interface with this directly instead of using the python library.

Good video!

interesting as always

Wow cool video !

Thanks! This is wonderfull

Cool! I have a raw glass LCD. Have no idea where I got it, had no idea how I would use it, and still wouldn't use it since I have to drive it!

G'day mate, love it when I click on a random KZread video and it's another Aussie

Very useful .. Thanks !

Really liked this great vid. :)

Very nice!

One thing I have always been curious about with both LCD and LED 7-segment number displays: why do so few of them have the "bottomless" 9s, while most use the bottom segment with their 9s? I think the bottomless 9s look cooler (although I can see why you'd avoid the topless 6s, as they might be mistaken for a b, or vice versa), and it seems they would save power?

Great. This is what the old Dave did so well. Yes Dave, you stopped doing what you were good at. Your viewers are not the problem. Please do more, not less, teaching rather than ranting.

great video, Did not know that there was this many types :D

@NeverSuspects

6 жыл бұрын

There are more.

Thanks a lot for your video about displays. I am just disappointed that most displays used in DIY projects are simple few segments LCD or up to 640x480 displays. I would however like to use smartphone displays having much higher resolutions for displaying good quality images. those displays are mainly driven by the MIPI standard. I am still looking in ways to interface those displays with simple microcontrollers and by using an intermediate graphic driver having a frame buffer. The microcontroller would just fill the frame buffer (for picture display , low refreshment would be ok) and the graphic driver would control the "smartphone" quality display accordingly. Maybe this could be an interesting subject for a future video.

@ADQAutomotive

5 жыл бұрын

You can buy microprocessors that do all of that in a tiny package for about two bucks.

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

Ай бұрын

Ben Eaters worst video card shows how to read out a frame buffer and send serial data without blocking a CPU.

I learned alot thank you.

Yay new video

Off topic, I dig the chart behing you in the around 1:00 into the video. Please provide a bit of info on it.

today you are a rocket star.

Thanks!

you make my day ps.from croatia with love

Awesome! Will you do one on OLED displays too? Maybe do a teardown of one also?

Great intro! Two questions about defects: 1) Is a black, distinct irregular blob the LC fluid leaking? 2) What is/causes a round-ish fuzzy "burn" spot?

@EEVblog

6 жыл бұрын

That that would be leakage. No fixing that.

I would love more information about the diferent Bias and how to design with a FPGA our own driver, some display with not to much segments. Thanks for you videos! :)

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

Ай бұрын

3 commenters here drive LCD using GPIO on a uController. So it should be easy with FPGA. Just buy a model with lots of pins .

very good thumbs up

I am looking forward to future videos. Interfacing the smaller two of 4 line displays with on-board driver chips is easy enough to understand but interfacing say a color display from a laptop, I'm lost. Displays for the Pie are available but you hook them up and run the software but that doesn't help understand how the interface works. Hope in the future you can cover the different interface requirements to these displays.