looking for small VGA LCD monitor display, around 8" - 10"

Search Google and eBay for hami lcd.

Good tip! I found some on eBay. What are the typical power requirements for
these ? (I have same question in to a seller ... )

If you are in the US , look at earthlcd.com
anywhere else the shipping costs are extremely excessive

Alex

Another great tip! Am looking there right now. Also found www.Simmetry.com
on eBay.
Thanks !

Some good tips so far; here's another: search for the terms caruter,
lilliput, ands phylon. The latter two are makers of LCD VGA-ready video
panels, sold by several of the mini-ITX retailers (Logic Supply, etc.)
so you should be able to compare prices.

Note: Many of these units are touch screens. This is not a bad thing for
a small robot. In fact, it's a terrific thing -- toss the keyboard after
you're done programming. The touch screen interface works via USB, and
most come with drivers for creating your own touch-enabled programs.

Don't overlook the DVD players with small screens. I just bought one
from Fry's last night for $249, which is what many of the screens go for
alone. Do note that most of these only have composite input.
Fortunately, many mini-ITX boards have s-video and composite RCA video
outputs.

-- Gordon




pogo wrote:

Make that carputer, as in "car computer."

-- Gordon

It is also possible to modify the small portable Playstation 1 screens
to accept a signal from a VGA card. It requires some tweaking of the
card sync and refresh, but it's definitely a cheap and low-power option.

Just won an 8'' VGA TFT LCD MONITOR With USB Touch Screen on eBay !
It is a Innovatek TM-868 8'' VGA & RCA TFT LCD MONITOR With USB Touch Screen
Panel.
The comments on this thread led me to finding the auction.
Here's a link to their website showing the same item:
         http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/special/IN-740VT.htm

The cheapest LCD monitor with VGA input I found is 8" TFT LCD car
monitor with TV Tuner for $129 at:
<http://www.translinks.com/TL8006t.htm>  . Make sure 1440 x 234
resolution will work with your application.

Paul.

But is says:

VGA input for PC, resolution 640 x 480

what use is such a low res?


Sig:
"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right."   -Henry Ford

Think dots per inch, not resolution. An 8" LCD is a quarter of the area
of a traditional desktop display. If you were to show a 1024x768 (for
example) image on one, things would be tiny.

An 8" screen is about 6.5" wide, give or take. That's 98 pixels per
inch. A 17" monitor is roughly 13" wide. Assuming a 1024x768 display,
that's 78 pixels per inch. At 1280x1024 you'd have 98 pixels per inch,
the same as the 8" display at 640x480.

-- Gordon

There was a time when that was the only resolution that a commonplace PC
_had_.


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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Have any experience using it with Linux?  I'm especially curious about
touchscreen support.  I could use several of these if they are Open.

(I still haven't gotten the touchscreen on my Toughbook working so I'm
extra cautious about them.)

Thank you.

--kyler

From my reading, depending on your distro you may have your work cut out
for you. Try
mp3car.com. You'll find a section on their forum for Linux hacks, and a
couple of posters have provided some tips on getting the USB drivers to
work.

You might also join the DashPC mailing list --
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dashpc/  -- as well as the SourceForge
group of the same: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dashpc/ . It's
Linux-based, and though aimed at car entertainment consoles, the ideas
can readily be applied to mobile robots.

-- Gordon

For those of you wondering, I am still waiting on shipment of this item.
I will post any interesting details I discover once it arrives.

( I hate it when you're forced to pay for "2 day shipping" only to have
   it shipped over a week after payment, and then take 5 days! Grrrrr. )

Item came in today. (January 9, 2006. I paid on Dec 29.2005.)
Seems to be a good product, but the cable that comes with it is a little
kludgey looking.
If anyone would like I will post a linke to a photo of the item(s) later on
...