From cb8795db3f892c345d1313e78c9ccb6e3d1e450d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: max mc costa Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 22:46:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c4b172e..94f5ef1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -43,14 +43,17 @@ http://developer.mbed.org/users/peu605/code/TFT_ILI9163C/ Backgrounds: I got one of those displays from a chinese ebay seller but unfortunatly I cannot get - any working library so I decided to hack it. ILI9163C looks pretty similar to other + any working library so I decided to work on it. ILI9163C looks pretty similar to other display driver but it uses it's own commands so it's tricky to work with it unlsess you - carefully fight with his gigantic and not so clever datasheet. + carefully fight with his gigantic and confused datasheet. My display it's a 1.44"", 128x128 that suppose to substitute Nokia 5110 LCD and here's the first confusion! Many sellers claim that it's compatible with Nokia 5110 (that use a philips controller) but the only similarity it's the pin names since that this one it's color and have totally different controller that's not compatible. Altrough I discovered that it's not 128x128 but 128x160 (!??)... Check links below to see if it's similar to yours. + UPDATE: + Some chinese seller connected the TFT aligned to bottom, other aligned to top, there's not a sure + way to discover witch is yours so better try one of the configurations. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replace-Nokia-5110-LCD-1-44-Red-Serial-128X128-SPI-Color-TFT-LCD-Display-Module-/141196897388