LCDs for Balloon

Balloon can support any LCD that the Strongarm 1110 CPU is capable of driving. It has a built in driver to supply the funky voltages often required to drive backlights.

The first LCD actually working on balloon2.05 was a custom unit TCL had made. Here is the (hence the strange 'wormy' effect int he top left hand corner - this sample has lost a lot of pixels). The limerick comes from: aps news.

Aleph One will be providing development colour LCD units (320x240) as there is a certain amount of faff associated with find a suitable device, wiring it up, and getting the timings right to drive it properly.

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