Liquid crystal display (LCD) modules are used at the component level in place of less efficient displays such as cathode ray tubes (CRTs). These modules do not include housing and must be incorporated ...

[H. Smeitink] got his hands on a 320×240 color TFT LCD screen. He set out to drive it with a small PIC microcontroller but didn’t find a lot of help out there to get up and running quickly.

[Mousa] has a solution, involving a small LCD and a bit of lateral thinking. These screens work by the LCD panel being placed in front of a bright backlight, and only letting light through at ...