[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.

The basic 16×2 LCD is an extremely popular component that we’ve seen used in more projects than we could possibly count. Part of that is because modern microcontrollers make it so easy to work ...

In driving an HD44780-compatible LCD, it would be better to use a baseline microcontroller instead of logic chips, because the microcontroller is lower cost, uses less board space, and has programming ...

Chandler, Ariz. &#151 Microchip Technology Inc. newest PIC-based microcontrller has been designed to drive 168 liquid crystal display segments. The PIC 16F946 offers system designers an integrated LCD ...

Fujitsu Semiconductor today announced the forthcoming release of a new series of high performance 8-bit microcontrollers with segment-display LCD controller built in. This new series is regarded ...

Freescale today introduced an ARM® Cortex(TM)-M4 core based microcontroller (MCU) family designed for single-chip, graphics LCD applications.

The NXP LPC1788 microcontroller -- the industry's first ARM Cortex-M3 based MCU to be shipping in volume with an integrated LCD controller. Supports a wide range of graphics display panels, making ...

Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced 12 new high-performance, ...

Microchip Technology Inc. announces an expansion of its 8-bit segmented LCD microcontroller (MCU) family with five new devices — the PIC16LF1902/3/4/6/7 (PIC16LF190X) MCUs.

A new 8-bit flash microcontroller with an advanced LCD driver architecture offers direct connection to LCD modules. The 68HC908LJ12 also features an advanced on-chip real-time clock and a ...