Driving FPDLink Displays

An intro to the FPD-Link display interface, commonly used in laptop and monitor LCD panels!

RIoTLCD

I’ve always been interested in the idea of re-using old laptop LCDs, but it always seemed out of my reach until recently I had a huge urge to wire up a special sunlight-readable Portege R500 “transflective” LCD, and I discovered it isn’t that hard to do!