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Screens and cameras are two of the worst offenders for hobbyist/small-scale dev efforts. They're obviously everywhere, and obviously could be affordable, but ei
by mng2 13y ago
Screens and cameras are two of the worst offenders for hobbyist/small-scale dev efforts. They're obviously everywhere, and obviously could be affordable, but either you can't find documentation for them without an NDA or they're way too expensive. Clearly somebody benefits from this secrecy.
- joezydeco 13y agoNo, they benefit from the scale. Any factory in China cranking out millions of 7" LCDs for the appliance and tablet markets isn't going to bother with support and service for a group that wants 100. That's why they're expensive and that's why you can't get datasheets for them. If you're a serious customer and you can convince a local distributor of a manufacturer like Okaya, Sharp, or Ampire that you're serious (translation: you represent $$$), they'll give you all the stuff you want. Usually for free.
- mng2 13y agoBut that's exactly the problem I'm getting at: they make so many of these things, and while you can find them on eBay as replacement parts, there's no documentation on using them from scratch. I don't even care about support. Does Atmel provide support to Arduino end-users? They just need to sell it to me with good enough instructions to make it work.