LCD drivers

On Monday, June 21, 2021 at 1:37:34 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:49:44 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee 
> <edward....@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> >On Monday, June 21, 2021 at 12:16:18 PM UTC-7, bitrex wrote: 
> >> On 6/21/2021 11:19 AM, John Larkin wrote: 
> >> > 
> >> > https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-tiny-1-chip-that-is-behind-record-price-increases-for-computers-11623958037?mod=home-page 
> >> > 
> >> > Does anybody have any FTDI FT800s? Maybe swap for something you need? 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> The Diablo16 is a nice controller with a lot of gee-whiz feature; I have 
> >> one of their dev boards, but at 4x cost of the FT800 not a direct 
> >> replacement 
> >> 
> >> <https://4dsystems.com.au/diablo16> 
> > 
> >If the OP wants to redesign, there are plenty of LCD micro around. I used LCD AVR before. For new designs, I would recommend STM32F4x9 or STM32F7x6/7/8/9.
> That's been suggested, but we'd need new PC boards and code.

It would end up cheaper ($10 to $15) and with lots of more features (i.e. ADC, DAC, USB OTG, 2M flash, 300K SRAM, ...).

John Larkin wrote:

> bitrex wrote:
>> John Larkin wrote:
>>> bitrex wrote:
>>>> John Larkin wrote:

>>>>> https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-tiny-1-chip-that-is-behind-record-price-increases-for-computers-11623958037?mod=home-page

>>>>> Does anybody have any FTDI FT800s? Maybe swap for something you
>>>>> need? 

>>>> The Diablo16 is a nice controller with a lot of gee-whiz feature; I
>>>> have one of their dev boards, but at 4x cost of the FT800 not a
>>>> direct replacement 
>>>>
>>>> <https://4dsystems.com.au/diablo16> 
>>> 
>>> I'm sure the FTDI chips will be available after the current buying 
>>> panic is over. Having 50 or 100 spares would be comforting now. 
>>> 
>>> Somebody in China is willing to sell us some for $50 each, payment by 
>>> cashier's check in advance. 

>> Each enclosed in a rich Corinthian leather case with certificate of 
>> being gen-u-ine I hope 
> 
> More likely we'd never hear from them. 

The question is "What recourse?"

Better to deal with a middleman.



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