Reverse Engineering a Phone LCD for MCUs/challenges-projects/project14/b/show-and-tell/posts/reverse-engineering-a-phone-lcd-for-mcusWe all have old feature phones lying around in a drawer, destined for e-waste. But recently, I learned about these old devices: many of their LCDs actually use the exact same standard SPI protocols and driver ICs as the hobbyist TFT modules we buy onen-USTelligent Community 12RE: Reverse Engineering a Phone LCD for MCUshttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/show-and-tell/posts/reverse-engineering-a-phone-lcd-for-mcusMon, 07 Sep 2026 21:27:23 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:918e2e93-1ef9-42eb-a324-9cbb2a35551animion_art0<p>Really cool! I have an LCD from an old car stereo head unit that I&#39;ve been wanting to repurpose for a while, and this gave some good ideas.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30115&AppID=491&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Reverse Engineering a Phone LCD for MCUshttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/show-and-tell/posts/reverse-engineering-a-phone-lcd-for-mcusSat, 05 Sep 2026 03:14:04 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:918e2e93-1ef9-42eb-a324-9cbb2a35551akmikemoo0<p>It is always a beautiful thing when one can repurpose something that would have otherwise been trash.&nbsp;&nbsp;[emoticon:fbd079a1c4f748c5a234faee215de9cc]&nbsp; Nice job.&nbsp;&nbsp;[emoticon:1435ff2429184e17bc948e4f19178e1e]</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30115&AppID=491&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Reverse Engineering a Phone LCD for MCUshttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/show-and-tell/posts/reverse-engineering-a-phone-lcd-for-mcusFri, 04 Sep 2026 14:16:22 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:918e2e93-1ef9-42eb-a324-9cbb2a35551ame_Cris1<p>Is there no risk in running the &quot;brute force&quot; program?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30115&AppID=491&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Reverse Engineering a Phone LCD for MCUshttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/show-and-tell/posts/reverse-engineering-a-phone-lcd-for-mcusSun, 30 Aug 2026 16:28:18 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:918e2e93-1ef9-42eb-a324-9cbb2a35551amanojroy1230<p>Very interesting.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30115&AppID=491&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">