A newcomer asks about Riotboard HDMI...

LCD8000-97CLCD8000-97C don't be put off by it saying Sabre-Lite / MarS, it works just fine with RIoTboard. It connects to the LVDS connector and leaves the HDMI socket free.

Hi selsinork. Hmmm. Nice but a bit out of my price range ATM. ;s.

Would an HDMI to VGA converter work???

Theoretically yes, same problem as you've probably read about with the Raspberry Pi though. You need an active, powered, converter. Not one of the passive ones.

Something like ELEMENT14 - PIVIEW - ADAPTER, RASPBERRY PI, HDMI TO VGA ELEMENT14 - PIVIEW - ADAPTER, RASPBERRY PI, HDMI TO VGA will likely work

If your monitor has DVD-D input then it's possible to use a passive HDMI->DVI converter, but that won't work for VGA / DVI-I

Essentially anything that has an HDMI input should be able to be connected.. While it's not possible to be 100% certain, I suspect your tablets have HDMI outputs in order to be able to connect them to bigger screens.  You most likely can't use these to connect to the RIoTboard as you'd be connecting an output to another output.

Having said that, I fully expect someone will turn up shortly and give us an example of a tablet that does have an HDMI input

Something like this then.. ?

1080P HDMI to VGA M/F Active Adapter for Raspberry Pi Model B UK | eBay

You're right selsinork. My tablets are HDMI out for output to big screens...no input.

First things first though... the board has to

1. Arrive.

2. Be configured.

3. Be recognised and communicable with Terminal.

I am quite excited.

seems like that should work, although I'm always slightly skeptical of things like that on ebay

serial console is fairly simple to get going, worry more that the post office won't deliver it

If you looking for something in small screen, we got LCD 8000-97CLCD 8000-97C .

Its connected through LVDS terminal.

HI tusharp. thanks but read the second & 3rd entries of this thread... too pricey.

Hello .

Well I got the HDMI to VGA cable today. (As mentioned above..)

Plugged it into the HDMI connector of the board and plugged a dell LCD monitor into the VGA end of the adapter...

Turned on the board and!!!!!

NOTHING!!!

I also tried plugging it into my laptop VGA socket. The laptop screen border changes but TIA... hmmm....

Anyone have any ideas or experience of what I can do?

(apart from spending hundreds of punds on something I don't have the moolah for at the moment...?)

Cheers,

Steve.

Unfortunately, no idea...  I've never had to use one of these as all my displays have either DVI-D or HDMI.

Are you using Android or Linux ?  I've had trouble with Android on mine picking really odd screen settings (640x480 on a 1600x1200 display etc) often resulting in blank or unuseable display.

If you're using Linux and can get connected to the board via either serial console or ssh you may be able to examine the ddc and see what mode is being selected based on that data. You can probably also force a mode by changing the bootargs in the u-boot environment.